NOW AVAILABLE: I've compiled a small booklet entitled:
     "Computer Tips, Tricks & Answers for the average computer user ". (screenshot)
     Includes a table of contents for easy reference. 
     Available by mail for $3.00 & mailing cost. Contact me by email to acquire one for yourself, a friend, or family member. (bulk discount price available)     COMING SOON ! : I'll be compiling a new booklet soon, (The price will be $10.00 because it will end up saving you hundreds of dollars in computer repair in the long run and you will rarely be needing my services in the future) It will contain complete details on how to 'tweak' your computer,( both new and old computers) to get them running at peak performance, and keep them running that way. It too will be a small booklet, but will contain many easy and safe tweaks to perform on any computer running Windows OS. It will also include many links to free programs that are free on the internet, with instructions on how to install them, and run them to not only help you get your computer running at it's fastest, but keep it running there and avoid future problems so you'll have less service calls or downtime. Basically, it will be a 'computer maintainence book for 'dummies' (though I hate that word because there are no 'dummies'. There are only people that aren't 'computer literate') I'm willing to help change that and teach through this booklet.

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Basic Computer Questions

How do you 'Copy & Paste'?
How can I select multiple files in a folder without selecting them all? 10/21/05
How do you alphabetize my start menu programs?
How do you change my monitor's Screen Resolution?
Do I need my 'network logon' at Windows Startup?10/15/05
How can I stop my computer from going into 'Sleep mode' or 'Hibernation' 10/21/05

Email Questions

How do I avoid or slow down spam?
How do I forward/reply to emails without all the addresses appearing in it? 10/04/05 (Thanks 'Trish'!)

Questions or problems with Outlook Express?
Go here: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/2578

Internet Explorer Tweaks & Tips

ALL OF THE INFO BELOW CAN BE FOUND IF YOU CLICK ON 'HELP'
(at the top of Internet Explorer)

'TWEAK' your internet explorer's 'look'
Want a 'Daily Tip' for Internet Explorer on your computer? Try This!10/6/05
How do you change my Home Page?  (The webpage that opens when you first open your browser)
Turn off script bugging in Internet Explorer:
Change the 'Text size' in Internet Explorer
How To move around webpages easier 10/6/05

Computer Tuneup/Cleanup Questions

How do I increase my computer's resources? (speed up your computer) (edit your msconfig 'startup' programs)
Defrag won't finish how can I fix that?
My internet explorer pages load slowly, how can I fix that? 9/21/05
MRU's... What are they and how do I clean them out?

Chat Programs

How do I stop MSN Messenger from starting evertime you start your computer 10/8/05
How do I stop AIM Instant Messenger from starting evertime you start your computer 10/8/05
I installed AIM now I have 'Weatherbug' on my computer do I need it?
Is 'Windows Messenger' the same as MSN Messenger? 10/8/05

Miscellaneous

How can I send a large file to a friend easily? 9/21/05 Thanks MARY !
Disable 'Microsoft Error Reporting' Service 9/21/05
How do I 'clean my cookies'? 9/28/05
How do I tell if I have 'Spyware or Adware on my computer? What are the signs? 10/12/05
What are Tempory Internet Files? 10/8/05Do I need them?
I have a lot of pictures on my computer, does that slow my computer down? (NO IT DOESN'T)
New Quick Launch Toolbars (neat trick)
When you click on a folder it opens in 'one pane' Change it to two! (Windows 98,98SE)

Basic Questions

How To Copy & Paste:
Place your mouse cursor either at the beginning or the end of the text you want to copy.
Left click with your mouse, hold the button down and drag your cursor over the text to select it.
Once the text it selected, right click on the 'highlited' text,
Then left click on 'Copy' in the menu that pops up, OR use the keyboard shortcut.
For Windows users, the keyboard shortcut would be "Ctrl+C" or "Apple+C" for Mac users.
(Refer to your machine's help material if neither of these apply.)
Place the cursor where you want to 'paste' the text into.
Right click, then left click on "Paste" command in the menu that pops up, OR use the keyboard shortcut.
For Windows users the keyboard shortcut would be "Ctrl+V" or "Apple+V" for Mac users.

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How to Select Multiple files using the Ctrl Key
Let's say you open a file on your computer and you want to copy 10 files to another area, but there are 100 files in that one folder. What do you do? You can't use select all, because you don't want to move all 100 files. This is what you do, using the ctrl key and your mouse, you can select multiple files or deselect files. This is a very simple process. Here's what you do:
Click on the first file you want to move then go to the second file you want to select.. BEFORE clicking this file, hold down the ctrl key and then click. You'll notice that both files are now selected Repeat this process for as many files as you want to select at once If you accidentally select a file that you don't want included, just go back to it and hit it again while holding the ctrl button down. This way you deselect that one file. This little tip comes in handy when you're trying to organize you computer trying to move individual files around. Once the files are selected, right click over the highlited area, and a menu pops up, choose the option you want from that menu. It also works in programs like Photoshop, say you want to open a bunch of pictures at once, just do the above and hit okay. Your 'default' imaging program will usually open all the photos you selected. This tip also works on web pages with forms that allow you to pick multiple options.

How to Select Multiple files using the Shift Key
Now you want to copy 10 files to another area, but there are 100 files in that one folder. What do you do? You can't use select all, because you don't want to move all 100 files. This is what you do, using the 'shift' key you can select multiple files in sequence. This is a very simple process. Here's what you do: Click on the first file you want to move Go to the last file in sequence that you want to select.. BEFORE clicking this file, hold down the shift key and then click. You'll notice that all files between the first and last one are now selected Repeat this process for as many files as you want to select at once This little tip comes in handy when you're trying to organize you computer and you're moving multiple files from one folder to another.

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Alphabetize your Start Menu

You have probably installed many programs since you bought your computer, So many in fact that if you go to try and find a program its actually becoming really hard because they're not alphabetized, New programs are on the end, or mixed in. This is a really quick, really easy tip to organize your start menu in Windows Here are the steps:
First click on the start button ~ Move your mouse to "Programs" or "All Programs" ~ Move your mouse to any of the folders there ~ Right Click your mouse. ~ A box will open up, scroll to "Sort By Names" and click ~ All the folders and programs will be alphabetized.
This is one of those simple but useful things that will help you organize your computer

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How to change your Monitor's Screen Resolution:

This is a quick and easy tip.
Changing screen resolution is simple.
Screen resolution just deals with how much is shown on your monitor and how much space you have. So, lets say you go for a resolution of 1024 x 786 Pixels. Things will look a bit smaller, but you'll have more work area. If you have a screen resolution of 800 x 600 the icons will appear bigger and you'll have less space on your desktop. Screen resolution can be limited based on your video devices. Some monitor / adapters can't go higher than 800 x 600.Here is the steps:
Right click on an open area of your desktop, then left click on 'Properties' ~ The 'Display Properties' box pops up. Left click on the 'Settings' tab at the top. ~ Move to the slider that says Screen resolution. ~ Moving the slider to the right will make the screen resolution greater. ~ Moving it to the left will make it less. ~ Note you can also change the color quality in this box. (the higher the better) ~ Click okay, the screen resolution will change. ~ Windows will ask if you want to keep this resolution, click on 'OK'. ~ You are usually given 15 seconds to decide.
With older monitors, you are sometimes told that you have to reboot for the changes to take effect.
There you have it, your screen resolution is changed!
If you don't like the resolution, follow the same steps but change it back.

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How to Prevent a Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me Logon Prompt at Startup

(extracted from Microsoft's knowledge base) Note that this information applies only if you are not using user profiles.)
If you have user profiles enabled, and you follow the steps in this article,
Windows is not prevented from prompting you for a password.
If you have enabled user profiles and you would like to disable or delete them before you follow these steps,
view the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
156826 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/156826/EN-US/) How to Disable and Delete User Profiles

To prevent Windows from prompting you for a password at startup:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network.
2. On the Configuration tab, click Windows Logon in the Primary Network Logon box, and then click OK.
3. When you are prompted to restart your computer, click No.
4. In Control Panel, double-click Passwords.
5. On the Change Passwords tab, click Change Windows Password,
select any of the check boxes that you want, and then click OK. NOTE: If you cancel the network logon dialog box when you start your computer,
the Change Passwords tab may not be available.
You must log on so that the Change Passwords tab is available. 6. In the Change Windows Password dialog box,
type your current Windows password in the Old Password box.
Leave the New Password and Confirm New Password boxes blank, click OK, and then click OK. NOTE: If you have forgotten your old password, view the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
189126 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189126/EN-US/)
Microsoft's Policy Regarding Missing or Invalid Passwords 7. On the User Profiles tab, verify that the All users of this PC use the same preferences and desktop settings
option is selected, and then click Close.
8. Click Start, point to Search (or Find), and then click For Files or Folders.
9. Type *.pwl in the Named box, click Local Hard Drives in the Look in box, and then press ENTER.
10. Right-click one of the .pwl files, click Rename, and then rename the file with an .old file name extension.
Repeat this step for each .pwl file. NOTE: If you do not rename the .pwl files,
the passwords from those files may be detected by Windows and the Windows Logon request
may continue to appear.
11. Shut down and then restart your computer.

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To stop your computer from going into 'Sleep mode' or 'Hibernation':

There are two methods:
My recommendation:
ONE:

1. Right click on an open area of your desktop, then click on 'Properties' This opens Display Properties
2. Click on the 'Screensaver' tab at the top.
3. Click on the 'Power' button in the bottom section, this opens 'Power Options Properties'
4. Click on 'Power Schemes', and choose 'Always On'.
5. In the boxes that are below that, change all of those to 'Never' in the same way.
6. If you have an 'Advanced tab at the top, click on it.
7. Make sure both boxes are unchecked, then change both areas under 'Power Buttons' to 'Shut down'
8. Click on the 'Hibernate' tab at the top, and uncheck 'Enable Hibernation'
9. Click on 'Apply' then on 'Ok' to enable the changes.
10. Close out Display Properties by clicking 'OK'
    

1. Go to your Control Panel
2. Go to 'Performance and Maintenance' or 'Power Options'
3. Click on the Power Supply Option
4. Click on the tab that says, "Hibernate"
5. Unclick the box that says "Enable Hibernation"
6. Click Okay

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Email

How To Avoid Spam or At Least Slow it Down
Do NOT respond to a spam.
The best response is to just delete the message. Do NOT use the unsubscribe link included in a spam. Almost every spam message you receive has a link in the email that says: 'Click here to unsubscribe'. Truth in advertising is not a concept that can be applied to spam.
DO NOT CLICK ON IT!! Do NOT visit the web sites linked to a spam.
It's a bad idea to visit any web site listed in a spam. Your visit may only be used to confirm your email address and make you the happy recipient of more junk. OR visiting one of these sites might load up your computer with "spyware". Some of which are often so badly written they can cause your other applications to crash or lock up your computer. Turn off HTML email viewing in your email program. This is the single best thing you can do to decrease the amount of spam. Spam looks to validated email addresses. A validated address is one where the spammer knows the owner is actually reading, or at least viewing, the junk.

The simplest way to verify an email address is to make the spam an HTML email with nice bright colors and pictures. The trick is that an HTML email is a web page and like a web page, the pictures get sent to you by a web server. Just viewing the email tells the web server where to send the picture, and also tells it your email address. This means that all you have to do is view an message in your email program for the spammer to know you've opened his message. This is so simple to do, so devious that it has become the most common method for spammers to use. The fix is to set your email program to never download HTML graphics. Always run antivirus software and keep it up-to-date. Some spam can download and install nasty programs on your computer. These programs are commonly called spyware.
(Remember that from those spam web sites mentioned above?)
What it's most likely to do is cause pop-ups whenever you go online.
If you are using a Windows-based computer, then you should be running antivirus software. Most antivirus software can detect the common varieties of spyware as it tries to sneak in through your junk email. Always run anti-spyware software and keep it up-to-date. There are programs that search out and destroy the spyware that might be on your computer. Three of the best ones are free for home use.
They are Windows Defender(for XP only SP2), Adaware and Spybot.
All three are regularly updated to detect the latest versions of spyware.
If you use Windows Defender, do not set Spybot S&D to run in the background
Using all three is a good idea though.
Adaware may be downloaded from:
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html
Spybot may be downloaded from:
http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022-10289035.html
Microsoft Windows Defender (beta 2)
(you must validate your copy of Windows XP before you can download)
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
Don't fill out online forms without understanding the site's privacy policies. It's always a good idea to do a little reading before you fill out the form. Look for the web site's privacy statement. Some companies have discovered that there's money to be made from selling the information collected from online forms. Selling customer contact information is a common practice. Unless the web site specifically says the collected information will never be shared or sold, leave the form blank. Don't post your email address online. Do you have your own web site? Perhaps you take part in online discussion groups or blogs. If so, did you put your email address on your web site? Is your email address online anywhere else? Try a simple experiment. Go to www.google.com and search for your email address. Did it show up? Spammers use Google, too, and other automated ways to search for email addresses. If at all possible, keep your email address off the web. Use anti-spam filtering. This sounds obvious, but many anti-spam filtering software is not that easy to set up and use on a daily basis. One easy-to-use solution is the built-in spam filters in your email program. Outlook, Mozilla Mail, Eudora Pro and Mac OS X Mail all have built-in filters that simplify blocking spam mail. You do have to spend some time "teaching" the filter the difference between what's spam and what's not, but the results are often quite impressive. Use an Internet Service Provider that blocks spam. Many ISPs do their best to block spam before it gets to you. Your ISP almost certainly hates spam more than you might think. That flood of junk that is a nuisance to you costs your ISP a considerable amount of money. Don't buy things advertised through spam. Change your email address. If your email address is contaminated by the spam and none of the steps above help, then it's time to get a new email address. Make sure you only give your new address to the people you want to receive mail from and follow the tactics above to keep it clean. Unfortunately, no one solution can block all the spam. Some junk will always ooze through. However, combining all the techniques above can reduce the flood to a more manageable trickle.

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BCC Email forwarding
WILL EVERYONE READ & PLEASE DO THIS?

OR: (B)lind (C)arbon (C)opy
How to forward/send or reply to an email without all the addresses showing in it.
Click 'HERE' for a story about someone that DIDN'T send email 'BCC'
1) When you forward an email: DELETE all of the other addresses that appear in the body of the message. That's right, delete them ... Highlight them and delete them .. backspace them. Whatever it is you know how to do!! It only takes a second.
2) Whenever you send an e-mail: Don't use the "To:"or "CC:" columns for adding email addresses: Use the "BCC:" or "Blind Carbon Copy" column for sending the message. This way the people that you sendb to only see their own email address. If you don't see your "BCC:" option, click on where it says "To:" and your address list will appear. Highlight the address and click "BCC:". When you "select recipients" you can put the recipients in the"BCC" box instead of the "TO" box.
Also:
Remove any name or address in the 'TO' box and it will be recieved as: 'undisclosed recipient' Otherwise, if forwarded, it will have the person it was sent to originally in there when someone recieves it!
It's that easy-!!

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Internet Explorer Tweaks

To 'TWEAK' how your Internet Explorer looks:

At the top of you're Internet Explorer: (you can do this now if you want to)
Click on 'View' at the very top in the 'File Menu' bar. Now move your mouse to 'Toolbars'
The list of 'bars' that you see appear on the right. (uncheck the ones you don't want to appear or don't use)
Lots of times people install extra 'Toolbars' by accident and they take up a lot of unnecessary space and slow down your browsing!
If you have 'Toolbars' that you don't want,
go into 'Add/Remove programs' in your Control panel and uninstall them!
(run a spyware remover like AdawareSE, Spybot S&D, or Microsoft Windows Defender for XP
after uninstalling them (just in case))
Move your mouse to 'Customize' and left click. In the right pane you see all the 'Buttons' that are in the 'Tool Bar'. Choose which ones you want to remove from the bar, click on it in the right panel then click on the 'Remove' button in the middle and you will see it disappear from the 'Tool Bar'. Do this for each button you don't use or need.
If there are any buttons in the left side that you want to appear, click on them then on 'Add' (you can also insert a 'Separator' in there anywhere to separate the buttons into sections. At the bottom of the box you see two 'pull down' menus. Click on the 'Icon options' one, and choose 'Small icons'. Click on the 'Close' button and you're done.
If you chose to display the 'Full Screen' button:
Click on it now to put Internet Explorer into 'Kioske' or 'full screen' mode
This can also be done by pressing the F11 key at the top of your keyboard
It can be undone by pressing it again!
You should also go through 'Reset IE defaults' on this page and all the other 'Internet Explorer Tweaks & Tips !!

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How to change your Homepage

The most popular: Internet Explorer.
(Your 'Home Page' is the page the first opens up when you launch your browser) You can find this option in the settings of all the browsers.
Here is how to set your IE homepage.
Two ways to open Internet Options:
Go to Control panel and open 'Internet Options'
OR: Open Internet Explorer, then click on 'Tools' at the top, then on Internet Options.
The general tab will be where you would want to change the settings
Where it says 'Address'
Type in your favorite website address (or the one you want to open first when you open IE)
Click on 'Apply' at the bottom, then on 'OK' Top of page Daily Internet Explorer Tip To display a 'Daily Tip' for Internet Explorer, open IE, then click on 'Help' at the top
Click on 'Tip of the day' (do it right now!)
Now look at the bottom of this window and you'll see a 'Tip'
On the far right side, you'll see 'Next tip'.... click on it to change the tip!
You can click on the 'X' on the left to close the tip window to make more room! Top of page Turn off script bugging in IE:
The Microsoft Script Debugger lets you test scripts developed using an ActiveX script engine.
Plus you can debug scripts developed with VBScript and JScript,
as well as ActiveX components and Java applets.
It lets you view and modify program source code, variables, and values,
or control the flow and pace of how the script works. What does that mean to you?
Well, unless you are a programmer with nothing to do but fix script errors on someone else's web page,
then you probably want to shut this off.
Open Internet Explorer and click Tools/Internet Options then click the "Advanced" tab.
Under "Browsing", place a check next to "Disable script debugging".
Then confirm your new setting.
Now you can visit pages with poorly written scripts.
Your browser will load them to the best of its ability without asking you to fix the problem. Top of page Changing the text size on Web pages:
Do you find the text on most Web pages to be either too small or too large?
If so, you can easily change your Web browser's settings to display text in a more comfortable size.
Using Microsoft Internet Explorer, Click the "View" menu, select "Text Size," and choose your preferred size. Top of page THIS TIP WORKS ON ALMOST EVERY WEBPAGE !
Once you have a webpage open, try this:
Single left click anywhere on the page that your mouse doesn't turn into a 'hand'
Now, look above your 'Keypad' on the right side of your keyboard for the 'Numlock' key
If the light is on, press the 'NumLock' key to turn it off
Now your keypad can be used to navigate around the page. 'HOME' will bring you to the top of the page.
'END' will bring you to the bottom of the page.
'Pg UP' will bring the page one complete 'page view' up
'Pg Dn' will bring the page one complete 'page view' down
Each of the arrow keys may be used to move the page up or down (five) lines at a time Top of page   Computer Tuneup/Cleanup

• This will help you remove:
• Terminate and Stay Resident or (TSR) programs that automatically load when your computer boots up.
• The first thing I want you to do is right click on your 'My Computer' icon... (NOT XP USERS)
• Then on properties in the box that pops up
• A box will appear.
• Click on the performance tab and take note of what % of systems resources you have available to you.
• This will change after you go through the following steps.
• Follow this sequence and you will start windows with the minimum of programs
  that drain your system resources.

• Click on Start...Run...
• Type in ..... msconfig....hit enter.
• This will open your System Configuration Utility
• Click on the Startup tab at the top of this box.
• Your next step is a careful one because I cannot tell you which boxes to uncheck
  you have to decide for yourself

• DO NOT DISABLE:
• Your Anti-virus program or any entry in there that refers to it!
• Your Firewall (if you use one) or any entry in there that refers to it!
• Any 'spyware blockers'
  (I only recommend Microsoft Antispyware for XP to keep running in the background)

• DO NOT DISABLE:
  • Scanreg
  • systray
  • (your anti-virus program)
  • load power profile (two separate entries)
  • *statemgr* if you have Windows ME *this is sytem restore)
  • scriptblocking (put there by Norton Antivirus)
    to stop malicious scripts from entering your computer
  • Be sure that you only uncheck the boxes that you know that you don't use.
  • Do not uncheck anything that your system uses to run or you will have a conflict
  • When you are done, click on apply ..... then ok..... reboot...
  • When your computer is rebooted:
    a box will come up in the middle of your screen
    telling you that you have chosen to run selective startup.
  • Check the box so it won't come up every time you reboot your PC.
    (if you notice after you reboot that you have a program or programs
    that are not running properly,
    you can go back in and recheck the boxes that refer to them)
  • When you are up and running :
  • Again.... right click on your 'My Computer' icon, then on properties....
  • Click on the Performance tab and read what % of system resources is left to run now
    that you have unloaded the TSRs.
  • Is there a big difference? You should have about 85% or more available now.
  • You should also notice that your computer is running a little faster.
    
• Any programs that you uncheck, you can still run either through icons on your desktop,
  or in your program list.....
• This process does NOT remove or delete any programs from your computer....
• NOT 'technically challenged'?
  Want a complete list of known entries that programs install in your msconfig/startup folder?
  http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
• If you want to download a program that will put the list on your computer:
• If you have any question if you should disable an entry, please go to the above page,
  look for the entry and read it's purpose, function,
  and if it is a necessary file for windows to run properly or not.
• If you want to download a program that will put the list on your computer:
• Click here, save it and run it when you want to edit your msconfig:
  http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/start_ups.exe
• This url will take you to a page that lists all the known startup entries in your msconfig....
• http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.htm

  (If you have any question if you should disable an entry, please go to the link above,
  look for the entry and read it's purpose, function,
  and if it is a necessary file for windows to run properly or not.)
• Hewlett Packard users: do not delete any entries that start with HP
  (unless you really know what you are doing).
• These entries are system files that Hewlett Packard computers
  need to run properly look at the list of checked boxes.
  You can uncheck every program that loads an icon in your systray
  at the lower right hand corner of your monitor that you do not use.

• Step CAREFULLY through the following file:
• Increasing system resources in Windows XP
• Run Adaware on a regular basis (once a week).....
• Run Disk Cleaner every day
• Doing so will keep your computer running smoothe and clean...
• I hope this makes your life a little easier, and your time on your computer less frustrating.

• Click 'Start'
• Go to 'Programs' or 'All Programs'
• Go to 'Accessories'
• Go to 'System Tools'
• Click on 'Disk Cleanup'
• Select the drive you want to clean (usually C:)
• Click 'OK'
• Put a checkmark in every box, then click 'OK'
• Then click 'Yes' (windows will automatically remove all the files that were checked) METHOD 2:
  Internet Options: (a little more efficient)
• Click 'Start'
• Windows 98, 98SE, ME: Go to: 'Settings' then 'Control Panel'
• Windows NT, 2000, XP: Go to: 'Control Panel'
• Click on: 'Internet Options'
• Click on the 'Delete Cookies' button (click 'OK')
• Click on the 'Delete Files' button (put a check in 'Delete all offline content' click 'OK')
• Click on your 'Settings' button and change the number to '120' (click 'OK')
• Click 'OK' to close out 'Internet Properties'
• Close 'Control Panel' METHOD 3:
  DISK CLEANER (ALL VERSIONS OF WINDOWS)
• Click here: dcsetup.exe (direct download from the author's site)
• Click 'Run' or 'Open'
• Click 'Next'
• Click on 'I Agree' to the 'License Agreement'
• Leave all boxes checked Click 'Next'
• Click 'Install'
• Uncheck 'Show Readme', leave 'Run Disckleaner 1.5.6 checked
• Click 'Finish'
• When the program opens, Put a checkmark in EVERY box you see
• TIP: click on the first box... press your 'down arrow key' then press your 'spacebar'
  (repeat until all boxes are checked)
• (note the items being cleaned and the amount of kB or MB that will be cleaned)
• Click 'Clean'
• Click 'Exit' when the program is done'
• Disk cleaner is safe to run as often as you want!