You need to clean out c:\windows\temp.  It is safe to delete those files. You also need to go to Internet Explorer (your browser) tools/internet options, and on the first tab empty all the files by clicking on delete cookies and delete temporary internet files. After that you can run your defragger and it will rearrange your files.  Having 135 mb of trash files in temp and in cache files will really slow you up.  Do NOT run around deleting all the .tmp files as many of these are system files.  Cleaning out c:\windows\temp and your cookies and temporary internet files will make a noticeable difference.

>The computer (900 MHz AMD Athlon CPU running Windows Me) has been slowing
>down noticeably in recent days and requires frequent  rebooting to get up
>and running on even the simplest tasks.  I've done the standard things
>like scanning for viruses with Norton's or Trend Micro's Housecall,
>removing spyware with SpyBot, defragging, etc.  I've used both Norton and
>Housecall and have noticed that a complete disk scan takes literally
>hours and sometimes it never ends, thus requiring a reboot.  I seem to
>notice that when it is scanning most slowly that it seems to be looking
>at the temporary files.  Additionally, every time I run Housecall many
>new files appear in the C:\Windows\Temp directory.  Housecall always
>seems to hang when it reaches these files.  These files are all about 135
>Mb in size and always start with the letter 'V' followed by two numbers
>and another letter, two more numbers, another letter and then five
>numbers - e.g. V53G29b58347.  There are hundreds on the machine.
>
>1. Is it safe to delete these files?
>
>2. Is it safe to delete all the .tmp files wherever I find them?  There
>are hundreds in the three directories Windows\Temp, Windows\System, and
>Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Lewis Emerson
>
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