[pchelpers] Re: perplexed

Hi Scott

> 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. 

Yes, that's what i'd originally thought, and i was a bit surprised to 
find the incorrect opposite claim here:
http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=45324

Is at least their trivia info on how to change the color correct?

BTW, i was surprised to find two well-written MS article on this topic:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307987&Product=winxp#5
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/251186/EN-US/



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