johnnyb
05-25-2003, 03:21 AM
Hello,
I have an interesting phenomenon on my computer which I, or my friends, can't figure out.
Some basic system info: I have a Dell Inspiron 4100, (laptop), P3 1Ghz, 256 RAM 20 Gig Hard, Windows ME, (I know - don't use ME but it was the only option).
Something is generating files in the c:\windows directory, and I can't figure out what it is. I'm not sure that these files actually do anything, I doubt it since they're .tmp files if size 0 bytes.
That's it, there's nothing in them, but they keep showing up, and I keep deleting them. They have some sort of a generated filename for example, here's one:
fbb737e7_{F4BDEBC5-B421-42BE-A687-381E328AAD7D}.tmp
There are currently about 480ish of these files on my computer, and from a quick check of a bunch of create dates it looks like I last deleted them around the beginning of April.
Does anyone know what generates these and how I can stop it? I figure that if I get enough of them it'll eventually mess up my system, and I don't want to have to keep deleting them manually.
I have an interesting phenomenon on my computer which I, or my friends, can't figure out.
Some basic system info: I have a Dell Inspiron 4100, (laptop), P3 1Ghz, 256 RAM 20 Gig Hard, Windows ME, (I know - don't use ME but it was the only option).
Something is generating files in the c:\windows directory, and I can't figure out what it is. I'm not sure that these files actually do anything, I doubt it since they're .tmp files if size 0 bytes.
That's it, there's nothing in them, but they keep showing up, and I keep deleting them. They have some sort of a generated filename for example, here's one:
fbb737e7_{F4BDEBC5-B421-42BE-A687-381E328AAD7D}.tmp
There are currently about 480ish of these files on my computer, and from a quick check of a bunch of create dates it looks like I last deleted them around the beginning of April.
Does anyone know what generates these and how I can stop it? I figure that if I get enough of them it'll eventually mess up my system, and I don't want to have to keep deleting them manually.