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Windows 7: Windows Secrets
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25 Aug 2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 32 bit/Windows 8 64bit Pembrokeshire, South Wales, UK |
Windows Secrets
I was just looking at my copy of Windows Secrets that had arrived in my mail box today and saw that we got a mention in there, well it was a link to Shawn's Tutorial on Disk Cleanup. TOP STORY Tame a new system's hard-drive bloat By Susan Bradley You just bought that new Windows 7 computer, and the next thing you know — you're running out of space. Here are some tips and tricks to show where your hard drive space is going. Once upon a time, I bought a computer with a 1GB hard drive and thought I'd never outgrow it. A few years later, I think nothing of buying Terabyte hard drives. The pundits might declare we're in a post-PC era, but the size of my C: drive begs to differ. It's not just my basic documents that are taking up space, not even those hundreds of digital photos and videos. With Windows, there can be many hidden — and unneeded — files that are choking your hard drive. Start with the basic Windows cleanup tool It's always best to start with Windows' common maintenance tools such as Disk Cleanup, shown in Figure 1. In this example, I could reclaim a whopping 39.1GB of drive space. Selecting the Clean up system files button removes old dump files, log files, queued-up Windows error reporting logs, and previous versions files as well. For more on using Disk Cleanup, see the SevenForums article, "Windows 7 — Disk Cleanup — open and use." More here, Tame a new system’s hard-drive bloat
I'm so glad I belong to such a great forum. 
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| My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Zoostorm Desktop/ Asus K55A Notebook PC
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 32 bit/Windows 8 64bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 @ 2400 MHz/Intel B820,1.7GHz
Motherboard Foxconn 45CMX/45GMX/45CMX-K/Asus
Memory 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM)/8GB 2 x 4GB DDR3
Graphics Card Intel Corp 82945G Integrated Graphics Controller/Intel
Sound Card Onboard Realtek/Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays Hanns.G HH221 22" inches Widescreen/Asus 15.6
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080/1366 x 768
Keyboard Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (UK)/Inbuilt
Mouse Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse/Touchpad
Hard Drives ExcelStor (250GB)/Asus
Internet Speed Just under 4MB download it's ADSL.
Antivirus MSE/MSE
Browser IE10/IE10
Other Info Epson Stylus SX415 All-in-one Printer,
Seagate Expansion 500GB External Desktop Drive
USB2 HDD Enclosure
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25 Aug 2011
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Win 7 Ultimate-64 Bit, Vista Home Premium-32 Bit, Win XP Pro-32 Bit Gulf of Maine |
Brink's the Man. I also read Window's Secret's which provides a lot of great info on my favorite OS | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Win 7 Ultimate-64 Bit, Vista Home Premium-32 Bit, Win XP Pro-32 Bit
CPU Intel Core i7 950 Bloomfield Extreme Quadcore 3.06GHz
Motherboard ASUS Sabertooth X58 LGA 1366 socket
Memory 12 GIGS Corsair Dominator-GT DDR3 PC3-15000 (1866MHz) Triple
Graphics Card Single Nvidia Powered EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1024Mbs DDR5 memo
Sound Card Creative Soundblaster X-FI Titanium Fatality Pro Series 7.1
Monitor(s) Displays Dual AOC 23" LCD- LED Backlit 5MS response-DCR 30,000:1 cont
Screen Resolution 1920 X 1080 resolution
Keyboard Logitech MX 3200 lazer wireless board and mouse
PSU Corsair Modular Pro Series AX 850 80 Plus Gold certified PSU
Case CoolerMaster Haf X 942 Full Tower with Mod Lighting
Cooling CoolerMaster V-8 180 Watt CPU/Heatsink Cooler
Hard Drives C:\ Hitachi 1 Terabyte- Serial ATA 300 @ 7200rpm
E:\ Hitachi 320 GB- Serial ATA @ 7200 rpm
F:\ Hitachi 320 GB- Serial ATA @ 7200rpm
Internet Speed Fairpoint DSL 15MB per second download/ 2MB upload
Other Info 1 230mm case fan Front
3 200mm case fans, sidetop and rear all with Green Led Mod lights
Double Cooler Fans over the 12Gigs of Corsair DDR3 ram
Wicked powerful Machine! :>)
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25 Aug 2011
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64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
That was very nice of Susan.  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom
OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz)
Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11
Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz
Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB
Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip
Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100
Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA
Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload
Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500
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25 Aug 2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 Macedonia |
Great to see that ! | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64
CPU Intel Pentium G630 @2.7GHz 3MB
Motherboard Asus P8H61-M LX3 PLUS
Memory Corsair 4GB DDR3 / 1066MHz 9-9-9-24 2T
Graphics Card Intel HD Graphics
Sound Card Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays Philips 192EL
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768
Keyboard Delux K5108
Mouse Genius
PSU Hantol 500W
Case Delux costumized...
Cooling 120mm Hantol, Spire 80mm
Hard Drives WD Caviar Blue 500GB / 16MB
Internet Speed 15 Mbit
Other Info Genius SW-2.1 355 Speakers,Camera,Joystick
Asus K55VJ(i5 3210, GT635M / 2GB, 8GB DDR3, 500GB HDD)
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25 Aug 2011
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#5 | |
Vista 64 bit and 32 bit (SP2) Los Angeles, California + Milwaukee, Wis |
Ditto! And well deserved Shawn, for ALL of your contributions! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv5t (generation 1)
OS Vista 64 bit and 32 bit (SP2)
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T9400 (2.53 GHz
Memory 4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
Graphics Card 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Monitor(s) Displays 15.4" diagonal WSXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescre
Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050
Keyboard Built-in HP
Mouse Built in - Synaptics TouchPad V6.5 on PS/2 Port
Hard Drives 320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
Internet Speed Max
Other Info ~ Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card w/Bluetooth ~ Blu-Ray ROM DVD+/-R/RW ~ Integ. HDTV Hybrid Tuner ~ 12 Cell Battery ~ MS Office (Home Premium) 2007 ~
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25 Aug 2011
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 Hertfordshire |
 Your tutorials are one of the highlights of SF Shawn | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Hewlett-Packard/G62-107SA Notebook
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 330 @ 2.13GHz
Motherboard Hewlett-Packard 1425
Memory 8 GB DDR3
Graphics Card Intel(R) HD Graphics
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Builtin
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Mouse Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000
Hard Drives 250 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
2TB Seagate GoFlex USB 2 Drive
1TB Iomega Prestige USB 2 Drive
1.5TB Iomega Prestige USB 2 Drive (Samsung)
1TB Iomega NAS.
Internet Speed 60 Mbs download 3 Mbs upload
Antivirus Norton 360
Browser Chrome
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25 Aug 2011
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) South Australia |
Fame and fortune for the alien from Area 51.....hehehe. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64)
CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Sound Card Realtek Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech G110
Mouse Logitech MX518
PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
Internet Speed Not fast enough!!!
Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro
Browser Chrome Version 25
Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86)
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25 Aug 2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 England |
Quote: Originally Posted by Joan Archer  I was just looking at my copy of Windows Secrets that had arrived in my mail box today and saw that we got a mention in there, well it was a link to Shawn's Tutorial on Disk Cleanup. TOP STORY
Tame a new system's hard-drive bloat
 By Susan Bradley
You just bought that new Windows 7 computer, and the next thing you know — you're running out of space.
Here are some tips and tricks to show where your hard drive space is going.
Once upon a time, I bought a computer with a 1GB hard drive and thought I'd never outgrow it. A few years later, I think nothing of buying Terabyte hard drives. The pundits might declare we're in a post-PC era, but the size of my C: drive begs to differ. It's not just my basic documents that are taking up space, not even those hundreds of digital photos and videos. With Windows, there can be many hidden — and unneeded — files that are choking your hard drive.
Start with the basic Windows cleanup tool
It's always best to start with Windows' common maintenance tools such as Disk Cleanup, shown in Figure 1. In this example, I could reclaim a whopping 39.1GB of drive space. Selecting the Clean up system files button removes old dump files, log files, queued-up Windows error reporting logs, and previous versions files as well. For more on using Disk Cleanup, see the SevenForums article, "Windows 7 — Disk Cleanup — open and use." More here,
Tame a new system’s hard-drive bloat
I'm so glad I belong to such a great forum. Good ideas for cleaning hard drive space | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU AMD Phenom II x4 840 Black Edition
Motherboard Forgot
Memory 8 Gb
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5570 2 Gb DDR3
Sound Card AMD High Definition Audio Device
Monitor(s) Displays Emprex 21 Inch
Screen Resolution 1280 x 720
Keyboard Cyborg V.1
Mouse Fuhlen Multi Button Gaming Mouse
PSU 600w Custom
Case Custom
Cooling Multiple Blue LED Fans
Hard Drives Western Digital 1 TB,
Unknown 160 gb and 1 TB Hitachi External Hard Drive
Internet Speed 20 Mb
Other Info I own other computers, such as my HP Mini 110 and some of my older computers!
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25 Aug 2011
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64-Bit Windows7 Ult-SP1 UK |
most excellent that you guys are getting recognition for your work
this is the best Windows 7 site anywhere, as far as I can see..  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number benchtec, built to personal specs
OS 64-Bit Windows7 Ult-SP1
CPU i7-965 Extreme Edition (8 Cores) at 3.3GHz (no OC)
Motherboard BloodRage QuantumForce X58 (Socket1366)
Memory 6G Corsair Dominator DDR3 - tripled
Graphics Card 2xMSI AMD6870's in crossfire
Sound Card Sonar(SB)X-Fi onboard
Monitor(s) Displays SyncMaster P2050 20"
Screen Resolution 1600x900 (widescreen)
Keyboard Logitech G19 (wired)
Mouse Logitech G9 Laser (wired)
PSU 1000w Corsair
Case ANTEC 900/2 all blue lights, etc..
Cooling Noctua SE1366 NH-U12P - a tight fit, but a monster cooler!!
Hard Drives 64G\OCZSeries2SSD, 60G\OCZVertex2SSD, 1TB\spinpointF1SATA
Internet Speed 50mb
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26 Aug 2011
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 Bay Area Peninsula |
More and more I'm seeing links to SF tutes, rather than doing them themselves. How to improve on Shawn and the other SF geeks works 
A Guy | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
CPU INTEL Core i5-750 Quad-Core 3.37GHz
Motherboard ASUS P7P55D
Memory KINGSTON 4GB (2 x 2GB) HyperX PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8
Graphics Card MSI N240GT-MD1G/D5 GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster B2430H 24"
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
PSU ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS, 550W
Case ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion
Cooling COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 4 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Noctua's
Hard Drives Intel X25M Gen2 80GB, SEAGATE 500GB Barracuda® 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache
Internet Speed 20 + Mbps
Antivirus Avast
Browser Opera
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