Thanks for your reply.  YOU ALL ARE GREAT!  I called the person who 
up-graded my system.  He mentioned that I don't need to de-frag, etc.  What 
shows up when I go to system tools is an ad for a company called web design 
asking me to pay for their service.  Like they say, something doesn't 
compute!  I do have the install disk.  Should I run it anyway?

And, my issue about continuing to get italics when I e-mail hasn't been 
addressed.  Thanks for good advice. mjt
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] My questions are:


>I may be wrong, but it is my understanding that XP Home edition does not
> automatically install some of the accessory system tools. They are on the
> installation CD, but need to be manually installed. The backup program is
> one that is not normally installed. I don't know about the defrag utility.
>
> Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> In answer to your first question - when you go to
> start/programs/accessories/system tools there should be a number of items 
> of
> which "disk cleanup" and "disk defragmenter" are two. Both of these are
> built into XP and are free to use. I'm not sure what you come upon that
> needs to be purchased. Maybe some other program placed them there in place
> of the built in XP tools. It would be interesting if you could determine
> what company is offering these items. Using AdAware and Spybot Search &
> Destroy might find and eliminate the culprit program.
>
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