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"Pete Moscatt" <pgmoscatt@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the responses....
>
> The folder I want access to is: C
Users\Fritzables\Local Settings\Temp
>
> I can't get into 'Local Settings'
>
> I have had some Trojans attack in XP days and by going restarting in 'Safe
> Mode' one could go into this folder and delete it's contents and take the
> offending file with it.
>
> Hope this helps what I am trying to do.
>
> Fritzables.
>
>
>
> "Pete Moscatt" <pgmoscatt@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:5rR2o.22768$0A5.6805@newsfe22.iad...
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have made the move across the Windows 7 in recent times and therefore
>> still getting used to the new environment.
>>
>> I am the administrator of the OS but I notice that under 'CUsers\' that
>> my account name has a padlock showing and can't get into certain hidden
>> folders for maintenance.
>>
>> What's the way around this?
>>
>> Fritzables.
>>
>>
That folder does not exist in my PC. However, I will tell you that Windows
7, with updates installed, is rather good at dealing with trojans, while XP
did nothing at all about them - a slight exaggeration but with XP it was in
my opinion important, if one did a bit of downloading from likely danger
sites, to have paid for virus software. So you are less likely to need to
do that sort of thing.
Also, Disk Cleanup, a standard Windows 7 utility, is good at removing
temporary files - in fact probably better than one can manage on one's own
because (this is my own personal viewpoint, nobody here agrees with me)
Windows 7 puts files in odd places, not intuitively obvious ones. It also
leaves shortcuts all over the place which remain even after the file they
point to is deleted (the system maintenance troubleshooter will have a go at
dealing with that sort of thing. I have no idea why disk cleanup doesn't do
that.)
news:eRv3o.43944$f_3.30504@newsfe17.iad...
> Thanks for the responses....
>
> The folder I want access to is: C
Users\Fritzables\Local Settings\Temp>
> I can't get into 'Local Settings'
>
> I have had some Trojans attack in XP days and by going restarting in 'Safe
> Mode' one could go into this folder and delete it's contents and take the
> offending file with it.
>
> Hope this helps what I am trying to do.
>
> Fritzables.
>
>
>
> "Pete Moscatt" <pgmoscatt@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:5rR2o.22768$0A5.6805@newsfe22.iad...
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have made the move across the Windows 7 in recent times and therefore
>> still getting used to the new environment.
>>
>> I am the administrator of the OS but I notice that under 'C
Users\' that>> my account name has a padlock showing and can't get into certain hidden
>> folders for maintenance.
>>
>> What's the way around this?
>>
>> Fritzables.
>>
>>
That folder does not exist in my PC. However, I will tell you that Windows
7, with updates installed, is rather good at dealing with trojans, while XP
did nothing at all about them - a slight exaggeration but with XP it was in
my opinion important, if one did a bit of downloading from likely danger
sites, to have paid for virus software. So you are less likely to need to
do that sort of thing.
Also, Disk Cleanup, a standard Windows 7 utility, is good at removing
temporary files - in fact probably better than one can manage on one's own
because (this is my own personal viewpoint, nobody here agrees with me)
Windows 7 puts files in odd places, not intuitively obvious ones. It also
leaves shortcuts all over the place which remain even after the file they
point to is deleted (the system maintenance troubleshooter will have a go at
dealing with that sort of thing. I have no idea why disk cleanup doesn't do
that.)