Re: Dell Update? old laptops


On Fri, 04 May 2012 12:15:10 -0400, in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, Ron Hardin
<rhhardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What's running on an Inspiron 2200 (2005 model)
that keeps filling the small HD with system
restore points?

I think Dell Update. God knows what it's
updating.

But I see no signs of it in the msconfig stuff.

XP Home.

If System Restore is using too much disk space, configure it to use less
space.

In WinXP, the settings are under 'My Computer | Properties', on the 'System
Restore' tab.

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"Natural laws have no pity." R.A.H.
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