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Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Sunday, November 14, 2004 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Since some of our computers seem to be showing signs of stress and overload I thought I'd try and get us started on some file flings. Since my computer savvy doesn't go very far, I'd appreciate if someone more knowledgable in that department would put his/her in, too.

Monday's mission:
Take 10 mins and fling as many emails in your inbox/es as you can.

Catfat
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02-27-2002

Monday, November 15, 2004 - 12:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Catfat a private message Print Post    
Oooo, this is good, Lum. On my old computer I had let the mail pile up and had over 5,000 letters, mostly genealogy. My inbox finally crashed (what a surprise!) and I lost everything. The reason I let the mail pile up? I was too lazy to learn how to put the stuff I wanted to save into files, so I just saved it all. I was actually relieved when it all disappeared from my life. There is probably a lesson here somewhere.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Monday, November 15, 2004 - 3:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
164 e-mails dumped. Those 10 mins were certainly worth it.LOL Yet I noticed a lot more clutter, so....

Tuesday's mission:
Take another 10 mins and start turfing from those "folders" you have created for e-mails you thought you wanted to keep.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Monday, November 15, 2004 - 3:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Good idea, Lumbele!

I actually purge my work email every day. I don't always get through it all, but I take 5-10 minutes every day to get rid of as many old, unnecessary emails as possible. I highly recommend doing it often, if not every day.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Monday, November 15, 2004 - 3:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
i had passwords for programs i no longer have in my email. i couldn't believe it was so old and outdated. it tool almost a half an hour to sift through it.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 5:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Yankee, I usually dump my email every day as well. But sometimes they stick to the box and after a couple of months it needs serious attention.

Wednesday's mission:
Do we really still need all those bookmarks? Let's do some weeding there.


Vee
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02-23-2004

Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 8:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
Okay, great idea, Lum! I have another...let's see which computer we could throw out a top story window...grrr...I have at least one!

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 4:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Expensive, although understandble desire in your present shoes, Vee.LOL How about for

Thursday's mission:
we dump some pics/gifs we don't like/ever use instead? It's a lot cheaper and won't cause hernias.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Are the computers humming any better yet?

Friday's mission:
Check/reset the options in your Instant Messenger/s

Jed245
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11-01-2002

Friday, November 19, 2004 - 2:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jed245 a private message Print Post    
how's about dumping un needed/wanted help text files/ videos that came with your computer. :o)

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Friday, November 19, 2004 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Jed, how about you tell us how, and we'll tackle it on Monday. Don't know about the rest of you, but the weekend is computer play time for me - no work.

Jed245
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11-01-2002

Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 8:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jed245 a private message Print Post    
Well the easiest way if your not sure what files you might need to get rid of is this....

Click start/search/all files and folders. And type in *.hlp then click search. :o)

You should get alot of files. And some you will know you don't need. Click on them and see if they are the help text files that you no longer need then boom delete them. :o)

You can also type in *.avi to find the mouse/keyboard tutorials that came with your computer. Again I advise watching some that you think you should delete just to make sure you want to delete them. :o) ya gotta be more careful whatcha delete with this way of doing it because every avi video on your pc will show up and some you want to keep. :o)

Jed.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Monday, November 22, 2004 - 1:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
I did this! (computer cleaning) I also took 10 min and under "tools" clicked "Internet Options" and under "internet settings" next to "cookies" is folders, temporary you see, click on that and it cleans up for you!

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Monday, November 22, 2004 - 4:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Jed, I should probably ask this in the Stupid Question thread, but how do I know which ones I want to dump? The search brought up probably a couple of hundred .hlp files. DH is also scaring me, saying that some are needed for the actual programmes.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 2:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
We better suspend this thread until after the holidays. Maybe we can get one of the computer sages to help us out with instructions to go with the chores.
DS watched me the other day clicking all those open windows and programs into the tray, so I could get to the desktop. Now I have this sticky note clinging to my monitor reminding me "To find desktop='windows key'+'m'". How come nobody told me before?LOL


Vee
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02-23-2004

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 9:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
"Windows key + m" ??? It works, by golly it works...now why do I care? I mean what's the purpose, Lum?

I have deleted 15 e-mails today...do we want e-mail totals or minutes spent?

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Monday, January 03, 2005 - 9:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
The purpose is not having to drop the open windows into the tray individually when you need to find something on your desktop.
When I open TVCH I click open the threads I intend to read/respond to. If I want to interupt that in order to find a certain gif from My Pictures to post or check my email for example, I can go the windows key+"m" direct route to my desktop and click on the appropriate icon. Am I making any sense yet; it's a bit early?

Let's go with numbers on the deletes, it sounds so much more efficient.

Lkunkel
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10-29-2003

Monday, January 03, 2005 - 4:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lkunkel a private message Print Post    
Well, let's see, over Christmas, I've deleted 7,895 emails and 400 pictures/smileys/emoticons.

I've deleted several programs that came with the computer, and transfered a bunch of stuff onto CDs. My computer is almost back to being a lean machine again.

I'm glad to see this Lumbele, thanks.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Monday, January 03, 2005 - 4:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Sheeeeeeee's baaaaaaaack! Glad to see you around again, Lk.
Holy Smokes, Lk whoever sent you all those emails?

Lkunkel
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10-29-2003

Monday, January 03, 2005 - 7:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lkunkel a private message Print Post    
Not sure what happened, actually. When I flipped from AOL to AOLFanFare, it actually tracked the number of emails I got and deleted--but there were months worth that I thought I had already deleted. So, my one trashcan says over 7 thousand emails deleted.

I still have a lot more to delete, I think, once I go through some of the other emails and extract the info into Treepad.

And I said I'd be back after January 1....

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Monday, February 28, 2005 - 8:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Well, it's a touch later than New Years. The will was strong, but the flesh was weak.LOL Back to work, kids!
Jed said whenever he gets a chance he'd give us more tips on what all we can do with those keys we stay away from, just in case they make the computer blow a gasket.
In the meantime:

Today, clean out your email boxes, including those extra folders. The one I always forget to clear is the "sent" folder.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 10:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
How about sorting through the Bookmarks today?
If you are like me and saving links to anything interesting, but forgetting to delete them after use, then you should have a bit to boogie out of there, too.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 10:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
but i neeeeeeeeeeed those lumbele! you never know when i'm gonna buy, say, a bottle of pear brandy from the place that puts the pear in the bottle, or i'm going to need a copy of the article on it snowing in las vegas! hehehe! okay, off to delete obsolete bookmarks.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 11:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
If all else fails, there is always Google, Landi.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
google is my frieeeeeeeeeeeeend!