Hi, all!
I have an XP that is about 6 years old and starting to run slow and give me error messages. I wanted to trade up to a Windows 7 until I discovered the upgraded software for my online job would run close to $1000 for a p/t job that only nets about $5000 a year. Decided that was not good business sense. So...I downloaded one of those PC "cleaner"-type programs from WinZip and it found 6 THOUSAND files that it says I should delete. Over a thousand of them are from AVG, which is my security program, so I am very hesitant, especially since I do not have a CLUE of what they are used for. Others include "outdated" drivers (what IS a driver anyhow?) and tons of Firefox files (my browser, which has been giving me fits and maybe this is why?).
Sooooo....what I am wondering is this: If I create a restore point for today and then let the software delete all these files, if my computer then does not work right and some of my programs are off, can I just go back and restore the computer? Or will that not work because all those files have been deleted?
I really wish I understood the "back side" of my computer. I can run all my software programs but I haven't a clue about what the system does to make everything function so nicely. At least it did until recently. I have a 37 GIG hard drive that is only 2/3 full--but most of that seems to be updates for this program and that and the system itself, none of which I have a clue about. MY own stuff seems to take up very little space at all--maybe 5 GIGs, if that.
Soooo...any input, suggestions, opinions, and what-have-you will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Rusty
I have an XP that is about 6 years old and starting to run slow and give me error messages. I wanted to trade up to a Windows 7 until I discovered the upgraded software for my online job would run close to $1000 for a p/t job that only nets about $5000 a year. Decided that was not good business sense. So...I downloaded one of those PC "cleaner"-type programs from WinZip and it found 6 THOUSAND files that it says I should delete. Over a thousand of them are from AVG, which is my security program, so I am very hesitant, especially since I do not have a CLUE of what they are used for. Others include "outdated" drivers (what IS a driver anyhow?) and tons of Firefox files (my browser, which has been giving me fits and maybe this is why?).
Sooooo....what I am wondering is this: If I create a restore point for today and then let the software delete all these files, if my computer then does not work right and some of my programs are off, can I just go back and restore the computer? Or will that not work because all those files have been deleted?
I really wish I understood the "back side" of my computer. I can run all my software programs but I haven't a clue about what the system does to make everything function so nicely. At least it did until recently. I have a 37 GIG hard drive that is only 2/3 full--but most of that seems to be updates for this program and that and the system itself, none of which I have a clue about. MY own stuff seems to take up very little space at all--maybe 5 GIGs, if that.
Soooo...any input, suggestions, opinions, and what-have-you will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Rusty