[SeniorTech] Re: Removing unnecessary files from your computer
- From: "Bob Spall" <mb373@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <seniortech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:30:15 -0400
MessageThanks Jerry and thank you for Tim Coon he came out and did a great job.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Taylor
To: jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 7:24 PM
Subject: [SeniorTech] Removing unnecessary files from your computer
A tip from SeniorTech...
Your computer can pick up and store temporary files when you're looking at
Web pages and even when you're working on files in programs, such as Microsoft
Word. Over time, these files will slow your computer's performance. You can use
the Windows "Disk Cleanup" screen to rid your computer of these deadbeat files.
To run Disk Cleanup:
1. In your Start menu, click My Computer.
2. In the My Computer dialog box, right-click on the drive you wish to check
for errors (for most of us this will be the C: drive, unless you have multiple
drives on your computer), and click Properties.
3. In the Properties dialog box, click Disk Cleanup.
4. Use Disk Cleanup to help clear unused files from your computer. Disk
Cleanup will calculate how much space you can free up on your hard drive. After
its scan, the Disk Cleanup dialog box reports a list of files you can remove
from your computer, as pictured below.
This scan can take a while depending on how many files you have lying around
on your computer.
View results from the Disk Cleanup dialog box.
5. After the scan is complete, in the Disk Cleanup dialog box, click View
Files to see what Disk Cleanup will throw out once you give it the go ahead.
You can check and uncheck boxes to define what you wish to keep or discard.
When you're ready, click OK.
Jerry Taylor
SeniorTech
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