Computer savvy people: what can be used to clean your pc of unwanted files and programs?
cluelessbride
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Computer savvy people: what can be used to clean your pc of unwanted files and programs?
There is a lot of junk on the MIL's pc - whenever I hit control-alt-delete there's like 8 programs running, none of which I have ever heard of. I run Norton Anti-virus (we just updated it from the symantec web site) and nothing comes up, but what the heck are all these things running?
Is there anything we can do to clean up the pc?
Thanks!
september2004
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i routinely run:
norton spybot ad-aware
paintbrush91
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Maybe try window washer too?
maiahsdad
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Posted by cluelessbride
There is a lot of junk on the MIL's pc - whenever I hit control-alt-delete there's like 8 programs running, none of which I have ever heard of. I run Norton Anti-virus (we just updated it from the symantec web site) and nothing comes up, but what the heck are all these things running?
Is there anything we can do to clean up the pc?
Thanks!
what programs are running
Danielle&Scott
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Download Free Internet Eraser. Free Internet Eraser (This will clean cookies, cache, and temp files that you do not need and delete them off your hardrive.)
What OS do you have? Windows 98, or XP or something else?
cluelessbride
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OS is Windows ME
The programs running are:
systray xcommsvr vptray wuauclt winmgmt qttask
I have no idea what they are
Thank you all for the tips!
Danielle&Scott - thank you for the sites!
OK- I just found that at least some of the programs I listed above are harless, and should be running as part of ME. Duh! Ok, I'm learning...
MCDO15
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i don't regonize the others off the top of my head but do not delete or remove SYSTRAY
thats is a OS dependent progrom..
i would go to contorl panel, add remove programs and unistall anything that is not being used first. those icons on lower right hand program when you frist turn on the machine are programs that are running. if you don't need/use, get rid of them
cluelessbride
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Posted by MCDO15
i don't regonize the others off the top of my head but do not delete or remove SYSTRAY
thats is a OS dependent progrom..
i would go to contorl panel, add remove programs and unistall anything that is not being used first. those icons on lower right hand program when you frist turn on the machine are programs that are running. if you don't need/use, get rid of them
