RE: Two different questions, wallpaper and memory usage

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From: Cholko (Cholko_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/25/04


Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:46:23 -0700

Problem solved, Drive C: was not formatted, and that needed to be done as well as partition 2 deleted

"Byte" wrote:

> 1. Wallpapers can be deleted if you know the names by doing a Search of your
> harddrive, rightclick and click delete.
> 2. You probably have a partial partition that was created by the incomplete install
> of XP. A Partitioning program can delete that partition, or you can try the
> below free partition program. Be very careful of what you are doing before
> deleting ANYTHING!
> Ranish Partition Manager v2.44 Beta
> http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_download/0,fid,6170,fileidx,1,00.asp
>
> "WizardFlyer" wrote:
>
> > Question 1: I have had a spyware pop-up and it was a XP 'impersonator'. It had two X's to x it out and I clicked the wrong one and it automatically installed a few wallpapers on my computer. Can anyone tell me how to delete these wallpapers? I have already removed the spyware completely, but that didn't work.
> >
> > Question 2: When I got my Dell 4600, it had 95% free gigabyte space. When I went to reinstall XP, it didn't work half way through and I spent 3 hrs on technical support. After all of this was completed, I finally got my XP back and all the drivers installed. But there was less files installed on the computer. However, only 78% free space is available. I tried defragmenting Drive C, and doing a disk clean up.



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