[pchelpers] Re: perplexed

Hi Ekhart,

Thursday, May 25, 2006, 12:55:03 AM, you wrote:

EGlnl> Also, are you saying you initiated the compression or that it
EGlnl> happened by itself? AFAIK, compression is automatic and on by
EGlnl> default in the NTFS version of XP (which you seem to have), and
EGlnl> i don't know (i have FAT, not NTFS) if it happens all the time
EGlnl> for a few files at a time or if it starts a major operation and
EGlnl> therefore probably first asks for permission before
EGlnl> monopolising the computer for that for a while.

It's not automatic; it's part of the disk cleanup wizard, which pops
up when you have less than a gig of free hard drive space. It asks you
what to do, etc. Or, you can compress specific files and folders
manually.

-- 
Scott.



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