I am trying to find the maintenance that checks and deletes your temp files, trash can etc. I would like to defrag also. Just general maintenance.

Thanks to you computer gurus.

Go to START, click on MY COMPUTER, locate and right mouse click on Local Disc (C-drive). It should open a new window, look to the bottom and click on properties. That should get you to what you're looking for

Ok and thanks as that found the defrag. Where do I find Temp files so I can erase them.

Again Thanks

Follow the steps I posted, then locate the DISK CLEANUP button, click, wait a few minutes and new window opens. Put check in the box for items you want erased and then OK.

Thanks, it did work as you said. Let me know the next time you go to the night market and you got a beer.

I am thinking of installing Vista on a new partition. So far do any of you like it or have you found it more trouble than it is worth?
Can you install your existing software or do you need a bucket load of patches?
I'm still using MS Office so will that run in Vista as normal?

Khop khun khap...

I suggest you wait until MS gets SP1 out for Vista, and that you do have at least 2 Gb ram... As it is now not many good words have been heard about Vista from the worlds computer users and media.


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Irish alan before you install vista do a check on your pc make sure your pc is vista compattable i installed vista on my pc and did not have any sound and my video was very poor so I contacted asus for the drivers it help my video card but no sound I have sound Max on my mobo I went to them for the drivers they sent me back to asus no drivers from asus as of yet so i removed vista went back to xp i am glad I did not register my copy of vista just a suggestion i would get a second hard drive before I install vista this way you wont lose what you have on your xp HD for les tha 2k it will save you a lot of problems if vista fails you You can use your xp HD as a slave if you choose to good luck with your adventure

I have a 120 GB HDD so I was going to allocate 60 GB for Vista and make it dual boot. Been doing a bit of checking and it seems drivers is an issue. The makers of the wireless LAN card have no drivers available as yet and the Synaptics touchpad has compatibility issues and that is before I even begin thinking about video, modem etc.

I think I will stick tp XP for now untill they are all singing from the same hymn sheet.

Thanks for the replies chaps.

have vista on new laptop, preinstalled. satisfied with it, knowing it's shortcomings before hand. have xp on desktop. it is a little better, and a little different in some areas. i'm basically internet, media storage kind of guy, no major programming or work related issues. a couple things i like, others are different, not better, so simply getting aquainted is taking a while, as they moved things around, just when i thought i knew xp, now have to find same programs in new place, hence some thing they advertise as better are simply different. all in all no problems. it will as reported, not run older window programs, such as earlier version of works, new version overrides it. my older version had ms money on it, downloaded fine, saw everything downloading, but money was eaten up, doesn't show anywhere or searchable. both versions are viewable in control panel/add/delet programs page, hmm. trend security is not compatible, (pc-cillin anti virus), so your programs may not be compatible. i did load up photoshop, bootleg, no problems, also loaded thai map program, loaded shrink pic, but will not allow to open at start up, have to do manually, which isn't a problem.

so far so good, but as mentioned, i am far from using laptop for anything but a toy. if actually needing and using for anything else, i would of probably dumped and installed xp.

good luck

my suggestion is get a second HD and install vista do not install it over xp you will have nothing but problems and in the end you will format your HD and lose every thing I am no computer guru but I have had some experence with windows from 98 to vista and I am using xp now I will build my self another computer which is vista ready just remember it always better to install a new O/S over a clean HD and then transfer your programs over and take your time some programs might not work well and you will find out if you take it slow like just install one program today and see how it works before installing the next one

yes, instatll a program, the set a new restore point before installing another, an so on.