[pchelpers] Re: perplexed

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> I'm surprised that installing the software slowed it down as much as
> you seem to think.  I'd suspect something else, such as fragmentation,
> or junk in the registry and temporary folders.  A run with CCleaner
> may help.
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Well I have installed more then one program and they were big.
>
> Compression can help speed up access to files if it takes less time to
> read the compressed data and uncompress it, than it takes to read all
> of the uncompressed data. This depends upon the relative speeds of the
> CPU/memory and the hard drive; if the hard drive is relatively faster
> than the CPU/memory, than compressing will slow things down, and vice
> versa.

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For all I know what this accomplished doesn't have anything to do with what 
I think it has to do with. I saw that I had less then 27% of my memory so I 
compressed my files and ended up with 50%. If what I did was not what caused 
this and I should on do what I did I need to know and so far I am not 
understanding if this is the case.

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> Undoing the compression will probably undo the gain in space. To find
> out how much space you're saving, mark all of the compressed files and
> right-click, and select Properties. You'll see "Size" and "Size on
> disk". Subtract to see approximately how much you're saving (you're
> actually saving a bit more, but can't tell how much more without
> actually uncompressing). Usually, "Size on disk" is larger than
> "Size".

I checked some of the larger files full of my books and poems and the 
compression savings was considerable.
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> While on the subject, green means that a file is encrypted.  I'd
> recommend not encrypting files unless you really feel a need to.

umm what is CCleaner? The words are blue is this what you meant?
And what do you mean by encrypting files? Is that what happened when I 
compressed the files? Which my comprehension was better.






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