-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Outlook Express Problem
- From: "Jen Ashley" <jashley@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 22:36:10 -0400
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----- Original Message -----
From: C.E. Cochran <dylan63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 6:42 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Outlook Express Problem
>
> GMan, you are awesome! I had over 15,000 .tmp files in the Windows/temp
> folder - I had to manually delete all of them in safe mode. It took me
the
> better part of this afternoon, but as of now, all of these problems are
> gone! I can even use Disk Cleanup now without the hanging problem. A
> *big* plate of virtual brownies now coming your way! Thank you so very
> much! Connie C.
>
>
> >
> > Connie,
> > You should start by emptying out your TEMP folder and flushing the
> > Recycle Bin. It's amazing how many problems can be linked back to some
> file
> > in that TEMP folder. Next, we already talked about this in another
> thread,
> > but you should empty out your TIF folder. Next, I would check to see
just
> > how much hard drive space you have left. If it's not much, the space
> > squeeze may be affecting other areas of Windows and these problems are
> just
> > unhappy byproducts of that. In that case, you might want to consider a
> > larger drive or burning/cleaning out some old saved stuff. If you have
> > plenty of space, take a serious look at what comes up in the Startup tab
> in
> > the MSConfig applet (Start/Run/ (type in) MSConfig/Enter key). You may
> just
> > have too many TSRs (Terminate & Stay Resident programs) running in the
> > background and they're eating up all of the resources Windows needs to
run
> > well.
> >
> > Finally, reboot to start with as much free system resources as
> possible
> > and don't open up any programs other than your Email app until after
> you've
> > saved whatever files you want from the messages in question.
> >
> > Peace,
> > G Man
> >
> > PCTechTalk Owner
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "C.E. Cochran" <dylan63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 10:35 PM
> > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Outlook Express Problem
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your reply, GMan! Rebooting does help, if only for a little
> > while. Actually, I'm having more problems now that are more bothersome.
> I
> > can't save graphics in emails or off the web in any format but bitmap
> > (.bmp). I don't think that's how they're all coming to me, because some
> are
> > animated, etc. Also, a check of their filenames shows they're not
> > originally .bmps, that's just the only option I get for saving them.
> > Additionally, I can't open or view any Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files or
> > Shockwave Flash files on the web anymore. I don't know what I did to
> cause
> > these problems - I used to be able to choose what format to save graphic
> > files in - .jpg, .gif or .bmp and I could open .pdf files etc. Does
> anybody
> > have any idea what's going wrong here? Thanks in advance, Connie C
> >
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