iron2000 Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 Found some mysterious files in my C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32: aiko.exe XAiko.exe Are they anything bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted March 9, 2003 Veteran Share Posted March 9, 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krmathis Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 Here are my Windows folder: Windows XP Professional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted March 12, 2003 Veteran Share Posted March 12, 2003 wow, i just did an unattended install, added hotfixes, wmp9, dx9, mm2, .net framework + sp2, and msjava i didn't even have time to remove anything like inf, dllcache, etc. after doing all updates, i had to switch to other xp install, and i checked how big the unattended install is. (this IS windows xp, even though it's in \winnt, unattended install didn't ask for drive, only folder... :s ??) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 Right now i got about 1GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidar Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 1.34GB. My windows directory is fat :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobsgrg Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 mine is 1.57gb :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulfusion Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 1.73 GB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 I guess most people on neowin preferr ntfs over fat32 XP is much more stable using NTFS. It's not really made for FAT32, and it's not recommended that you install it under that file system :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted March 12, 2003 Author Share Posted March 12, 2003 Here are my Windows folder:Windows XP Professional Wow, crap, you are almost under 400mb :p What have you deleted that isnt posted in this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boocher Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 ha i've beat almost all of you! :-S i'm not sure if thats good! ;) mine's 1.95GB...with no iis or any unneeded crap...*wonders whats eating it* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted March 12, 2003 Author Share Posted March 12, 2003 ha i've beat almost all of you! :-S i'm not sure if thats good! ;)mine's 1.95GB...with no iis or any unneeded crap...*wonders whats eating it* That is 4 times bigger then it should be :p Smaller is MUCH better ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boocher Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 4 times!? OMG...hm...i'm not sure really whats eating it. i need that sequoia view program... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted March 13, 2003 Author Share Posted March 13, 2003 4 times!? OMG...hm...i'm not sure really whats eating it. i need that sequoia view program... Delete the servicepackfiles folder, the dllcache files, and the drive cache folder, then the help folder ;) Shen posted a nice list of most of the things you can remove ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boocher Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 ok i did that and i got it down to 1.5GB but my worries of size are supposedly because of my assembly files and all the stuff that i need for vs.net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted March 13, 2003 Author Share Posted March 13, 2003 Some programs do add things to the windows folder :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zupport Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 How 2 reduce the windows folder size??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted March 13, 2003 Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2003 How 2 reduce the windows folder size??? read the first few pages of the article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted March 13, 2003 Author Share Posted March 13, 2003 How 2 reduce the windows folder size??? Delete folder and files you dont need :p Shen posted about 18 things you can remove that will free up a lot of space :p I still want to know how solaris got his to 400mb :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkit Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 Here's mine. All I did was do what I saw on this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted March 14, 2003 Veteran Share Posted March 14, 2003 I deletes all the files specified here and my folder is still at 900+ mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikaro Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 Hi everyone. I do have a tip on how to reduce the folder size, actually reduce the space used on the whole drive. right click on it, compress it. then using the search feature, search for *.exe and uncompress then. That is , you compress the harddrive, everything, then un-compress the exe files, why you ask ? Because if you uncompress the exe files you wont have to wait for the uncompression to take place when u lauch the application. everything else, is compressed, resulting is less space used, and still keep the same speed. Ive used this tip for a long time, and it works great. The idea came from some tweaking guide thing i read on some website, which i cant remember the name. I also remember that were some other files that you had to uncompress in order to make things run smooth, but the exes are the most important. Good weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted March 16, 2003 Veteran Share Posted March 16, 2003 i would also uncompress dll files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted March 26, 2003 Author Share Posted March 26, 2003 Here is mine, I think it is the smallest now :p This is my whole computer, all on an old 500mb drive :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted March 26, 2003 Author Share Posted March 26, 2003 Hi everyone.I do have a tip on how to reduce the folder size, actually reduce the space used on the whole drive. right click on it, compress it. then using the search feature, search for *.exe and uncompress then. That is , you compress the harddrive, everything, then un-compress the exe files, why you ask ? Because if you uncompress the exe files you wont have to wait for the uncompression to take place when u lauch the application. everything else, is compressed, resulting is less space used, and still keep the same speed. Ive used this tip for a long time, and it works great. The idea came from some tweaking guide thing i read on some website, which i cant remember the name. I also remember that were some other files that you had to uncompress in order to make things run smooth, but the exes are the most important. Good weekend. Why not search for all files but exe/dll files so you dont compress/decompress a bunch of stuff to fragment your hard drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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