Guest guest Posted December 20, 1999 Report Share Posted December 20, 1999 Defragment disk drive and run scan disk might help. It could be IE also. I have been having trouble with that! If you save mail to disk and free up mail space may help also, and make sure you are compacting mail folders occasionally. These little gems can be so nice, but can stress you to the limit also. Barb F. - MI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 1999 Report Share Posted December 20, 1999 In a message dated 12/21/99 3:20:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, mlmccoy@... writes: << I did empty my mail and compact often, as the system makes me, whether I want to or not. >> no you need to empty the place where temporary web pages you view is stored. ...I am sure many do not realize.. ..EVERY web page you look at gets stored on your puter...do a lot of surfing...and u un out of room on your hard drive...you need to go into my computer. ...choose system tools..then choose control panel then choose .choose internet... open and peek around and find where it says to delete temporary files....and click on it....and then after...you go and empty your recycle bin ..you should always do that step first BEFORE you defragment or scan disk your hard drive...what is the sense of " straightening your closets " when you haven't gotten rid of the stuff that you do not use that is just taking up space.....Bernadette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 1999 Report Share Posted December 21, 1999 Hi Barb, I did the defragment, just before I started having problems....strange huh'? And I did scan disc too. I do have Internet Explorer version 4.0, is that the one causing you problems??? Think I should upgrade to 5.0?? I did empty my mail and compact often, as the system makes me, whether I want to or not. Hugs, Marta From: " Barbara Fitzmaurice " <blfitzma@...> Subject: Defragment Defragment disk drive and run scan disk might help. It could be IE also. I have been having trouble with that! If you save mail to disk and free up mail space may help also, and make sure you are compacting mail folders occasionally. These little gems can be so nice, but can stress you to the limit also. Barb F. - MI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 1999 Report Share Posted December 21, 1999 Hi Marta It would be a good idea to upgrade to 5.0 if you haven't already. I was having a lot of problems before I did. Also run a virus scan. You can usually download free 30 day trials on most of them. Often a virus can work in a way that is a nuisance to your program files and even your internet explorer. I have had that happen too! Once I had no internet... it was wiped out by a virus my daughter inadvertently picked up from someone she knows. (They didn't realize they had it). I ended up having to reformat my entire harddrive to get rid of it. Well, hope these suggestions help you. Blessings, Lorraine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 1999 Report Share Posted December 22, 1999 In a message dated 12/22/99 5:07:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, mlmccoy@... writes: << Often a virus can work in a way that is a nuisance to your program files and even your internet explorer. I have had that happen too! >> I go on e-bay a lot...everytime you look at an ad .....if you do NOT have an active virus scan running on your computer, you risk downloading a virus without even realizing it. It should be set to scan everything...deliberate downloads from e-mails, Twice, an ad froze while the pic was about to download, because my active virus scan warned me the picture was an infected file. No way do I think the person deliberately posted an " infected " graphics file...most people do not realize it..... but like safe sex...you need your virus scan always active ...to practice " safe surfing " .. Bernadette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 1999 Report Share Posted December 22, 1999 Hi B, Yes, I unloaded the internet files properly and now have totally empty recycle bin, but I will defrag again soon as I get done my mail. I swear this computer is a headache, but what would I do with out it. Hugs and thanks, Marta From: BratDet@... Subject: Re: Re: Defragment In a message dated 12/21/99 3:20:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, mlmccoy@... writes: << I did empty my mail and compact often, as the system makes me, whether I want to or not. >> no you need to empty the place where temporary web pages you view is stored. ...I am sure many do not realize.. ..EVERY web page you look at gets stored on your puter...do a lot of surfing...and u un out of room on your hard drive...you need to go into my computer. ...choose system tools..then choose control panel then choose .choose internet... open and peek around and find where it says to delete temporary files....and click on it....and then after...you go and empty your recycle bin ..you should always do that step first BEFORE you defragment or scan disk your hard drive...what is the sense of " straightening your closets " when you haven't gotten rid of the stuff that you do not use that is just taking up space.....Bernadette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 1999 Report Share Posted December 22, 1999 Hi Lorraine, I do use McAffee virus scan, and have all the updates, and scan my computer daily for viruses. I sure hope that I haven't missed an update and that is the problem. Your suggestion is a good one, and one I am considering too, Thanks and Hugs, Marta From: Cheers4U@... Subject: Re: Re: Defragment Hi Marta It would be a good idea to upgrade to 5.0 if you haven't already. I was having a lot of problems before I did. Also run a virus scan. You can usually download free 30 day trials on most of them. Often a virus can work in a way that is a nuisance to your program files and even your internet explorer. I have had that happen too! Once I had no internet... it was wiped out by a virus my daughter inadvertently picked up from someone she knows. (They didn't realize they had it). I ended up having to reformat my entire harddrive to get rid of it. Well, hope these suggestions help you. Blessings, Lorraine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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