Clogged Arteries???

Hi from Ohio,
Running a Dell 4100, 40G, 11G used 28G remaining, 512 RAM, McAfee, Zone
Alarm, Popup Stopper, Ad-Aware. I have Belarc, CW shredder, Spy Bot, Spyware
Blaster, Registry Mechanic, all the Microsoft Office programs, etc. I have
about 90/95 icons on my desktop. Some of these are folders with about 1300 MB
of pictures in the various ones. On a reboot my resources are 69/72 and GDI
is 91%. Sometimes these resourses seem to disappear even with very little
open. Booting is slow as if every program is checking for updates at the same
time. The mouse is erattic during this time. The icons all look the same like
a dog eared sheet of paper with one red and one blue dot. Then they start
putting on their costumes so I can recognize them without reading the
subtitles. They pop out one at a time like the stars a night. I don't have a
CD burner and it would be a little tough to get a lot of that stuff on a zip.
Have run everything and have found no spyware. Last week McAfee reported a
virus that could not be deleted or immunized.I finally had to disable system
restore and restart it. It was acting a little strange anyway. Some of the
old check points were not working. Ocassionally when I go back to my desktop
my little icons have put their masks back on and I have to hit refresh. Yes
Noel, I got rid of Norton a long time ago. Occasionally my mouse sputters or
a game might slow down but I think that is Mailwasher checking the mail.
Outlook is set to check only manually. Thanks guys and gals.
Kelly
Ohio

kbsmith9 wrote:
Hi from Ohio,
Running a Dell 4100, 40G, 11G used 28G remaining, 512 RAM, McAfee, Zone
Alarm, Popup Stopper, Ad-Aware. I have Belarc, CW shredder, Spy Bot, Spyware
Blaster, Registry Mechanic, all the Microsoft Office programs, etc. I have
about 90/95 icons on my desktop. Some of these are folders with about 1300 MB
of pictures in the various ones. On a reboot my resources are 69/72 and GDI
is 91%. Sometimes these resourses seem to disappear even with very little
open. Booting is slow as if every program is checking for updates at the same
time. The mouse is erattic during this time. The icons all look the same like
a dog eared sheet of paper with one red and one blue dot. Then they start
putting on their costumes so I can recognize them without reading the
subtitles. They pop out one at a time like the stars a night. I don't have a
CD burner and it would be a little tough to get a lot of that stuff on a zip.
Have run everything and have found no spyware. Last week McAfee reported a
virus that could not be deleted or immunized.I finally had to disable system
restore and restart it. It was acting a little strange anyway. Some of the
old check points were not working. Ocassionally when I go back to my desktop
my little icons have put their masks back on and I have to hit refresh. Yes
Noel, I got rid of Norton a long time ago. Occasionally my mouse sputters or
a game might slow down but I think that is Mailwasher checking the mail.
Outlook is set to check only manually. Thanks guys and gals.
Kelly
Ohio

Move the large folders you have on your desktop to another location like
My Documents. The desktop is not the place for storage.

Alias

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Shaving your 'multi-Gig' desktop down to something within reason should
solve your issues. As Alias said, the Desktop is not a place for
storage....with the possible exception of an 'install program' or the like
and then, just temporarily.
Heirloom, old and only a few
Desktop icons

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kbsmith9 wrote:
Hi from Ohio,
Running a Dell 4100, 40G, 11G used 28G remaining, 512 RAM, McAfee, Zone
Alarm, Popup Stopper, Ad-Aware. I have Belarc, CW shredder, Spy Bot,
Spyware Blaster, Registry Mechanic, all the Microsoft Office programs,
etc. I have about 90/95 icons on my desktop. Some of these are folders
with about 1300 MB of pictures in the various ones. On a reboot my
resources are 69/72 and GDI is 91%. Sometimes these resourses seem to
disappear even with very little open. Booting is slow as if every program
is checking for updates at the same time. The mouse is erattic during
this time. The icons all look the same like a dog eared sheet of paper
with one red and one blue dot. Then they start putting on their costumes
so I can recognize them without reading the subtitles. They pop out one
at a time like the stars a night. I don't have a CD burner and it would
be a little tough to get a lot of that stuff on a zip. Have run
everything and have found no spyware. Last week McAfee reported a virus
that could not be deleted or immunized.I finally had to disable system
restore and restart it. It was acting a little strange anyway. Some of
the old check points were not working. Ocassionally when I go back to my
desktop my little icons have put their masks back on and I have to hit
refresh. Yes Noel, I got rid of Norton a long time ago. Occasionally my
mouse sputters or a game might slow down but I think that is Mailwasher
checking the mail. Outlook is set to check only manually. Thanks guys and
gals.
Kelly
Ohio

Move the large folders you have on your desktop to another location like
My Documents. The desktop is not the place for storage.

Alias

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Heirloom wrote:

Shaving your 'multi-Gig' desktop down to something within reason
should solve your issues. As Alias said, the Desktop is not a place
for storage....

All the more so since the desktop is monitored by system restore unlike
say the My Documents object which means that system restore could well be
backing up files deleted from the desktop leading to even further
potential space problems..

with the possible exception of an 'install program' or
the like and then, just temporarily.

Heirloom, old and only a few Desktop icons

You don't want to see my desktop then, or at least not around the edge
especially along the bottom and in the lower RH corner. :-)
--
Mike Maltby

Thanks for the replies. I suppose it's proper to go to the last post to
answer. Of course this is for all. I dragged all my photo folders into my
documents and also some folders with installation programs. Most of whats
left are shortcuts of a few kb. I also noticed that for a few days that when
I opened IE, I saw "detecting proxy settings" in the lower left corner. I
went to IE properties, lan settings and unchecked automatic. I think I
clicked that on a "page can not be displayed" window last week. My documents
folder now has 1.7 Gig. Will be checking back for any additional input. Seems
a little better. I was reading a previous post here about stuttering sound.
After reading the conversation between Stephen and Noel, I think I'll let
mine stutter
Thanks
Kelly

"Mike M" wrote:

Heirloom wrote:

Shaving your 'multi-Gig' desktop down to something within reason
should solve your issues. As Alias said, the Desktop is not a place
for storage....

All the more so since the desktop is monitored by system restore unlike
say the My Documents object which means that system restore could well be
backing up files deleted from the desktop leading to even further
potential space problems..

with the possible exception of an 'install program' or
the like and then, just temporarily.

Heirloom, old and only a few Desktop icons

You don't want to see my desktop then, or at least not around the edge
especially along the bottom and in the lower RH corner. :-)
--
Mike Maltby

kbsmith9 wrote:
Thanks for the replies. I suppose it's proper to go to the last post to
answer. Of course this is for all. I dragged all my photo folders into my
documents and also some folders with installation programs. Most of whats
left are shortcuts of a few kb. I also noticed that for a few days that when
I opened IE, I saw "detecting proxy settings" in the lower left corner. I
went to IE properties, lan settings and unchecked automatic. I think I
clicked that on a "page can not be displayed" window last week. My documents
folder now has 1.7 Gig. Will be checking back for any additional input. Seems
a little better. I was reading a previous post here about stuttering sound.
After reading the conversation between Stephen and Noel, I think I'll let
mine stutter
Thanks
Kelly

"Mike M" wrote:

Heirloom wrote:

Shaving your 'multi-Gig' desktop down to something within reason
should solve your issues. As Alias said, the Desktop is not a place
for storage....
All the more so since the desktop is monitored by system restore unlike
say the My Documents object which means that system restore could well be
backing up files deleted from the desktop leading to even further
potential space problems..

with the possible exception of an 'install program' or
the like and then, just temporarily.
Heirloom, old and only a few Desktop icons
You don't want to see my desktop then, or at least not around the edge
especially along the bottom and in the lower RH corner. :-)
--
Mike Maltby






Do a clean up and a defrag.

Alias

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Hi,
! have done all of the above. Seems to move faster. Will still keep checking
for additional suggestions.
Thank
Kelly

"Alias" wrote:

kbsmith9 wrote:
Thanks for the replies. I suppose it's proper to go to the last post to
answer. Of course this is for all. I dragged all my photo folders into my
documents and also some folders with installation programs. Most of whats
left are shortcuts of a few kb. I also noticed that for a few days that when
I opened IE, I saw "detecting proxy settings" in the lower left corner. I
went to IE properties, lan settings and unchecked automatic. I think I
clicked that on a "page can not be displayed" window last week. My documents
folder now has 1.7 Gig. Will be checking back for any additional input. Seems
a little better. I was reading a previous post here about stuttering sound.
After reading the conversation between Stephen and Noel, I think I'll let
mine stutter
Thanks
Kelly

"Mike M" wrote:

Heirloom wrote:

Shaving your 'multi-Gig' desktop down to something within reason
should solve your issues. As Alias said, the Desktop is not a place
for storage....
All the more so since the desktop is monitored by system restore unlike
say the My Documents object which means that system restore could well be
backing up files deleted from the desktop leading to even further
potential space problems..

with the possible exception of an 'install program' or
the like and then, just temporarily.
Heirloom, old and only a few Desktop icons
You don't want to see my desktop then, or at least not around the edge
especially along the bottom and in the lower RH corner. :-)
--
Mike Maltby






Do a clean up and a defrag.

Alias

--
Use the Reply to Sender feature of your news reader program to email me.
Utiliza Responder al Remitente para mandarme un mail.

Hi, Heirloom and group. Am coming late to this thread, but noticed that you
and Alias mentioned the desktop is not the place for storage. I see that my
entire My Documents folder is on the desktop of my ME Dell. Not a shortcut,
but all 9.8GB of it. Can I just move the folder somewhere, and where? Or
will this monster folder cause problems if I move it -- or attempt to move
it. Will other apps have trouble finding it? It's a shared folder (wireless
network) if that's an issue. Thanks for any advice. Joe Starin

"kbsmith9" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the replies. I suppose it's proper to go to the last post to
answer. Of course this is for all. I dragged all my photo folders into my
documents and also some folders with installation programs. Most of whats
left are shortcuts of a few kb. I also noticed that for a few days that
when
I opened IE, I saw "detecting proxy settings" in the lower left corner. I
went to IE properties, lan settings and unchecked automatic. I think I
clicked that on a "page can not be displayed" window last week. My
documents
folder now has 1.7 Gig. Will be checking back for any additional input.
Seems
a little better. I was reading a previous post here about stuttering
sound.
After reading the conversation between Stephen and Noel, I think I'll let
mine stutter
Thanks
Kelly

"Mike M" wrote:

Heirloom wrote:

Shaving your 'multi-Gig' desktop down to something within reason
should solve your issues. As Alias said, the Desktop is not a place
for storage....

All the more so since the desktop is monitored by system restore unlike
say the My Documents object which means that system restore could well
be
backing up files deleted from the desktop leading to even further
potential space problems..

with the possible exception of an 'install program' or
the like and then, just temporarily.

Heirloom, old and only a few Desktop icons

You don't want to see my desktop then, or at least not around the edge
especially along the bottom and in the lower RH corner. :-)
--
Mike Maltby

Hey Joe!!!
Right click the folder and then on Properties.........I'm betting what
you have on your desktop is just the shortcut to the folder .
Heirloom, old and mine is

"Joe Starin" wrote in message
news
Hi, Heirloom and group. Am coming late to this thread, but noticed that
you
and Alias mentioned the desktop is not the place for storage. I see that
my
entire My Documents folder is on the desktop of my ME Dell. Not a
shortcut,
but all 9.8GB of it. Can I just move the folder somewhere, and where? Or
will this monster folder cause problems if I move it -- or attempt to move
it. Will other apps have trouble finding it? It's a shared folder
(wireless
network) if that's an issue. Thanks for any advice. Joe Starin

"kbsmith9" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the replies. I suppose it's proper to go to the last post to
answer. Of course this is for all. I dragged all my photo folders into my
documents and also some folders with installation programs. Most of whats
left are shortcuts of a few kb. I also noticed that for a few days that
when
I opened IE, I saw "detecting proxy settings" in the lower left corner. I
went to IE properties, lan settings and unchecked automatic. I think I
clicked that on a "page can not be displayed" window last week. My
documents
folder now has 1.7 Gig. Will be checking back for any additional input.
Seems
a little better. I was reading a previous post here about stuttering
sound.
After reading the conversation between Stephen and Noel, I think I'll let
mine stutter
Thanks
Kelly

"Mike M" wrote:

Heirloom wrote:

Shaving your 'multi-Gig' desktop down to something within reason
should solve your issues. As Alias said, the Desktop is not a place
for storage....

All the more so since the desktop is monitored by system restore unlike
say the My Documents object which means that system restore could well
be
backing up files deleted from the desktop leading to even further
potential space problems..

with the possible exception of an 'install program' or
the like and then, just temporarily.

Heirloom, old and only a few Desktop icons

You don't want to see my desktop then, or at least not around the edge
especially along the bottom and in the lower RH corner. :-)
--
Mike Maltby

Checked mine Joe, It's just a shortcut.
Thanks all.
Kelly
Ohio

"Heirloom" wrote:

Hey Joe!!!
Right click the folder and then on Properties.........I'm betting what
you have on your desktop is just the shortcut to the folder .
Heirloom, old and mine is

"Joe Starin" wrote in message
news
Hi, Heirloom and group. Am coming late to this thread, but noticed that
you
and Alias mentioned the desktop is not the place for storage. I see that
my
entire My Documents folder is on the desktop of my ME Dell. Not a
shortcut,
but all 9.8GB of it. Can I just move the folder somewhere, and where? Or
will this monster folder cause problems if I move it -- or attempt to move
it. Will other apps have trouble finding it? It's a shared folder
(wireless
network) if that's an issue. Thanks for any advice. Joe Starin

"kbsmith9" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the replies. I suppose it's proper to go to the last post to
answer. Of course this is for all. I dragged all my photo folders into my
documents and also some folders with installation programs. Most of whats
left are shortcuts of a few kb. I also noticed that for a few days that
when
I opened IE, I saw "detecting proxy settings" in the lower left corner. I
went to IE properties, lan settings and unchecked automatic. I think I
clicked that on a "page can not be displayed" window last week. My
documents
folder now has 1.7 Gig. Will be checking back for any additional input.
Seems
a little better. I was reading a previous post here about stuttering
sound.
After reading the conversation between Stephen and Noel, I think I'll let
mine stutter
Thanks
Kelly

"Mike M" wrote:

Heirloom wrote:

Shaving your 'multi-Gig' desktop down to something within reason
should solve your issues. As Alias said, the Desktop is not a place
for storage....

All the more so since the desktop is monitored by system restore unlike
say the My Documents object which means that system restore could well
be
backing up files deleted from the desktop leading to even further
potential space problems..

with the possible exception of an 'install program' or
the like and then, just temporarily.

Heirloom, old and only a few Desktop icons

You don't want to see my desktop then, or at least not around the edge
especially along the bottom and in the lower RH corner. :-)
--
Mike Maltby