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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Sunday, November 14, 2004 - 11:58 am
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.
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Catfat
Member
02-27-2002
| Monday, November 15, 2004 - 12:40 am
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.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, November 15, 2004 - 3:26 pm
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.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, November 15, 2004 - 3:31 pm
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.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, November 15, 2004 - 3:47 pm
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 i couldn't believe it was so old and outdated.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.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 5:42 pm
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.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 8:55 pm
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!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 4:12 pm
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.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 2:39 pm
Are the computers humming any better yet? Friday's mission: Check/reset the options in your Instant Messenger/s
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Friday, November 19, 2004 - 2:10 pm
how's about dumping un needed/wanted help text files/ videos that came with your computer. :o)
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Friday, November 19, 2004 - 5:41 pm
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.
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 8:48 pm
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.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Monday, November 22, 2004 - 1:15 pm
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!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, November 22, 2004 - 4:53 pm
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.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 2:32 pm
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
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 9:29 pm
"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?
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 9:07 am
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. 
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 4:17 pm
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.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 4:46 pm
Sheeeeeeee's baaaaaaaack! Glad to see you around again, Lk. Holy Smokes, Lk whoever sent you all those emails?
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 7:11 pm
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....
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, February 28, 2005 - 8:30 am
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.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 10:33 am
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.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 10:54 am
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.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 11:04 am
If all else fails, there is always Google, Landi.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 11:27 am
google is my frieeeeeeeeeeeeend!
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