Are you receiving low disk space messages and wondering where has the free space gone? System Restore, Hibernation and Pagefile are the major occupants of disk space, but there could be several other big files and folders buried deep inside sub-directories. Try WinDirStat, a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Windows. WinDirStat presents the files and directories in your hard disk in these three useful views. (more…)
Archive for February, 2009
Easily Track Disk Space Usage Using WinDirStat
How to Clear Jump Lists MRU in Windows 7
Jump Lists is a new feature in Windows 7, which provides quick access to frequently and recently accessed files. The Jump Lists menu is automatically populated based on how frequently and how recently items have been used. By default, a standard Jump List contains two categories: Recent items and Pinned items. Here is how to clear the recent items list in Jump Lists. (more…)
How to Use Process Monitor to Track Events and Generate a Log File
Process Monitor is an excellent troubleshooting tool from Windows Sysinternals that displays the files and registry keys that applications access in real-time. The results can be saved to a log file, which you can send it to an expert for analyzing a problem and troubleshooting it. Here is a guide on how to capture registry and file system accesses by applications, and generate a log file using Process Monitor for further analysis. (more…)
