Disk Cleanup

[solid snake295]

ok, i tried to do a disk cleanup and its not working, i left it going for at least an hour and it wont go any farther than this (see pic)
any other time ive done it, it wouldnt take longer than 3 minutes :WTF:
and its only been a couple weeks since i last did a disk cleanup and defrag.

anyone had this happen before?

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

I have seen this before.
If you have Nortons System Works do a disk cleanup from that.
Also I don't use the Windows built in cleanup tools.
Norton IMO is a much better product.

You may want to find a reg clean up program as well.
That may solve the problem

I use Registry First Aid.

[OUTLAWS high ping camper]

Another thing you can do is just do one "area" at a time.

What I mean is, uncheck some of those boxes, do the disk clean up, and then go back in and check the boxes you had un checked, then do another clean up.

That's what worked for me, when I had the same problem as you're having.

[solid snake295]

Originally posted by OUTLAWS high ping camper@Sep 25 2003, 11:11 AM
Another thing you can do is just do one "area" at a time.

What I mean is, uncheck some of those boxes, do the disk clean up, and then go back in and check the boxes you had un checked, then do another clean up.

That's what worked for me, when I had the same problem as you're having.
i wont even get to that part :wacko:


ill try running that reg first aid thing and see what happens.

[solid snake295]

ok, i tried registry first aid, that didnt help. but i found out that its not even saving temporary internet files at all. so its kinda a piss off to have to reload everything every time i refresh a page, especially on dialup.
anyone help please :wacko:

[ME BIGGD01]

boot up in safe mode
disable all running apps
then try disk clean up

type in msconfig in the run at stsrtup button
here is where you can disable your startup programs and then enable 1 by 1 to see if problems come back. if you find the one that is giving you a problem--report back and will explain how to remove application either from your system or your startup.

[solid snake295]

fixed! it ended up being somthing with the wrong value in the regestry.
thanks for the help everyone :drink:

[OUTLAWS WHOCARES]

Pl;ease explain what the final problem was if you can. So everyone will know what to look for.

[solid snake295]

Regestry first aid probably would have fixed it but since it was only the trial version it only fixed 18 out of all the problems it found.

i went to the microsoft site and found the fix for it. LINK (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812930&Product=winxp)
it seems to be working fine now.

[ME BIGGD01]

good job snake and will add it to my library :thumbs:

[Gunter_Glut]

norton system works is amazing.it does nearly all you ever need,and it covers a lot.you can clean cookies,internet temp files,active x controls,it has a reg editor,it just rocks.find 60 bucks and go to wally world and get it asap.it comes witha 30 dollar rebate,so it really only is 30$. :jammin: