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Post by Phil on Feb 28, 2009 10:44:49 GMT
A few days ago the PC did an update, now many - but not all -of my files (word docs, jpgs) appear with blue titles instead of black.
What's going on here, and what does it mean??
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Post by Tomcakes on Feb 28, 2009 10:53:43 GMT
Do you mean their names show in blue print in Explorer? That's the Windows designation of a compressed file.
To compress/uncompress
Right click
Properties
at the bottom next to Attibutes, click Advanced
Check/uncheck "Compress contents to save disk space"
OK all
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Post by Phil on Feb 28, 2009 14:36:16 GMT
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Post by bowchurch on Mar 2, 2009 0:21:37 GMT
Thanks Tom that's it! - what did I do to make it happen?  Is one of your drives short of space? If so 'Disk Cleanup' pops up and offers to sort it out for you, if you let it go ahead it would have compressed the files to free up disk space. IIRC Windows 2000 used to be pretty agressive at compressing everything on the disk - including frequently accessed system files. This resulted in the machine performance taking a serious hit due to the increased access time for the compressed files. |
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Post by Phil on Mar 2, 2009 13:53:04 GMT
IIRC Windows 2000 used to be pretty agressive at compressing everything on the disk - including frequently accessed system files. This resulted in the machine performance taking a serious hit due to the increased access time for the compressed files. I have XP - but the performance has indeed taken a hit. How do I reverse it?? |
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Post by Tomcakes on Mar 2, 2009 14:47:16 GMT
IIRC Windows 2000 used to be pretty agressive at compressing everything on the disk - including frequently accessed system files. This resulted in the machine performance taking a serious hit due to the increased access time for the compressed files. I have XP - but the performance has indeed taken a hit. How do I reverse it?? XP is 2000. |
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Post by Chris M on Mar 2, 2009 15:47:35 GMT
That's not strictly correct. Internally, Windows 2000 is Windows version 5 (it follows on from the numbering of Windows NT 4), Windows XP is version 5.1. This shows that while they are not the same, they a very similar Windows Vista is version 6, and with the next release, Windows 7, they are returning to a numbering system rather than a naming one. |
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Post by Chris M on Mar 2, 2009 15:57:37 GMT
IIRC Windows 2000 used to be pretty agressive at compressing everything on the disk - including frequently accessed system files. This resulted in the machine performance taking a serious hit due to the increased access time for the compressed files. I have XP - but the performance has indeed taken a hit. How do I reverse it?? I don't have a Windows PC to hand, but iirc, if you go to My computer and then right click on the hard drive icon and choose properties from the drop-down menu. That brings up a dialog with Defragment and backup. Disk compression might be a third option there, or you might have to click to a second tab ("tools" maybe) or click a button in the bottom right of the dialog box. Wherever it is, it will bring up a list of options for saving disk space with compression of "old" files being one of them. Just uncheck that and you should be fine - if you have a enough diskspace for all the uncompresed data. If you were running short, then I suggest you move some stuff off the disk onto backup media before uncompressing the files. |
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Post by antharro on Mar 7, 2009 3:54:46 GMT
^^^ What Chris said. The clean-up wizard Chris referred to can be found in Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup. Also, it would be worth pulling down CCleaner and letting that clear out your temp files. It's surprising how much they build up. This program will clear out a LOT more temporary files than Disk Cleanup will. It will also clean out your registry. You can also delete old system restore points to save space. Easiest way is to right click My Computer, choose Properties, System Restore. Check the box that says "Turn of System Restore...", hit APPLY (not OK). Once that's done, uncheck the box and hit OK. That will delete all system restore points then create a new one. Once you've done those, run defrag. |
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Post by auxsetreq on Mar 7, 2009 10:25:51 GMT
I use the latest version of Firefox and XP. How come every time I look at a site that has an embedded flash media video the whole browser locks up when I right click on it to get the URL of said flash video? I usually have to re boot, even after doing cont/alt/del as the machine freezes for ages.........
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2009 19:53:14 GMT
I get that sometimes. I know I have flash, but some sites won't let me play a flash video as it says I need the latest version. I used to have a problem with by BTYahoo mail server, it would say I needed Java, which I already have. A restart cleared that up. This is why I am sceptical of allowing auto update. Because an update in November stopped my MP3 player from allowing new content to be added. a lot of faffing about later and it said the driver needed updating or reinstalling. Still doesnt work. so I have given up hope.  |
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Post by bowchurch on Mar 8, 2009 11:21:13 GMT
I use the latest version of Firefox and XP. How come every time I look at a site that has an embedded flash media video the whole browser locks up when I right click on it to get the URL of said flash video? I usually have to re boot, even after doing cont/alt/del as the machine freezes for ages......... In my experience Flash only really runs properly inside Internet Explorer on Windows. You do need a faster machine to get the same performance using Flash insde Firefox or Google Chrome. For simple animations and nav you get on most sites you will not notice the difference, but decoding video is about the most processor intensive thing you can do in Flash. |
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