Hello Nancy, Sunday, May 8, 2005, 9:19:08 PM, you wrote: NT> Barry. NT> As far as running the AdAware, it confused me when I got there... NT> too much I didn't know...or couldn't remember!! NT> I guess it's not FAST!!! and it did not begin again where it had NT> left off, either!! I guess I'm just gonna have to pick a time NT> (long time!!! LOL) when I don't have to be on the computer! Most of these scanning programs don't pick up from where they left off when you close them down or stop a scan - they start again. So it's a time consuming thing to do and generally better to do when you're not using the PC yourself. NT> What I got off the Properties was Pink and blue.... I didn't see NT> any red, yellow or white....was that what the "defrag" was NT> supposed to show me? The Pink / Blue display is just a pie chart with Pink the used part of the drive and Blue the free space ... how much of this pie chart was blue ?? When you run the Defrag program it will show you a better idea of the condition of the drive - Red is fragmented files, Blue is un-fragmented ones, Yellow is the Swap File ( or paging file ), Green is System Files ( and not always easy to spot ), whilst White is free space. NT> Someone, Carolyn I think, said to run "Scan Disc".... I couldn't NT> find anything with that name... it mentioned " Disc Cleanup" and NT> "Disc Defragmenter".....but didn't see anything about Scan NT> disc...I remember doing that on my Win98se... seems it was a LOT NT> easier to find....Is Disc cleanup and Scan disc one and the same NT> thing? Scan Disc isn't in WinXP - it's been replaced by Check Disc. Disc Cleanup looks at the temporary files on your system and gives you the option of tidying up after programs that leave these behind - they are really supposed to be erased when no longer needed but most times they aren't, hence the need for Disc Cleanup every once in a while :-) NT> Whew.... this computer house-keeping is worse than "House" NT> housekeeping (perhaps I know more about the latter than the NT> former!!) Yes - it is a bit of a chore and it's easy to leave it until there's a real mess to clean up ...... and your PC is the same too <lol> -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 2.0 Deluxe

Hi, Barry, I found out for myself that it does not pick up where it left off.... <sigh>....so that will have to wait til I don't need to be on the computer.... I ran the "defrag"...and the "Check Disc" (it would be really NICE if they did not change names on you!!) As to the "Pie".... the blue has 9.77GB out of a total of 144GB... I checked out this Disc Cleanup, and this is what it said.... at the top of the "box".....would gain 608,163KB of Disc Space... the rest of the list said: (files that could be deleted) Temp internet files.......................................................34,928KB Offline web pages..............................................................21KB Recycle bin.........................................................................0KB Set up .log files.............................................................3,315KB Temp files.......................................................................... 0KB Web Client/Publishers temp files.........................................32KB Compressed files....................................................... 569,869KB Catalog for theContent Indexer.............................................0KB Total Amt. Disc Space gained...........................................34,928KB Are there any I should keep there? Thanks, heaps!!!! NancyT NT> As far as running the AdAware, it confused me when I got there... NT> too much I didn't know...or couldn't remember!! NT> I guess it's not FAST!!! and it did not begin again where it had NT> left off, either!! I guess I'm just gonna have to pick a time NT> (long time!!! LOL) when I don't have to be on the computer! Most of these scanning programs don't pick up from where they left off when you close them down or stop a scan - they start again. So it's a time consuming thing to do and generally better to do when you're not using the PC yourself. NT> What I got off the Properties was Pink and blue.... I didn't see NT> any red, yellow or white....was that what the "defrag" was NT> supposed to show me? The Pink / Blue display is just a pie chart with Pink the used part of the drive and Blue the free space ... how much of this pie chart was blue ?? When you run the Defrag program it will show you a better idea of the condition of the drive - Red is fragmented files, Blue is un-fragmented ones, Yellow is the Swap File ( or paging file ), Green is System Files ( and not always easy to spot ), whilst White is free space. NT> Someone, Carolyn I think, said to run "Scan Disc".... I couldn't NT> find anything with that name... it mentioned " Disc Cleanup" and NT> "Disc Defragmenter".....but didn't see anything about Scan NT> disc...I remember doing that on my Win98se... seems it was a LOT NT> easier to find....Is Disc cleanup and Scan disc one and the same NT> thing? Scan Disc isn't in WinXP - it's been replaced by Check Disc. Disc Cleanup looks at the temporary files on your system and gives you the option of tidying up after programs that leave these behind - they are really supposed to be erased when no longer needed but most times they aren't, hence the need for Disc Cleanup every once in a while :-) NT> Whew.... this computer house-keeping is worse than "House" NT> housekeeping (perhaps I know more about the latter than the NT> former!!) Yes - it is a bit of a chore and it's easy to leave it until there's a real mess to clean up ...... and your PC is the same too <lol> -- 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 with genealogical research methods and procedures, join ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS. Click and send: mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe ============================== 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