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Post by edification on Oct 7, 2003 9:59:34 GMT -8
winnt/system 32/config/software.LOG
I have this heavily fragmented but it's not anywhere I can see. (Hidden files are always set to show)
I have other messed up .LOG files as well...... tvbug ntuser.dat
and scepol.LOG
what is the deal?
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Post by ed1 on Oct 7, 2003 12:27:00 GMT -8
winnt/system 32/config/software.LOG
If you can't see it, how do you know it's fragmented. I'm running 2000 and don't have that log at all
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Post by loren on Oct 7, 2003 18:44:21 GMT -8
please see the following link for everything you ever wanted to know ( and a lot you didn't want to know) about .log files: www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlsysadm/chapter/ch09.htmlbasically .log files are used to store event data. They usually don't do anything except to provide reference/diagnostic resources. (at least in windows). But .log files created by installed 3rd party software can be used for several reasons 1. event logging (error messages, start/stops, etc) 2. update status storage (those hard to find files that tell a vendor's software date of install, if this is a re-install, the serial used, user data, etc...all the stuff that forces us to buy the "latest, better" version)* 3. or....they could smell STRONGLY of spyware if they tend to be larger in size: in this case, they provide an outside source with information regarding browsing/viewing histories!* * both of these types of files usually have no reference in the file name regarding the originating program, hence making them harder to find/purge if the need arises It is not unusual for quite a few .log's to be found on a system. By using start> search> files> (input) .log you should be able to pull up a complete list of these files. I just searched my system and I show 50+ such files about half of which are in winnt. I also do not have that particular file in 2000. Which leads me to suspect that it was installed there by 3rd party software. The other 2 are definately 3rd party. If one is good at fussing with their registry, you can find the keys that reference these files, and whereby find out which programs are accessing them. ... toooo much work if you ask me! Just use a good spyware proggie and let it zap those keys. If nothing is detected, then these files are harmless and should be left alone. (Windows Event logging files "could" be cleaned periodically, but I don't suggest it.) other interesting links: wdvl.internet.com/Internet/Management/www.apacheweek.com/features/logfiles
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Post by edification on Oct 7, 2003 19:24:40 GMT -8
ok thanks brothers...........oh yeah ............you are the man. Since they don't do anything really it doesn't matter they're fragmented I reckon. I'll just let em be. Nothing picks em up, but DK Lite shows them. The software.log is 1kb and has 30 fragments, the others are bigger. When I couldn't find them I just started to wonder............. anyway, thanks for the info. Links look like they need a bit of study...... (Hooah!)
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Post by loren on Oct 7, 2003 19:35:49 GMT -8
unfortunately neither DK or Norton SpeedDisc will allow you to defrag specific folders.... your tv one is definately a "tracker" if it is big, but without it the software that installed it will probably cease to function. If you are able to see the "last access date" (not "last modified", since a file can be accessed many times for a reason without ever being modified) of a particular .log file and it is over a year old, then it would be reasonably safe to assume it can be deleted (The likelihood of one buggering something up increases exponentally as the time index approaches zero), bearing in mind of course that ONLY the data and NOT the folder should be removed!!! That is because if a seldom used program activates a registry key (or the key itself is missing) and the link is not valid (ie: cannot find the destination folder), then most software will start to act like us humans and go into meltdown!
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Post by edification on Oct 7, 2003 20:26:28 GMT -8
well since I just built this computer a few months ago....I guess I'll have to leave it alone.......lol
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Post by ed1 on Oct 7, 2003 20:51:22 GMT -8
Did some looking and when you do a search of your Windows NT folder, any " .log" file may be deleted safely.
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Post by edification on Oct 7, 2003 21:28:52 GMT -8
software is hidden so I think I need it? Maybe that's why yours didn't show up ed1?
It won't let me delete TVdebug....sharing violation...is in use...will try in safe mode later?
ntuser.dat.log is nowhere to be found........?
will read those articles later...too tired....
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Post by loren on Oct 7, 2003 22:47:01 GMT -8
links please.....
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Post by ed1 on Oct 7, 2003 23:05:06 GMT -8
Been doing it for years. I do a wild card search (*.log)
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Post by moon on Oct 8, 2003 1:24:08 GMT -8
That reminds me. I must cancel my Easter Island holiday. ;D
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Post by edification on Oct 8, 2003 7:50:35 GMT -8
Been doing it for years. I do a wild card search (*.log) got 122 of them. 50 would not delete (including the the ones I was after) Computer will not start in safe mode. Oh well. No biggy.
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Post by edification on Oct 8, 2003 18:15:09 GMT -8
crap I'm missing my Quicktime log so now I can't uninstall it.
beware. of deleting all *.log files.
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Post by loren on Oct 8, 2003 20:50:16 GMT -8
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