Dave, did it have 'System Properties' at the very top of that window you
just mentioned or did it have 'Local Disk (C) Properties'? Perhaps you can type
in TOOLS in your search and see where it's listed and if there is none,
Peter is right about his note at the bottom here. I went to find what you were
talking about, so I went to Control Panel, clicked on System and those you
mentioned came up there. My XP Home edition is different, I suppose. Harriet
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I have XP home w/SP2 and all updates also and when I right click on My
Computer, and select properties, the only tabs I get are General, Computer
Name, Hardware, Advanced, System Restore, Automatic Updates, and Remote. I
don't see a tab for Tools. What am I missing or doing wrong?
Dave Schroeder
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Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] My questions are:
>I have XP Home and here is where mine is located. Right click on 'My
> Computer'
> (C Drive).... go to 'Properties,' when that window opens, click on the
> 'Tools tab,' and you will have two things to click on, the top one is
> 'Error
> Checking' and the other is 'Defragmenting.' On the 'Error Checking,' when
> you click on the 'Check Now' thing two other things will open up.... one
is '
> Automatically fixes system errors' and the other one is 'Scan disk.' Say
> yes when it asks if you want to do this.
>
> Put a check mark by both of them. ((The first one will check your disk
> when > you shut off your system and when it's starting up .... that's
when it
> will do its work.))
> Then after you have done the Scan Disk, do the Defrag one, then shut
> down.
> Make sure you have shut off all running programs in the back ground
> before
> you start this. When I do a scan disk and defrag... it takes me approx
> 30
> minutes for both. The Check Disk, when it's starting back up, takes
> approx. 45
> min. Harriet
> -------------------------------------
> 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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