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From: Milt on 2 Mar 2006 21:37 I periodically have files, "Perflib_Perfdata_***.dat" show up in my Temp. folder. (The *** are dynamic; they change with date and time.) They resist being deleted. I have not tried deleting them in Safe Mode, though. I'm not sure what they are and if there's any reason to leave them. Can anyone please tell me what they are, and if it's OK to go into Safe Mode and try to delete them? Thanks, Milt
From: MadDog on 2 Mar 2006 21:49 They are created by the SNMP service. If you disable the service they won't be created. MD "Milt" wrote: > I periodically have files, "Perflib_Perfdata_***.dat" show up in my Temp. > folder. (The *** are dynamic; they change with date and time.) They resist > being deleted. I have not tried deleting them in Safe Mode, though. I'm not > sure what they are and if there's any reason to leave them. Can anyone please > tell me what they are, and if it's OK to go into Safe Mode and try to delete > them? > > Thanks, > Milt
From: NoNoBadDog! on 2 Mar 2006 22:10 Not completely true; The same files can be created by Windows WDM and WMI; can also be created by ATI MultiMedia Center, can also be created by Nero Burning ROM... In fact, any number of programs can create the files. They are deleted on shutdown, and recreated on boot. They are harmless, and should be left alone. Bobby "MadDog" <MadDog(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:039A41A5-C712-4AB5-B503-F0E3A1607C37(a)microsoft.com... > They are created by the SNMP service. If you disable the service they > won't > be created. > > MD > > > > "Milt" wrote: > >> I periodically have files, "Perflib_Perfdata_***.dat" show up in my Temp. >> folder. (The *** are dynamic; they change with date and time.) They >> resist >> being deleted. I have not tried deleting them in Safe Mode, though. I'm >> not >> sure what they are and if there's any reason to leave them. Can anyone >> please >> tell me what they are, and if it's OK to go into Safe Mode and try to >> delete >> them? >> >> Thanks, >> Milt
From: Milt on 3 Mar 2006 09:01 I don't have SNMP installed so that wasn't it. I did find out by the process of elimination that if I disable the Norton Ghost 10 tray icon in MSConfig/Startup the files are no longer generated. So while I still don't know why they're there, I do know how to stop them. And I didn't want the Ghost icon in my "Notification Area" anyhow. Thanks for your responses. Milt "Milt" wrote: > I periodically have files, "Perflib_Perfdata_***.dat" show up in my Temp. > folder. (The *** are dynamic; they change with date and time.) They resist > being deleted. I have not tried deleting them in Safe Mode, though. I'm not > sure what they are and if there's any reason to leave them. Can anyone please > tell me what they are, and if it's OK to go into Safe Mode and try to delete > them? > > Thanks, > Milt
From: Glen on 3 Mar 2006 09:35
They are generated by various programs. For example computer management will genetrate them. Delete them as you want. Windows won't let you delete any that are being used. -- Please repost if you find the fault Glen P ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Milt" <Milt(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FBD89967-8428-411C-A8AC-2330F9F3DD2F(a)microsoft.com... >I don't have SNMP installed so that wasn't it. I did find out by the >process > of elimination that if I disable the Norton Ghost 10 tray icon in > MSConfig/Startup the files are no longer generated. So while I still don't > know why they're there, I do know how to stop them. And I didn't want the > Ghost icon in my "Notification Area" anyhow. Thanks for your responses. > > Milt > > "Milt" wrote: > >> I periodically have files, "Perflib_Perfdata_***.dat" show up in my Temp. >> folder. (The *** are dynamic; they change with date and time.) They >> resist >> being deleted. I have not tried deleting them in Safe Mode, though. I'm >> not >> sure what they are and if there's any reason to leave them. Can anyone >> please >> tell me what they are, and if it's OK to go into Safe Mode and try to >> delete >> them? >> >> Thanks, >> Milt |