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im running winxp 2000 pro,and lately ive been having problems with my
performance...i had ad-aware se installed but deleted it and replace in with
spysweeper...i also had zone alarms pro,but replaced it with norton 06...ever
since i did all that my performance has been slow....???
And when i go into sys info and look under loaded mod or ole reg,i notice
that some of the file paths look different from the others.. as
in...c:\progra~1\e.t.c????
That includes in some of my norton and office files....
And when i go in my Windows folder i notice that theres blank spots where
some files used too be...Can anyone pls help me solve whats going on
 
c:\progra~1 is 8.3 or short name convention for C:\Program Files.

By default, XP and Windows 2000 list both long and short names.

The tilde (~) indicates short names.

Short names are also referred to as 8.3 names. 8.3 names can have 8
characters before the dot and 3 characters after the dot, the file
extension. A longer name is truncated to 6 characters and a ~1, ~2, ~3,
etc. is added.

Program Files is truncated to six letters, PROGRA and the ~1 is added, to
form PROGRA~1. If there were another folder named Program Filesx, it would
probably be truncated to PROGRA~2.

I cannot imagine why Norton would slow down a machine.

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thanks for answering my questions its greatly appreciated...but why when i go
in my windows folder in my computer i notice alot of blank spots where other
folders have been?
 
but why when
i go in my windows folder in my computer i notice alot of blank spots
where other folders have been?
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I have no idea what you're talking about.

If a file or folder gets deleted or moved, the rest of the items choke up,
as it were. The rest of the items move up or over to fill in the blanks.

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You are joking?????

Yepper!

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