Real Name: Greg Cunningham Member Since: February 21, 2007 Last Signed In: March 31, 2008 Profile Views: 446 Blog Views: 1206 I'm running out of disk space. How can I free up some space? How can I download streaming video to my computer? How do I change the Power button in Windows Vista to shut down my PC instead of going to sleep? Someone told me about using to open the Start menu in Windows. Are there any other handy Windows keyboard short cuts? I just upgraded to Internet Explorer7. What happened to the menu bar? File, Edit, View, etc.? How can I stop Windows Messenger from asking me to sign in every time I start Windows? Someone told me to to ram my computer. What did they mean? I want to sell my old PC. How do I make sure there isn’t any personal information left on it? How do I protect my formulas in Excel? Am I backing up my PC correctly? February 07 March 07 April 07 May 07 June 07 July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 Bandwidth Speed Test - how fast are you? Virus and Malware Threats - the latest info Open Source Windows - free MS replacements 
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Use Windows' Disk Cleanup tool. This utility identifies files that you can delete and enables you to choose whether you want to delete some or all of the identified files.
You can use Windows' Disk Cleanup utility to remove temporary Internet files, remove downloaded program files, empty your Recycle Bin, remove temporary files, remove optional Windows components that you don't use, and even remove installed programs that you don't use. To use Disk Cleanup 1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup. If several drives are available, you might be prompted to specify which drive you want to clean. Disk Cleanup calculates the amount of space you will be able to free. 2. In the Disk Cleanup for dialog box, scroll through the content of the Files to delete list and choose the files that you want to delete. 3. Clear the check boxes for files that you don't want to delete, and then click OK. 4. When prompted to confirm that you want to delete the specified files, click Yes. When complete the Disk Cleanup dialog box closes. As a bonus, freeing up some disk space will also make your PC perfom better. You can record Flash-based video (like YouTube and Google video files) with a free website at KeepVid.com Find a video you want to record and copy the link to the page with the video on it into the textbox (in green) on the KeepVid page. KeepVid will save it to a file you can download to your PC. To play the file you can use any .FLV player or download the free one offered by KeepVid. The default behavior for the power button on the Start menu is Sleep. To change it to shut down: • Click on Start > Control Panel • Click on Power Options • Select a power management plan and Change Plan Settings • Click on Change advanced power settings • In the Power Options dialog expand Power Buttons and Lid • Expand Start menu power button • Click on Setting and then choose the new function. The only choices are Sleep, Hibernate, or Shut down • Click OK and close • Close the Control Panel > Power Options > Edit Plan Settings window Done.
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