Clearing temporary Windows files
Open Windows Explorer. In the left hand pane click on the "+" (XP) or symbol (Vista) next to My Computer to open up the list of drives on the computer. Right click on the icon for the "C" drive, it's usually called "local disk". Select "Properties" from the list that appears
You are now looking at the "General" tab, click the "Disk Cleanup" button..
A pop-up appears showing "Disk Cleanup" progress whilst Windows calculates what it can clean up. Another pop-up appears that shows various categories with a check box to the left of each.
Click in each check box except "Office set up files" .............
...... and scroll down to see the rest. You can check "Compress old files" to save more space, but be aware it will take a long time if the numbers are large as they are in the example. Click OK.
Click "Yes" to start the cleanup.
A pop-up appears showing "Disk Cleanup" progress whilst Windows cleans up the selected files. Wait. If you do this regularly it only takes a few moments. The confirmation pop-up should disappear when it's complete.
