when i do a disk clean up on my comp, windows xp, it has just started not emptying the compress old files folder. i have tryed several times but it wont empty it, every other part emptyies. as there is now a large amount in it my comp is going slow, any one help.

bigmak, January 2009

These files are not supposed to be emptied, and you should not empty them unless you are sure.

The cleanup creates these compressed files in order to save space. They are files you have not used in a long time, since you rarely use them, cleanup compresses them.

When you do go to access these files in the future, they will be accesses slightly more slowly the first time (since it needs to decompress the files). Cleanup compresses these files, to save space on the hard-drive.

The slowdown is not due to these files. There is likely some startup issue like the other poster suggests. lately is is often due to people installing 2 antivirus software packages. If you have 2 installed, remove both then install 1.

Use MSConfig to find the cause see http://www.capitaltechmd.com/index.php?option=com_agora&task=viewtopic&pid=95&Itemid=19#p95

Astrophel, February 2009

http://www.regvac.com/forum/m-1178221499/

Going slowly may be an entirely different matter.

Use Windows defender to see what's in the Start Up file and also What's running that you don't want to be running.
Clean the registry and defrag the disk. May run quicker after this.

Peccavi, January 2009

Try system restore, and go back a good few months.
The best way would be to totally format the harddrive and reinstall windows xp, really sppeds up PC.

Ben, January 2009