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Hi Packer,

The Tune-up Application is usually associated with the walign.exe and winalign.exe tools, described in this article from the Microsoft Knowledge Base. You don't need to run this utility if you don't want to, nor do you need to use the Task Scheduler, if you will remember to do the scandisking and defragging jobs on a regular schedule.

Hope this helps,
Kay

How often should I scan and defrag?? I hardly ever use the computer for much more than internet and mail. I did scan and defrag last week for the first time(computer is a month old) and it only took about 30 min. If I hardly ever use windows programs is once a month sufficient???Thanks again.....

No problem at all, Packer--you're fun to work with :)

Kay

Kay H.,
Thanks again!!! I really appreciate the quick replies and all the advice. You all are doing a fantastic job!!!
Packer04

Kay H.,
O.K. I have run scan disc, defragged, emptied my internet temporary files, and emptied my C:\windows
temp. files. For good housekeeping do I also need to do disc clean-up?? Do I ever need to run maintenance wizard???
It's a good thing I'm a stay at home mom/housewife/domestic goddess or else how would I ever have time to keep up with it all? :)
Thanks again....

Packer, you are a hoot :) What we really need is to find us a wife, then we don't have to worry about anything but the computer and all its little idiosyncracies :) Just a 9-5 wife, and we'll take it from there...

Disk cleanup automates what you have done in the way of folder-emptying manually--it's a quick way to do all of it at one time; in addition, though, it offers more in the way of cleanup than what you have done, although the additional options offered aren't all that important. If you start Disk Cleanup and choose a drive to clean up, a window appears which gives you a series of boxes to check, if you want to clean the folders associated with the boxes. If you highlight the options one by one, the functions of the files will be explained to you, and you can then decide if you want to empty them out or not. In terms of keeping Windows properly running, the things you manually do are enough, but using the cleanup tool instead of the manual operation is one way to completely clean things up, and it has the advantage of cleaning the Temporary Internet Files, and most of the Windows\Temp files. The thing with that folder is that Windows has an arbitrary time limit which it uses on files in this folder: if they haven't been accessed within a certain period of time, they can be deleted; they are held for that length of time, which you don't normally do in a manually-done cleaning.

Maintenance Wizard: if you follow a scandisk/defrag schedule on your own, then you will not need to run Maintenance Wizard.

Hope this helps,
Kay

Kay H.;
It sure does help!! Thanks again...I hope you get paid the big bucks for all your knowledge!!!
Lori