Hi,
I noticed that I now have over 600,000 files that seems like a bit much. Is there anyway I can create a report of all my directories/folders and list the number of files in each folder?
Any suggestions for how to clean this mess up???
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Hi,
I noticed that I now have over 600,000 files that seems like a bit much. Is there anyway I can create a report of all my directories/folders and list the number of files in each folder?
Any suggestions for how to clean this mess up???
I know this sounds stupid but what kind of files are they. Music, program, data, movies?
Well actually i might suggest WinRAR Or WinZip and you can archive yourfiles. Which will make them some what smaller and you can catagorize them as you please. But thats just my opinion.
When you make the archive as i stated above you can name it what or want or give it a name according to the number of files in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by rss
WinRAR: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
Winzip:http://www.winzip.com/downwzeval.htm, Download the evaluation version its FREE
Here's some shareware you could try.. http://www.soft32.com/download_8397.html. I've used it before and it's pretty helpful showing you which files are taking up all your hard drive space.
For a quick and dirty listing, run a Command Prompt and type (for the C: drive, change for other drives) : DIR C:\ /S /A > files.txt
This will produce a (large) file called files.txt which can be viewed in a text editor or word processor and will list what files exist in which folders, with total at the end, but I don't recall for sure if there's anything hidden in XP that this won't reveal.
And here's another freeware reporting program:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/foldersreport.html
http://www.spadixbd.com/
^^ Free directory printing/listing tool, I use it quite often and havent had any problems with it, useful when you burn alot of data to a dvd and can easily print out a content page for it.
Any idea why you have so many files? where are you looking to see 600,000 files?Quote:
Originally Posted by rss
For all the browsers you have installed, remember to Clean Up temporary files
also do a Disk Clean: Start-->Programs-->Accessories-->SystemTools-->DiskCleanup
When I run norton to do a scan it says it scanned over 600,000 files. I don't think the problem is the temp files but I'll check. What I notice is that my system volume information is over 99 gigs. Can I safely remove it? I thought it was used for the restore function in xp but I find that 90% of the time you can't restore. I would like to delete it and start over. any suggestions of how to do that>
Simply right click on My Computer, Go to System Restore, put a check in the Turn Off System Restore, and click OK. Reboot and then go back and uncheck the turn off system restore.
Wow! Lots o' files there! How big is your hard drive, anyway? Have you just tried looking at the properties of some folders to see how large they are? And have you run any spyware removal tools like Ad Aware SE Personal, Spybot Search & Destroy, etc? I'm curious because some current adware can write 2 or 3 GB worth of files to your machine, and create thousands of infected small files such as .dll files, along with thousands of registry entries. NAV is just not that good a tool for adware/spyware removal, and often misses things that should be removed and flags things that are unimportant.
Just to give you a reference point, one of my home machines has 4 or 5 of my larger games on it (1 to 6 GB each), 30 or so kid games (Zoo Tycoon, Putt-Putt, Pajama Sam, etc), lots of software, 4 or 5 hours of video, etc. All in all my 120 GB drive is about 57% full, and I have around 257,000 files on it.
I think I would run malware scans (if you haven't) before anything else. Update the software before you scan. Be sure System Restore is turned off before scanning, and if things still seem weird, shut the machine down for at least thirty seconds, boot in Safe Mode, and re-scan.
msconfig shows the following services stopped. Is this normal? If not how do I clean this up?
uploads of jpgs didn't work. need to reduce size
here they are.
definitely not normal... start with an online virus scan....
I've run both norton and ms spyware scans and also ran the everest program you mentioned. the scans came up clean. Here's the output from everest: What's next?
Well I tried to send you the everst report but its 183000 kb and I can only put 10,000 on the message. Is there anything in particular that you would like to see?
EVEREST Home Edition © 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc.
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Motherboard Properties:
Motherboard ID <DMI>
Motherboard Name Dell Dimension 8400
Chipset Properties:
Motherboard Chipset Intel Alderwood i925X
Memory Timings 4-4-4-11 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
SPD Memory Modules:
DIMM1: Samsung M3 78T6553BG0-CD5 512 MB DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAM (5.0-4-4-11 @ 266 MHz) (4.0-4-4-11 @ 266 MHz) (3.0-3-3-8 @ 200 MHz)
DIMM3: Samsung M3 78T6553BG0-CD5 512 MB DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAM (5.0-4-4-11 @ 266 MHz) (4.0-4-4-11 @ 266 MHz) (3.0-3-3-8 @ 200 MHz)
BIOS Properties:
System BIOS Date 07/17/04
Video BIOS Date 04/05/12
DMI BIOS Version A01
Graphics Processor Properties:
Video Adapter ATI Radeon X300 (RV370)
GPU Code Name RV370 (PCI Express x16 1002 / 5B60, Rev 00)
GPU Clock 324 MHz (original: 324 MHz)
Memory Clock 196 MHz (original: 196 MHz)
Power Management
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Power Management Properties:
Current Power Source AC Line
Battery Status No Battery
Full Battery Lifetime Unknown
Remaining Battery Lifetime Unknown
CPU
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CPU Properties:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 540, 3200 MHz (16 x 200)
CPU Alias Prescott
CPU Stepping D0
Instruction Set x86, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Original Clock 3200 MHz
Min / Max CPU Multiplier 14x / 16x
Engineering Sample No
L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions
L1 Data Cache 16 KB
L2 Cache 1 MB (On-Die, ECC, ATC, Full-Speed)
Multi CPU:
Motherboard ID DELL Dim 8400
CPU #0 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz, 3192 MHz
CPU #1 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz, 3192 MHz
CPU Physical Info:
Package Type 775 Contact LGA
Package Size 3.75 cm x 3.75 cm
Transistors 125 million
Process Technology 7M, 90 nm, CMOS, Cu, Low-K Inter-Layer, High-K Gate, Strained Si
Die Size 112 mm2
Core Voltage 1.425 V
I/O Voltage 1.425 V
Typical Power 84 - 115 W (depending on clock speed)
Maximum Power 101 - 151 W (depending on clock speed)
CPU Manufacturer:
Company Name Intel Corporation
Product Information http://www.intel.com/products/browse/processor.htm
CPU Utilization:
CPU #1 / HTT Unit #1 0 %
CPU #1 / HTT Unit #2 67 %
CPUID
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CPUID Properties:
CPUID Manufacturer GenuineIntel
CPUID CPU Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz
CPUID Revision 00000F34h
IA Brand ID 00h (Unknown)
Platform ID 13h (Socket 775)
IA CPU Serial Number Unknown
Microcode Update Revision E
HTT / CMP Units 2 / 1
Instruction Set:
64-bit x86 Extension (AMD64, EM64T) Not Supported
Alternate Instruction Set Not Supported
AMD 3DNow! Not Supported
AMD 3DNow! Professional Not Supported
AMD Enhanced 3DNow! Not Supported
AMD Extended MMX Not Supported
Cyrix Extended MMX Not Supported
IA-64 Not Supported
IA MMX Supported
IA SSE Supported
IA SSE 2 Supported
IA SSE 3 Supported
CLFLUSH Instruction Supported
CMPXCHG8B Instruction Supported
CMPXCHG16B Instruction Not Supported
Conditional Move Instruction Supported
MONITOR / MWAIT Instruction Supported
RDTSCP Instruction Not Supported
SYSCALL / SYSRET Instruction Not Supported
SYSENTER / SYSEXIT Instruction Supported
VIA FEMMS Instruction Not Supported
Security Features:
Advanced Cryptography Engine (ACE) Not Supported
Data Execution Prevention (DEP, NX, EDB) Not Supported
Hardware Random Number Generator (RNG) Not Supported
Montgomery Multiplier & Hash Engine Not Supported
Processor Serial Number (PSN) Not Supported
Power Management Features:
Automatic Clock Control Supported
Enhanced Halt State (C1E) Not Supported
Enhanced SpeedStep Technology (EIST, ESS) Not Supported
Frequency ID Control Not Supported
LongRun Not Supported
LongRun Table Interface Not Supported
PowerSaver 1.0 Not Supported
PowerSaver 2.0 Not Supported
PowerSaver 3.0 Not Supported
Processor Duty Cycle Control Supported
Software Thermal Control Not Supported
Temperature Sensing Diode Not Supported
Thermal Monitor 1 Supported
Thermal Monitor 2 Not Supported
Thermal Monitoring Not Supported
Thermal Trip Not Supported
Voltage ID Control Not Supported
CPUID Features:
36-bit Page Size Extension Supported
Address Region Registers (ARR) Not Supported
CPL Qualified Debug Store Supported
Debug Trace Store Supported
Debugging Extension Supported
Fast Save & Restore Supported
Hyper-Threading Technology (HTT) Supported, Enabled
L1 Context ID Supported
Local APIC On Chip Supported
Machine Check Architecture (MCA) Supported
Machine Check Exception (MCE) Supported
Memory Configuration Registers (MCR) Not Supported
Memory Type Range Registers (MTRR) Supported
Model Specific Registers (MSR) Supported
Page Attribute Table (PAT) Supported
Page Global Extension Supported
Page Size Extension (PSE) Supported
Pending Break Event Supported
Physical Address Extension (PAE) Supported
Secure Virtual Machine Extensions (Pacifica) Not Supported
Self-Snoop Supported
Time Stamp Counter (TSC) Supported
Virtual Machine Extensions (Vanderpool) Not Supported
Virtual Mode Extension Supported
Memory Module Features:
Early RAS# Precharge Supported
Auto-Precharge Not Supported
Precharge All Not Supported
Write1/Read Burst Not Supported
Buffered Address/Control Inputs Not Supported
Registered Address/Control Inputs Not Supported
On-Card PLL (Clock) Not Supported
Buffered DQMB Inputs Not Supported
Registered DQMB Inputs Not Supported
Differential Clock Input Not Supported
Redundant Row Address Not Supported
Memory Module Manufacturer:
Company Name Samsung
Product Information http://www.samsung.com/Products/Semi...DRAM/index.htm
[ DIMM3: Samsung M3 78T6553BG0-CD5 ]
Memory Module Properties:
Module Name Samsung M3 78T6553BG0-CD5
Serial Number 0B1B6F02h
Manufacture Date Week 49 / 2004
Module Size 512 MB (1 rank, 4 banks)
Module Type Unbuffered
Memory Type DDR2 SDRAM
Memory Speed DDR2-533 (266 MHz)
Module Width 64 bit
Module Voltage SSTL 1.8
Error Detection Method None
Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us)
Memory Timings:
@ 266 MHz 5.0-4-4-11 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
@ 266 MHz 4.0-4-4-11 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
@ 200 MHz 3.0-3-3-8 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
Memory Module Features:
Early RAS# Precharge Supported
Auto-Precharge Not Supported
Precharge All Not Supported
Write1/Read Burst Not Supported
Buffered Address/Control Inputs Not Supported
Registered Address/Control Inputs Not Supported
On-Card PLL (Clock) Not Supported
Buffered DQMB Inputs Not Supported
Registered DQMB Inputs Not Supported
Differential Clock Input Not Supported
Redundant Row Address Not Supported
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Norton is the first thing that gets neutered... use an online scan here
click scan you pc button at the bottom.
Unless... are you sure you didn't stop these services... or someone else? If you reboot, do they remain stopped? What about in safe mode?
I've run both norton and ms spyware scans and also ran the everest program you mentioned. the scans came up clean. Here's the output from everest: What's next?
Well I tried to send you the everst report but its 183000 kb and I can only put 10,000 on the message. Is there anything in particular that you would like to see?
run panda as above.
I have run panda also and it too comes up clean. I notice that scriptblocking is STOPPED but Norton security says its enabled. As for the others, I just don't know what they are. Can I have them not running at all i.e. not loaded? JUst seems like a lot of stopped services. Does it increase the boot up time? Do they take up any system resources? Does it matter? Would the system be cleaner and more efficient if these stopped services were removed?
the title says it all
Quote:
Originally Posted by TechZ
I ran the tool and recursed sub folders. It showed just over 100,000 files. Doesn't seem right given how many files XP pro starts out with. Is there a way to show hidden files?
Well, once again it seems that NORTON is a piece of garbage. It says it's scanning 600,000 and there are in fact only a little over 100,000 including hidden files!!!! We should all get together buy symantec (the company) and put it out of business!
rss if all those services where truly stopped, you wouldn't be able to run Norton.... or much else. So either this is a windup or a joke program.
Do they show up as stopped in safe mode?
Hi,
My NTBTlog.txt file shows many drivers not loading. Is this normal behavior? Does this make the boot up take longer or cause other problems? Is there away to only load the drivers that are suppose to be loaded? Here's the NTBTlog:
Service Pack 210 11 2005 10:37:10.375
Did not load driver ACPI Multiprocessor PC
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem
Did not load driver Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Did not load driver OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series Secondary
Did not load driver Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem
Did not load driver Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Did not load driver OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series Secondary
Did not load driver Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem
Did not load driver Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Did not load driver OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series Secondary
Did not load driver Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem
Did not load driver Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Did not load driver OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series Secondary
Did not load driver Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem
Did not load driver Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Did not load driver OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver ECP Printer Port
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series Secondary
Did not load driver Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem
Did not load driver Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Did not load driver OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver ECP Printer Port
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series Secondary
Did not load driver Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem
Did not load driver Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Did not load driver OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver ECP Printer Port
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver ECP Printer Port
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver ECP Printer Port
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series Secondary
Did not load driver Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem
Did not load driver Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Did not load driver OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver ECP Printer Port
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series Secondary
Did not load driver Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem
Did not load driver Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Did not load driver OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver ECP Printer Port
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series Secondary
Did not load driver Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem
Did not load driver Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Did not load driver OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver ECP Printer Port
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series Secondary
Did not load driver Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem
Did not load driver Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Did not load driver OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver ECP Printer Port
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
Did not load driver Video Codecs
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver Intel Processor
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series
Did not load driver RADEON X300 Series Secondary
Did not load driver Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem
Did not load driver Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Did not load driver OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Did not load driver ECP Printer Port
Did not load driver Communications Port
Did not load driver Audio Codecs
Did not load driver Legacy Audio Drivers
Did not load driver Media Control Devices
Did not load driver Legacy Video Capture Devices
seems like it keeps trying to load the same drivers. Is there a way to haveit not load these drives? The system seems to be working properly without them. also, will this shorten my boot time?
rss how many machines are you posting about? If these drivers are not loading, then the system is running effectively in safe mode.
I don't think that's correct. When you look at the stopped services none of them look vital.
Hi, same machine but it is not running in safe mode as far as I can tell. But maybe that;s the problem. Can you generate the ntbtlog.txt file when you're not in safe mode or is that only an option when you are in safe mode? I generated the log yesterday.
I'm not 100% sure, but Norton doesnt see files as files, if that makes any sense :p
Personally I never have had a problem with NAV, its AV had always kept my pc's virus free.
ok so first thing to do is combine these threads since these problems are related.
bootlog analyser may be of use to you
creating a bootlog is no trick of a particular mode, you turn it on in msconfig or with command line switches.
OK... this started after you tried to uninstall java didn't it...
I'm not really sure. I started looking into the innards of my machine so to speak and was surprised at what I was finding. I was having a problem with java but Norton help was able to fix it. apparently ccproxy in currentuser had to be set to 0 it was at 2. The behavior was interesting though. IE would not update but firefox would. Now, based on reports from www.java.com both firefox and IE have java 1.5.0_05 and work with norton.
So, I think the issue with Java is ok but who knows. I was also having the control panel java icon remain even when java was removed.
The problems or suspicious items are:
1) norton says it's scanning 600,000 files --> I can only find 111,789
2) A lot of services are stopped
3) the ntbtlog says many drives didn't load but here I'm not sure if the ntbtlog was created in safe mode or not.
4) This is I think minor but to be complete, two programs are suppose to place their icons in the system tray, MS antispy (red yellow and black wheel) and a green globe from Norton. Sometimes they appear and sometimes they don't. The programs always appear in the task manager, so they are loading but not displaying.
Have performed multiple scans for virusis and the machine seems clean. What would you look at, or would you just say hey, if it aint broke....
you haven't answered my question about what happens to the services in safe mode....do the majority stay stopped or do some start?
OK, when I run in safe mode I have only 8 services running. When I run regular I have 21 services running.
I tried to create a bootlog from msconfig but get nothing useful. When you hit f8 on startup you can then select enable boot logging and I get the file that showed many drives not loading. It does not appear to be running in safe mode when it produces this file.
Lastly the system tray stuff remains unstable.
so what are the services that do run? In both modes
You can export the services list to a text file one of the menu items at the top...
Have you tried CCleaner or a registry mechanic (this one cost $$ each yr.
) Ccleaner can be found at pcworld.com