Barry, Well, It "said" that it ran defrag... took at least half an hour, I didn't really time it...It seemed like there was quite a bit of "white space" in the diagram... I gave up trying to understand MS's logic a looooooooong time ago....there is simple logic, there is circular logic and then, there is MS logic! I haven't had the time needed to run the virus scan yet...I know from past experience that it takes some time... and I need to have some time when I do not need to be on the computer! I sure do thank you for your help! PAX NancyT NT> I found out for myself that it does not pick up where it left NT> off.... <sigh>....so that will have to wait til I don't need to be NT> on the computer.... NT> I ran the "defrag"...and the "Check Disc" (it would be really NICE NT> if they did not change names on you!!) Did the Defrag run this time ?? As for Check Disc - this has always been included with Windows but previously it wasn't much to write home about and it would always suggest you ran Scan Disc instead. With WinXP they decided to beef up Check Disc so that Scan Disc wasn't needed any more .... don't try to understand the logic behind this, there isn't any - it's just MicroSoft <lol> NT> As to the "Pie".... the blue has 9.77GB out of a total of 144GB... This shows you have oodles of free space there, so if Defrag isn't showing a similar amount of white space then something is amiss. NT> I checked out this Disc Cleanup, and this is what it said.... at NT> the top of the "box".....would gain 608,163KB of Disc Space... Most of this space saving is from Compressing Old Files - and apart from taking an age to apply you aren't going to see any sort of improvement. WinXP applies this by default to any file that hasn't been accessed for 50 days - the downside being if you then decide to start using those files it's slower to access them as they have to be un-compressed first. You can set this time limit up to 499 days. HTH -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 2.0 Deluxe ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== The focus of this list is on helping Seniors to learn to use computers and the Internet. Tolerance and patience are the watchwords. For help in genealogical research methods and procedures, join ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS. Click and send: mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx
Run your scans overnight. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Tollefson" <mamat@gvtel.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 2:56 PM Subject: Re: Re[8]: [SR-NEWBIE] Re: slowdown....internet pages... > Barry, > > Well, It "said" that it ran defrag... took at least half an hour, I didn't really > time it...It seemed like there was quite a bit of "white space" in the diagram... > > I gave up trying to understand MS's logic a looooooooong time ago....there is simple > logic, there is circular logic and then, there is MS logic! > > I haven't had the time needed to run the virus scan yet...I know from past experience > that it takes some time... and I need to have some time when I do not need to be on > the computer! > > I sure do thank you for your help! > > PAX > NancyT > > NT> I found out for myself that it does not pick up where it left > NT> off.... <sigh>....so that will have to wait til I don't need to be > NT> on the computer.... > > NT> I ran the "defrag"...and the "Check Disc" (it would be really NICE > NT> if they did not change names on you!!) > > Did the Defrag run this time ?? As for Check Disc - this has always > been included with Windows but previously it wasn't much to write home > about and it would always suggest you ran Scan Disc instead. With > WinXP they decided to beef up Check Disc so that Scan Disc wasn't > needed any more .... don't try to understand the logic behind this, > there isn't any - it's just MicroSoft <lol> > > NT> As to the "Pie".... the blue has 9.77GB out of a total of 144GB... > > This shows you have oodles of free space there, so if Defrag isn't > showing a similar amount of white space then something is amiss. > > NT> I checked out this Disc Cleanup, and this is what it said.... at > NT> the top of the "box".....would gain 608,163KB of Disc Space... > > Most of this space saving is from Compressing Old Files - and apart > from taking an age to apply you aren't going to see any sort of > improvement. WinXP applies this by default to any file that hasn't > been accessed for 50 days - the downside being if you then decide to > start using those files it's slower to access them as they have to be > un-compressed first. You can set this time limit up to 499 days. > > HTH > > -- > Best regards, > Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk > MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 2.0 Deluxe > > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > The focus of this list is on helping Seniors to learn to use computers and the > Internet. Tolerance and patience are the watchwords. For help in genealogical > research methods and procedures, join ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS. Click and send: > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > To volunteer to do a lookup or to exchange lookups, go here: > http://www.RAOGK.org > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >
Well! Never thought of that.... I sure would not be using the computer then!! Thanks! NancyT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris Mathis" <doris40@aeroinc.net> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 5:13 PM Subject: Re: Re[8]: [SR-NEWBIE] Re: slowdown....internet pages... Run your scans overnight. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Tollefson" <mamat@gvtel.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 2:56 PM Subject: Re: Re[8]: [SR-NEWBIE] Re: slowdown....internet pages... > Barry, > > Well, It "said" that it ran defrag... took at least half an hour, I didn't really > time it...It seemed like there was quite a bit of "white space" in the diagram... > > I gave up trying to understand MS's logic a looooooooong time ago....there is simple > logic, there is circular logic and then, there is MS logic! > > I haven't had the time needed to run the virus scan yet...I know from past experience > that it takes some time... and I need to have some time when I do not need to be on > the computer! > > I sure do thank you for your help! > > PAX > NancyT > > NT> I found out for myself that it does not pick up where it left > NT> off.... <sigh>....so that will have to wait til I don't need to be > NT> on the computer.... > > NT> I ran the "defrag"...and the "Check Disc" (it would be really NICE > NT> if they did not change names on you!!) > > Did the Defrag run this time ?? As for Check Disc - this has always > been included with Windows but previously it wasn't much to write home > about and it would always suggest you ran Scan Disc instead. With > WinXP they decided to beef up Check Disc so that Scan Disc wasn't > needed any more .... don't try to understand the logic behind this, > there isn't any - it's just MicroSoft <lol> > > NT> As to the "Pie".... the blue has 9.77GB out of a total of 144GB... > > This shows you have oodles of free space there, so if Defrag isn't > showing a similar amount of white space then something is amiss. > > NT> I checked out this Disc Cleanup, and this is what it said.... at > NT> the top of the "box".....would gain 608,163KB of Disc Space... > > Most of this space saving is from Compressing Old Files - and apart > from taking an age to apply you aren't going to see any sort of > improvement. WinXP applies this by default to any file that hasn't > been accessed for 50 days - the downside being if you then decide to > start using those files it's slower to access them as they have to be > un-compressed first. You can set this time limit up to 499 days. > > HTH > > -- > Best regards, > Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk > MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 2.0 Deluxe > > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > The focus of this list is on helping Seniors to learn to use computers and the > Internet. Tolerance and patience are the watchwords. For help in genealogical > research methods and procedures, join ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS. Click and send: > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > To volunteer to do a lookup or to exchange lookups, go here: > http://www.RAOGK.org > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== To view or submit a GEDCOM, go here: http://wc.rootsweb.com/ ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx