"Anne" <anne@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "JamesJ" <jjy@xxxxxx_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
> news:uSvE4X57JHA.1716@xxxxxx Quote:
>>I have 2 files in the windows\system32 folder. On is:
>>
>> 7B296FB0-376B-497e-B012-9C450E1B7327-2P-1.C7483456-A289-439d-8115-601632D005A0
>> The other one is similar.
>> Can I delete these files? Because of the length of the files I'm
>> only able to see 2 column of files in the system32 folder.
>> It make navigation difficult.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> James
>
> NO These are Windows Vista validaton update files. They will not
> be read
> by programs such as Ad-Aware because they are encrypted for
> protection of
> your personal information. Thanks. How do you know that? With the HD littered with dozens and
dozens of these cryptic filenames, is there a way to determine what
they are for, which are essential and which can be safely deleted?