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Don't you ever run DiskClean (In MyComputer, Open, Properties, etc.)?
Les Proctor
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From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lewis C Emerson
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 2:17 PM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] Unnecessary files?
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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