[dba-Tech] Disk Hogging

Max Wanadoo max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Thu Jun 4 11:40:30 CDT 2009


Shame you're not nearer to Derby, Jon.

Max



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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tydda Jon -
Slough
Sent: 04 June 2009 17:16
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Disk Hogging

Just to echo what John says, these are great troubleshooting tools, I've
used them a lot (in my current job and my last one), and they're on my
memory stick of things to fix broken systems.


Jon

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 5:10 PM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Disk Hogging

The AutoRuns list is eye opening isn't it?

Go to the options menu and check hide Windows Entries. Click Refresh (F5).
That removes most of it from the list.

The Logon tab is what is most user friendly. With Windows entries turned off
you can uncheck most any item and it will not cause problems. Most of those
are auto update features for add-ins, system tray icons programs and such.

The other items can be checked for trace items that you know you don't need
because you  unistalled something. For instance Norton products leave behind
a number of services and drivers. You can uncheck these and restart if
nothing barks (it won't) at you then delete them. Once deleted, run CCleaner
and it will remove a whole slew of crap (CCleaner stands for Crap Cleaner)
that was left behind on disk and in registry because of those entries.

The previously mentioned tabs and WinLogon are tabs to look through for
items entered by malware.

If you adjust what you see in Process Explorer (via the View Menu) it is
also very eye-opening. How much memory is that simple "little" free utility
using? Also handy for checking on how much memory all of the processes of a
security application is using - min/max/ave. And when you kill a process
there it will not sit around and decide if it wants to comply, it
dies-pronto!

SysInternals also has many  other utilities like this - all free - file
monitoring would be another useful one for the original purpose of this
thread.

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