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| | deleting files and pics from my ..searches/recently changed hello all i am trying to remove unwanted pics and files and stuff that comes into my computure when i am on it so i ...click on my start button and click on computure..click on .searches ...then click on....recently changed .....there are files and things in there from day one when i opened my new vista up every day i remove folders and pics and movies but in this location every thing stays and is getting bigger and bigger although you can not open anything when i try to delete it from this location it says program does not exist and and it no longer excist in this locsation and everything is still in this folder getting bigger and bigger please tell me how to remove them thank you Bob |
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| | Re: deleting files and pics from my ..searches/recently changed On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:56:02 -0800, Bob <Bob@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > hello all i am trying to remove unwanted pics and files and stuff that comes > into my computure when i am on it so i ...click on my start button and click > on computure..click on .searches ...then click on....recently changed > ....there are files and things in there from day one when i opened my new > vista up every day i remove folders and pics and movies but in this location > every thing stays and is getting bigger and bigger although you can not open > anything when i try to delete it from this location it says program does not > exist and and it no longer excist in this locsation and everything is still > in this folder getting bigger and bigger please tell me how to remove them > thank you Bob Is this a computer you acquired used? If I acquired a used computer, the first thing I would do with it would be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You have no idea how the computer has been maintained, what has been installed incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and spyware there may be, etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody else's mistakes and problems, possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend that anyone else do either. That goes double in your case, when you can already see things you want to get rid of; the "pics and files and stuff" you see may be only the tip of the iceberg. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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| | Re: deleting files and pics from my ..searches/recently changed If this stuff is porn, then you are likely infected with malware. At least that's where I would start looking. "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:llvok3hjhhp2r0s66k1riinl82oo80ugn4@xxxxxx Quote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:56:02 -0800, Bob > <Bob@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >> hello all i am trying to remove unwanted pics and files and stuff that >> comes >> into my computure when i am on it so i ...click on my start button and >> click >> on computure..click on .searches ...then click on....recently changed >> ....there are files and things in there from day one when i opened my new >> vista up every day i remove folders and pics and movies but in this >> location >> every thing stays and is getting bigger and bigger although you can not >> open >> anything when i try to delete it from this location it says program does >> not >> exist and and it no longer excist in this locsation and everything is >> still >> in this folder getting bigger and bigger please tell me how to remove >> them >> thank you Bob > > > Is this a computer you acquired used? > > If I acquired a used computer, the first thing I would do with it > would be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You have no idea > how the computer has been maintained, what has been installed > incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and spyware there may be, > etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody else's mistakes and > problems, possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend > that anyone else do either. That goes double in your case, when you > can already see things you want to get rid of; the "pics and files and > stuff" you see may be only the tip of the iceberg. > > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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| | Re: deleting files and pics from my ..searches/recently changed On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:53:14 -0600, "Wandering" <amore.dei@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > If this stuff is porn, then you are likely infected with malware. At least > that's where I would start looking. Not me. I'm not the one with the computer. Please reply to the OP, not just to anyone who happens to reply to him. Quote: > "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:llvok3hjhhp2r0s66k1riinl82oo80ugn4@xxxxxx Quote: > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:56:02 -0800, Bob > > <Bob@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Quote: > >> hello all i am trying to remove unwanted pics and files and stuff that > >> comes > >> into my computure when i am on it so i ...click on my start button and > >> click > >> on computure..click on .searches ...then click on....recently changed > >> ....there are files and things in there from day one when i opened my new > >> vista up every day i remove folders and pics and movies but in this > >> location > >> every thing stays and is getting bigger and bigger although you can not > >> open > >> anything when i try to delete it from this location it says program does > >> not > >> exist and and it no longer excist in this locsation and everything is > >> still > >> in this folder getting bigger and bigger please tell me how to remove > >> them > >> thank you Bob > > > > > > Is this a computer you acquired used? > > > > If I acquired a used computer, the first thing I would do with it > > would be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You have no idea > > how the computer has been maintained, what has been installed > > incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and spyware there may be, > > etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody else's mistakes and > > problems, possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend > > that anyone else do either. That goes double in your case, when you > > can already see things you want to get rid of; the "pics and files and > > stuff" you see may be only the tip of the iceberg. > > > > -- > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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| | Re: deleting files and pics from my ..searches/recently changed hello ken this was bought new from...dell.... but with sons you never know how or why things are getting in but i sure want to get rid of alot if you guys cant help me then i am going to the help line at dell but thank you for your concern. bob "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: Quote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:56:02 -0800, Bob > <Bob@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: > > hello all i am trying to remove unwanted pics and files and stuff that comes > > into my computure when i am on it so i ...click on my start button and click > > on computure..click on .searches ...then click on....recently changed > > ....there are files and things in there from day one when i opened my new > > vista up every day i remove folders and pics and movies but in this location > > every thing stays and is getting bigger and bigger although you can not open > > anything when i try to delete it from this location it says program does not > > exist and and it no longer excist in this locsation and everything is still > > in this folder getting bigger and bigger please tell me how to remove them > > thank you Bob > > > Is this a computer you acquired used? > > If I acquired a used computer, the first thing I would do with it > would be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You have no idea > how the computer has been maintained, what has been installed > incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and spyware there may be, > etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody else's mistakes and > problems, possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend > that anyone else do either. That goes double in your case, when you > can already see things you want to get rid of; the "pics and files and > stuff" you see may be only the tip of the iceberg. > > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > Please Reply to the Newsgroup > |
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| | Re: deleting files and pics from my ..searches/recently changed Hey there, I also have a file which i cannot delete permanently. I accepted the file by mistake in a transfer in an instant messaging chat. I deleted file from "recently changed" and deleted the same file from "recycle bin". Although I cannot open the file in "recently changed" as it states it has been deleted. The file still remains in the list and the icon shows the picture content which is visible. How can I delete the file permantently from "recently changed" so it is no longer shown in the list and no longer on my laptop. Dell advised me to restore my laptop back to factory settings, but surely there is a much simpler and quicker way rather than restoring. I have already deleted the file from "recent items", but I want permanently deleted from "recently changed" so it is not listed". Sorry I am not very IT minded so hope the above does not sound too ridiculous!! Please help......thanks Yaz "Bob" wrote: Quote: > hello ken this was bought new from...dell.... but with sons you never know > how or why things are getting in but i sure want to get rid of alot if you > guys cant help me then i am going to the help line at dell but thank you for > your concern. > > bob > > > "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: > Quote: > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:56:02 -0800, Bob > > <Bob@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Quote: > > > hello all i am trying to remove unwanted pics and files and stuff that comes > > > into my computure when i am on it so i ...click on my start button and click > > > on computure..click on .searches ...then click on....recently changed > > > ....there are files and things in there from day one when i opened my new > > > vista up every day i remove folders and pics and movies but in this location > > > every thing stays and is getting bigger and bigger although you can not open > > > anything when i try to delete it from this location it says program does not > > > exist and and it no longer excist in this locsation and everything is still > > > in this folder getting bigger and bigger please tell me how to remove them > > > thank you Bob > > > > > > Is this a computer you acquired used? > > > > If I acquired a used computer, the first thing I would do with it > > would be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You have no idea > > how the computer has been maintained, what has been installed > > incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and spyware there may be, > > etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody else's mistakes and > > problems, possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend > > that anyone else do either. That goes double in your case, when you > > can already see things you want to get rid of; the "pics and files and > > stuff" you see may be only the tip of the iceberg. > > > > -- > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup > > |
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