Basic Maintenance Question

[Riff]

Xref: kermit microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain:80903

Hi,
When I download a program, ie: Ad-Aware 6. Can I
download it right to the desktop and after installing it,
trash the original download? Kind of a new user and
would like to know best possible proceedure for
downloading programs and other fixes (not WU). Would
anyone like to share how they do it?

[Crusty \(-: Old Bastard :-\)]

It is best to get into the habit of never downloading or installing
"anything" to the desktop. They are vulnerable there. The desktop should be
the domain for all your shortcuts to the files, which are stored elsewhere.

"Riff" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> When I download a program, ie: Ad-Aware 6. Can I
> download it right to the desktop and after installing it,
> trash the original download? Kind of a new user and
> would like to know best possible proceedure for
> downloading programs and other fixes (not WU). Would
> anyone like to share how they do it?

[Riff]

So where would you download it to?
>-----Original Message-----
>It is best to get into the habit of never downloading or
installing
>"anything" to the desktop. They are vulnerable there.
The desktop should be
>the domain for all your shortcuts to the files, which
are stored elsewhere.
>
>"Riff" > wrote in message
...
>> Hi,
>> When I download a program, ie: Ad-Aware 6. Can I
>> download it right to the desktop and after installing
it,
>> trash the original download? Kind of a new user and
>> would like to know best possible proceedure for
>> downloading programs and other fixes (not WU). Would
>> anyone like to share how they do it?
>
>
>.
>

[mrtee]

Documents & settings, create a new folder. Or create a new folder on C.

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Jeff
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"Riff" > wrote in message =
...
| So where would you download it to?



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[Crusty \(-: Old Bastard :-\)]

Create a folder anywhere on your hard drive. Call it "download". Direct your
downloads to this folder. Then, if a downloaded file needs to be expanded
prior to install, create another folder and call it "install". Expand the
files to this folder to do the installation. Then, clean out the folder till
the next time you need to use it.

"Riff" > wrote in message
...
> So where would you download it to?
> >-----Original Message-----
> >It is best to get into the habit of never downloading or
> installing
> >"anything" to the desktop. They are vulnerable there.
> The desktop should be
> >the domain for all your shortcuts to the files, which
> are stored elsewhere.
> >
> >"Riff" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Hi,
> >> When I download a program, ie: Ad-Aware 6. Can I
> >> download it right to the desktop and after installing
> it,
> >> trash the original download? Kind of a new user and
> >> would like to know best possible proceedure for
> >> downloading programs and other fixes (not WU). Would
> >> anyone like to share how they do it?
> >
> >
> >.
> >