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Name: fdsafdsa
Date: July 12, 2004 at 20:10:55 Pacific
OS: windows xp
CPU/Ram: 1.59GHz/ 512MB
Comment:

Ok I was having this problem where I space would mysteriously get taken up on my hard drive while I'm connected to the internet. Then I tried deleting temporary internet files from the internet options. That seemed to help a little bit. Then all the sudden out of no where I was able to free up almost a gig of space when I did a disk clean up and compress old files had a bunch of space on it. I had done a disk clean up many times before and compress old files never had that much space on it. I guess it takes time for those "files" to become old. Is there a way where I can bypass the compress old files method and delete these unwanted files as they build up?

na



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Name: Johnw
Date: July 13, 2004 at 13:55:24 Pacific
Reply:

System Restore Point .
Start > My Computer > right click & select Properties .
Select System Restore & untick > Turn off System Restore .
Select the drive with the operating system on , click Settings & set it on Min .
Any other drive , click Settings & tick > Turn off System Restore on this drive .

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Auto Delete Temporary Folder
http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx?id=2021

First go into gpedit.msc
Start > Run , type in > gpedit.msc & press Enter .

Next select -> Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Terminal Services/Temporary Folder

Then right click "Do Not Delete Temp Folder Upon Exit"

Go to properties and hit disable.

Now next time Windows puts a temp file in that folder it will automatically delete it when its done!

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Binman
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http://freewarearena.org/PHPNuke/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=23
Seeks out the rubbish left behind by other programs. Use regularly it will save space. It can auto run at times set by you.


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