There is in fact no harm in deleting Windows temporary files. Windows replaces any of its temporary files as needed with fresh one.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 4:21 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: Question about computer maintenance Hi Denny, I will most definitely stay away from the windows temp files. I won't mess with them! Thank you for all of your help! Take care, Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: Denny Huff To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 6:58 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: Question about computer maintenance Lisa, I don't advise deleting the Windows temp files, but they are mainly located in the, c:\windows\system32 folder. Plus there may be others scattered around in various applications. But again, unless you know what you are deleting, I don't advise it. The Internet temp files are located in, c:\documents and settings\(your profile name)\local settings\temporary Internet files. This is where your temp files and cookies are stored. Most of these files provide faster loading of visited web pages. I don't see that it affects the performance of your PC by removing them. Denny WEB TEXT READER Find news, sports, stock quotes, phone listings, encyclopedias, dictionaries, TV listings and more, fast and easily with Web Text Reader. For a 14 day free trial, go to: www.WebTextReader.Com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lisa Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: Question about computer maintenance Hi Denny, Will deleting the windows temp files, and the Internet temp files improve the performance of my PC? Should they be deleted, and if so, how would I do that? Thank you for taking the time to answer all of my questions. I really do appreciate it! Take care, Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: Denny Huff To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 8:56 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: Question about computer maintenance Lisa, Sorry it has taken me a couple of days to get back to you. The, %temp% command will delete the temp files in the root directory. It doesn't remove the Windows temp files or the Internet temp files. As for the cookies, that is up to you whether you want to delete them or not. Deleting them won't do anything to enhance the performance of your PC. Denny WEB TEXT READER Find news, sports, stock quotes, phone listings, encyclopedias, dictionaries, TV listings and more, fast and easily with Web Text Reader. For a 14 day free trial, go to: www.WebTextReader.Com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lisa Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: Question about computer maintenance Hi Denny, Thank you for these other computer maintenance tasks. I will make them a regular part of my monthly computer maintenance routine. Is cleaning out the temp files the same as deleting temporary Internet files? If it is not, how would I do that? Also I would like to know about cookies, what are they, should they be deleted, and if so how often should I delete them? I hope that I haven't asked too many questions here, but I would like to keep my computer running smoothly. Thanks again! Take care, Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: Denny Huff To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 2:59 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: Question about computer maintenance Lisa, You can perform 3 of the tasks mentioned. 1. Check Disk Go to run and type in, chkdsk /f (drive letter): and press enter. Note the colon after the drive letter. Unlike running a check disk on your C drive, you won't need to reboot for this to perform. 2. Scan Disk Per form the scan disk just as you would on the C drive, but of course highlighting the drive you want to scan as opposed to the C drive. Then just follow the instructions as you would for the C drive. Again, you won't have to reboot for this to run. 3. Defrag Perform as you would for the C drive but again, highlight the drive you want to defrag. One more step that I didn't include in those instructions is cleaning up the temp files. This should be performed on the C drive. Close all applications with the exception of Jaws. Go to run and type in: %temp% and press enter. Note the percent sign before and after temp. Press enter. This will bring up a list of temp files that you can delete. Do a control A to select all. Now do a shift delete and say yes to, are you sure you want to delete these items? If it fails to delete some items, make sure all of your applications are closed and try again. When finished, do an alt f4 to close. Denny WEB TEXT READER Find news, sports, stock quotes, phone listings, encyclopedias, dictionaries, TV listings and more, fast and easily with Web Text Reader. For a 14 day free trial, go to: www.WebTextReader.Com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lisa Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [JAWS-Users] Question about computer maintenance Hello everyone, This question is for Denny, or anyone else that can answer it for me. First off I just want to say thank you to Denny for posting the computer maintenance page on the jaws users web site! I had no problem following all of the directions, and I performed all of the maintenance on my computer. My question is, should I perform any of the maintenance tasks on my external harddrive? I thought that maybe I should follow the same directions for a defrag only on my external harddrive. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated! I am running jaws 6, and I have windows XP home addition. Take care, Lisa -------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.0.0/754 - Release Date: 4/9/2007 10:59 PM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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