I recently work on a Laptop that had a 70gig harddrive. The owner was getting the disk is full error and was puzzled, because he did not have much installed on the harddrive. I checked it out and he did not indeed have anything much installed but the harddrive was showing only 255MB of space left on the 70 gig drive. I could not find any folder with any amount of files it on the C: drive. I removed some unneeded software but only got it to 455 MB of free space. The rest of the Article is here Disk Full.

Just an update: I had a Heart Attack Sept 17 which required Doctors to put two stints in the front veins of my Heart. So I have been taking it easy and have not added much to the site. Feeling much better and should be back at it in a few more weeks. Mike

I recently was trying to cleanup a computer for a relative and it had the Win32/Vundo virus and Antivirus 2008 Pro trojan on it and 8 other little buggers, they would let IE open and I was able to go to some sites, but was redirected when trying to go to Windows Update or any site that would have a tool to remove these buggers, I would be redirected to asiuoqgusdbaksd.com and then you get redirected to a site like the one you were searching for, like Spybot Search and Destroy it would redirect you from asiuoqgusdbaksd.com to a false Spybot download site.
I tried downloading Spybot to a Flash drive and then cut and pasted it to the infected computer, suprise, suprise, lol, it disabled opening certain exe files, Firefox-No, Spybot-No, it blocked any software that would be able to remove it. I was able to install Safari Browser ( Apples ) but when I tried to go to sites to download a tool I would get a error page. I was able to download AVG Free Antivirus and install it on the infected computer, but again when I tried to update the def files it blocked the download site, AVG found some infections 10 actually but was not able to remove them. I also was able to get to Windows Live OneCare and run the scan, which really surprised me, it found 10 infections also but could not remove them.
So this was getting fustrating and I was about ready to reformat and reinstall when I ran across Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Tool at malwarebytes.org I downloaded this from my clean computer to a Flash Drive and then copied and pasted it to the infected computers Desktop in Safe Mode and then clicked the .exe file to install it, hmmm nothing blocked, so for fun I renamed the file Howdy and clicked it, lol, it installed, I was not able to update it, but I ran the tool and it removed all but one infection, it then asked if it could run at startup and I checked OK, I then restarted and let it bootup normally, Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware Tool ran before Windows XP Pro started and it removed the last infection and then let Windows finish booting. Once XP was up I was able to install Spybot Search and Destroy and update it, it found one more infection. The computer was almost back to normal, I was able to start Firefox and was able to get to Windows Update. I had uninstalled all the Java file in Add and Remove, so I had to get that installed, then the Background tab and Screen Saver Tab were missing in Desktop Properties, I got those working. Then I updated Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware Tool and AVG Free and ran them on full scans, they found a few tracking cookies, these scans take a few hours.
Those are some nasty little infections, lol, but you can get them removed and reclaim your computer. That tool Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Tool at malwarebytes.org is a free tool, you can purchase the Pro version, which I think I may do to support it, but the free version worked great, I have added it to my Start Menu, I now have, AVG Free AntiVirus, Spybot Search and Destroy and now Malwarebytes. If you need help or have questions use the Contact Form.
One Note: if you use a USB or Flash Drive to transfere files to a infected computer, they can get infected so make sure you scan them for infections when connecting them back up to the clean computer, just right click on them in My Computer and run scans before openning any files.

This is a tip to save paper and time when you want to print just a few lines of text on a web page instead of the whole page. First hold down the left mouse button and highlight the text you would like to print out, then right click on the highlighted area, choose Copy, then go to your All Programs button and go to Accessories, then click on Notepad paste the text into Notepad, next make sure your printer is on, go to File, then click Print, the Printer box will open, click Ok and just the text you wanted will be printed. I use this for confirmation pages when I buy something online, I just copy and paste the info into Notepad and then go to File and then click Save, name the file and save it to a folder on my Desktop, once I recieve whatever it was I bought I delete the file. Using Notepad saves on Ink and paper because it is only printing text and only the text you want printed.

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I have setup a new website for even more fun, Mikescomputerinfoarcade.com. It has games, quizzes, guestbook and videos, I tried to view each game to make sure there were no inappropiate content in them, some have the blood and gore but there should be no Nudity or bad language games. If you find any inappropiate content Contact me and I will remove it. There are over 1100 games so far and will be adding more soon.

Mike

Hello
I have added and will be adding 6 more Trivia Tests for 80s Movies, have fun! I updated the intelligence test quizes, some coding. I am looking into starting a Gaming Arcade, maybe, not sure if it would be worth the money and time. The ones I have looked at, come with anywhere from 500 to 3800 games preloaded, trying to make sure these are clean games and movies, some have naughty stuff and I only want games and movies that are appropriate for my nephew who is 11 years old. You would be able to submit high scores on some of the games, if you register, it would all be free and just for fun. If anyone has any comments about an Arcade contact me using the Contact form under Message in the Java menu.
I still have not bought Vista, with all the negatives out there with it I really should get it to see what is bad. The problem is that Vista costs so much, if I built another Computer I would rather buy XP for it, lol. MS is already talking about a new OS that they are working on I think it is called Windows 7 and will be different then Vista, Vista is like Windows Me, that was a really bad OS to, lol.
The Quizes take about 2 hours per quiz to make and get uploaded, so it will take me some time to get them all done. There are 4 uploaded to the Quiz page right now. Then it seems like everytime I upload them there are problems, lol, so then it takes more time to find the errors. I check and double check and there always seems to be something I miss, lol.
Still doing my Honey Do list around the house, so I work on the site when I get bored or mess up on some repair project, if we could just be perfect everytime we do something, lol.
Well enjoy the new stuff and if you have any comments use the Contact Mike form, have fun!

I read a lot about people who download software that they either buy or get free to help them fix their computer problems. I wrote the E-book below to help, Is your Computer running slow, I have links in that book to free tools I have been using for many years and they are all free. If you buy or get free software programs, before you download or buy them do a Search on Google and see what people are saying about it. Check a lot of sites so you get an unbiased option of the Product. If you think it is alright and people are happy with the product then try it. Most have a trial version, try it and if it does what they say it will then buy it. If it starts creating problems with your computer, remove it right away.