Computer questions, please help! - Beyond Tiki

S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Sat, Sep 17, 2005 7:00 AM WMP wants to know where every music file on your computer is. Try going to File->Add to Library->By searching computer. This will take a while. Tell it to just look in certain directories or whatever you want. If you search the whole computer, you end up with random sound files you don't want. It may take a while. But that might fix it. The mystery files I might guess are temporary internet files that you played when you clicked a link or something. Them not being there now would be normal. They'd be in a directory with a funky name like OAI2M4 or something. As for locking up, I would suggest you make sure you have good virus protection. If you don't have anti-virus, or the "trial period" you got from Dell with Norton has run out, first, remove Norton. Second, download Avast (www.avast.com) for your home. It's the best out there, and it's free for home use. Install, scan and see if you are infected. Win XP is very stable. Lock ups are often a sign of infection. Have you gotten any emails that said you sent an infected file?

WMP wants to know where every music file on your computer is. Try going to File->Add to Library->By searching computer. This will take a while. Tell it to just look in certain directories or whatever you want. If you search the whole computer, you end up with random sound files you don't want. It may take a while. But that might fix it.

The mystery files I might guess are temporary internet files that you played when you clicked a link or something. Them not being there now would be normal. They'd be in a directory with a funky name like OAI2M4 or something.

As for locking up, I would suggest you make sure you have good virus protection. If you don't have anti-virus, or the "trial period" you got from Dell with Norton has run out, first, remove Norton. Second, download Avast (www.avast.com) for your home. It's the best out there, and it's free for home use. Install, scan and see if you are infected. Win XP is very stable. Lock ups are often a sign of infection. Have you gotten any emails that said you sent an infected file?

Post #187191 by Swanky on Sat, Sep 17, 2005 7:00 AM