If you have virus and spyware on you computer open them and do a full system scan. Most programs are pretty simple to use. There is usually a button that says scan.
Hi when you install / uninstall a program in vista it creates a restore point, take for example if removing something broke your pc, you could restore back to when it was installed (and your pc would work again) - this uses several GB of your hard drive. By default vista will use 15% of your hard drive for restore points, however if you like you can specify a limit.
To begin click start - type cmd in the search box - Under programs you will see cmd, right click it and click run as an administrator - accept the user account prompt.
Type in vssadmin list shadowstorage (press enter) - it will tell you how much space is being used by system restore. You will notice that it's probably several GB.
Now to set a limit type
vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=(enter amount of gb that you want)
At the moment it's set to default - to use 15% of your hard drive maximum. But you can specify a limit e.g 10 gb. When your computer reaches this 10 gb limit - it will just delete the oldest restore point and replace that space with a new one. So it will not stop creating restore points. If you want to change it back simply work out what 15% of your hard drive space is - and set it to that limit....
Also ensure that you delete all but the most recent restore point - because otherwise it will keep the previous one which could be using up all of that space.
To do this click start - all programs - accessories - system tools - disk cleanup - Files from all users on this computer (accept the user account control prompt) if it asks for a drive select the c: drive (it will be automatically selected) -(it will take a while to load) - at the top there is two tabs, click onto more options - under system restore & shadow copies click cleanup
ah1f
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February 9th, 2008 20:00
ah1f
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February 9th, 2008 21:00
saffron.x
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February 9th, 2008 21:00
saffron.x
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February 10th, 2008 15:00
:smileyindifferent:i done a whoooole virus scan and nothing was detected :smileyindifferent:
ah1f
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February 10th, 2008 16:00
Did you do an anti-spyware scan?
Try downloading AVG virus and anti-spyware from here:
http://www.download.com/Antivirus-Firewall-Spyware/?tag=dir
Cameron2612
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February 15th, 2008 18:00
Hi when you install / uninstall a program in vista it creates a restore point, take for example if removing something broke your pc, you could restore back to when it was installed (and your pc would work again) - this uses several GB of your hard drive. By default vista will use 15% of your hard drive for restore points, however if you like you can specify a limit.
To begin click start - type cmd in the search box - Under programs you will see cmd, right click it and click run as an administrator - accept the user account prompt.
Type in vssadmin list shadowstorage (press enter) - it will tell you how much space is being used by system restore. You will notice that it's probably several GB.
Now to set a limit type
vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=(enter amount of gb that you want)
e.g for 10gb enter
vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=10gb (click enter)
Hope this helps!
saffron.x
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February 17th, 2008 18:00
when i try to search cmd, nothing comes up. :l
saffron.x
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February 22nd, 2008 16:00
if i do this, when the 10 gb amount for restore points run out, will it stop saving stuff?
and if it does can you liek change it back to normal?
Cameron2612
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February 22nd, 2008 16:00
Start - All Programs - Accessories - Command Prompt - Right click it - run as administrator.... this opens up CMD.
Hope that helps!
Cameron2612
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February 28th, 2008 21:00
At the moment it's set to default - to use 15% of your hard drive maximum. But you can specify a limit e.g 10 gb. When your computer reaches this 10 gb limit - it will just delete the oldest restore point and replace that space with a new one. So it will not stop creating restore points. If you want to change it back simply work out what 15% of your hard drive space is - and set it to that limit....
Also ensure that you delete all but the most recent restore point - because otherwise it will keep the previous one which could be using up all of that space.
To do this click start - all programs - accessories - system tools - disk cleanup - Files from all users on this computer (accept the user account control prompt) if it asks for a drive select the c: drive (it will be automatically selected) -(it will take a while to load) - at the top there is two tabs, click onto more options - under system restore & shadow copies click cleanup
Simple as that :)