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How do I make sure pictures I delete are completely deleted 

by Guest Geek on June 29, 2009

Q: Me and my friends took pictures and I put them on my computer. I have since deleted them but I know my dad can view what pictures have been seen on the computer. How do I delete them for good?

 
 

How can I delete chat conversations that might be stored on my computer? 

by Guest Geek on June 26, 2009

Q: On what part of my computer do my chat messages get stored and can I delete them from my computer so no one is able to view my past conversations?

 
 

Is it safe to remove my overland folder? 

by Guest Geek on March 23, 2009

Q: I have Windows XP and an HP Photosmart 8150 printer. In my c:\program files I found a folder called “overland” with a lot of other data when clicked yet nothing opens. Is it safe to remove all?

 
 

What are the correct temporary files to delete to make my computer run better? 

by Guest Geek on February 26, 2009

Q: Everything you do on a computer is saved on the hard drive, even if you delete it, there is still a part of it left in the hard drive. How can you go into the hard drive and delete all of the temporary internet files and all the other files. No matter how much I delete files, my computer speed doesn’t improve, load increases. When my dad gives the computer to somebody that knows this stuff, they find all kinds of files and then the computer gets better and all junk files are gone. How can a normal person delete all of these junk files in the hard drive? Please tell me the procedure to go in the system files and delete all of this junk.

 
 

Is it possible to delete Roxio software off my computer? 

by Guest Geek on February 7, 2009

Q: Can Roxio be deleted and blocked?

 
 

Deleting Undeletable Pif Files From A Windows Share 

by Jay on March 5, 2008

Q: I work for a company that lets us store files on a network drive. I copy a folder there that had a DOS shortcut pif to A drive. When I try to delete the pif, or folder it give me an error that the file is being used. Any Idea how to delete this file?

A: Hi There, people working on network drives at times do experience issue in deleting files. Below are given some of the possible solutions that you can use to help alleviate the issue at hand.

  1. The pif file may not get deleted if the file is read only. To remove this problem, Go to the safe mode, right click on the file, then click on the properties, uncheck the read only box and then click ok. Then try deleting the file.
  2. There are also incidences when viruses create undeletable pif files . So ensure that your antivirus is in place.
  3. If the file still remains undeleted you can use a file deleting utility to delete the particular file. One such program is called FileUtilities. This utility is capable of deleting files which do not get normally deleted and it also check folders for consistency errors.

If the solutions provided above don’t work toward solving your problem, it is advisable to contact your network administrator for help.