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Computer fills up as I empty it.

Sep 24, 2012 2:16AM PDT

I have been clearing out my computer ---yesterday it had 32 GB free now it has gone down to 10 while just doing emails and idling. I have been running spyware ,anti virus ,defragment clean up files all the time. How can I stop it .

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may be it help full my sugession
Sep 24, 2012 2:23AM PDT

go to control panel and check programfiles what u r using keep that one and more softwares uninstall den may be good for u r computer thankyou

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Another discussion ended when
Sep 24, 2012 2:32AM PDT
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If you happen to ...
Sep 25, 2012 1:03PM PDT

have Norton AV installed and it isn't renewed properly it has a nasty habit of trying to update but only getting as far as downloading files but it keeps trying. Uninstall Norton AV.

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