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From: Unknown on 27 Feb 2010 11:14 Suggestion: Do a disk cleanup with the option 'compress old files' checked. It will then compress old files that you yourself did not personally do. Widows keeps tract of many facts of files. How do you think (when doing a backup) only those files that changed are backed up after the initial backup is done.? . "Jose" <jose_ease(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:9e92295e-0f44-4c0e-a648-fb8cd695c9be(a)g7g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... On Feb 25, 8:45 pm, Bruce Chambers <bchamb...(a)cable0ne.n3t> wrote: > joe wrote: > > Does the OS do this automatically and if so under what circumstances ? > > By design, WinXP automatically compresses files that do not get used > frequently, and, if you've left the default settings intact, displays > those files in blue. If you wish to change this behavior, in Windows > Explorer, click Tools > Folder Options > View > Advanced settings: Show > encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color. > > -- > > Bruce Chambers > > Help us help you:http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 > > They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin > > Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand > Russell > > The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has > killed a great many philosophers. > ~ Denis Diderot I would be curious to know how Windows decides what files I do not use frequently. To do that, it would seem that it would have to know something about every file on my system and somehow know when the last time I used it. How does that work? Does it check all my files/ drives? I'm not saying it does't, I just would like know how it determines that and no.. - I have not checked every file on my system for blue either I have never seen a blue file on my system that I did not compress myself for testing and this same XP has been installed for almost 5 years. Maybe it is somehow broken.
From: Bruce Chambers on 27 Feb 2010 13:47 Jose wrote: > > > I would be curious to know how Windows decides what files I do not use > frequently. To do that, it would seem that it would have to know > something about every file on my system and somehow know when the last > time I used it. How does that work? Does it check all my files/ > drives? > If you were to open Windows Exlporer, right-click on any file and then select "Properties," you'd see, on the General tab, the dates when the file was Created, Modified, and/or last Accessed. While I don't know the specific technical details, nor the specific length of time a file must remain unused, I believe that the Last Accessed date is used. > I'm not saying it does't, I just would like know how it determines > that and no.. - I have not checked every file on my system for blue > either > > I have never seen a blue file on my system that I did not compress > myself for testing and this same XP has been installed for almost 5 > years. Maybe it is somehow broken. Or perhaps you turned off the default behavior? That would be easy enough to check: Windows > Explorer, click Tools > Folder Options > View > Advanced settings: Show > encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
From: Unknown on 27 Feb 2010 15:45 What nerve making a comment such as that! You're ALWAYS emphatic but not sure. (although you THINK you are) "Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message news:OVZuTgltKHA.5940(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > In news:6eoao5h110aceg6vu58t7iv4uioro6m9m4(a)4ax.com, > Tim Slattery <Slattery_T(a)bls.gov> typed: >> "Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote: >> >>> IN XP's case, zip = compressed = zipped ... . >>> >>> A zipped file is compressed, but a compressed file is not >>> necessarily zipped as there are other methods for compressing file >>> sizes. In the case of XP, with it compresses, it creates a zipped >>> file. >> >> I don't think so. A file whose name is shown in blue has been >> compressed by the OS. This is *not* zip compression, it's something >> that the Windows OS does. It's not as drastic as zip, therefore >> doesn't take as long to do or to undo. >> >> WinXP also has built-in support for zipping and unzipping files but >> it's a totally different thing. > > If you check, you'll find the blue is zipped/compressed files and green is > encrypted files. You can set/adjust these from the Properties menu for > each file you right click Properties and choose Advanced for. > Try it and see; You'll find that: Blue *IS* zip compression for XP NTFS > drives. Compress or encrypt a file and see what color it changes to. The > color indicator can also be turned off so they all display in black is so > desired. > > In the future, please be more sure of your responses before becoming > emphatic. > > HTH, > > Twayne > > > > > -- > -- > Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered > through personal experience does not become a > part of the moral tissue.
From: Bill in Co. on 27 Feb 2010 17:29
Unknown wrote: > What nerve making a comment such as that! You're ALWAYS emphatic but not > sure. (although you THINK you are) No, he's sure, but he's often misinformed about some issues. > "Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message > news:OVZuTgltKHA.5940(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> In news:6eoao5h110aceg6vu58t7iv4uioro6m9m4(a)4ax.com, >> Tim Slattery <Slattery_T(a)bls.gov> typed: >>> "Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote: >>> >>>> IN XP's case, zip = compressed = zipped ... . >>>> >>>> A zipped file is compressed, but a compressed file is not >>>> necessarily zipped as there are other methods for compressing file >>>> sizes. In the case of XP, with it compresses, it creates a zipped >>>> file. >>> >>> I don't think so. A file whose name is shown in blue has been >>> compressed by the OS. This is *not* zip compression, it's something >>> that the Windows OS does. It's not as drastic as zip, therefore >>> doesn't take as long to do or to undo. >>> >>> WinXP also has built-in support for zipping and unzipping files but >>> it's a totally different thing. >> >> If you check, you'll find the blue is zipped/compressed files and green >> is >> encrypted files. You can set/adjust these from the Properties menu for >> each file you right click Properties and choose Advanced for. >> Try it and see; You'll find that: Blue *IS* zip compression for XP NTFS >> drives. Compress or encrypt a file and see what color it changes to. >> The >> color indicator can also be turned off so they all display in black is so >> desired. >> >> In the future, please be more sure of your responses before becoming >> emphatic. >> >> HTH, >> >> Twayne LOL. What a joke, this coming from you! |