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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quasqueton" data-source="post: 577210" data-attributes="member: 3854">Last night, after reading a thread in the general discussion forum about eliminating spyware and such, I did some clean up work on my computer.I got rid of 15 possible spyware components. Cleaned out all my temp files. Deleted tons of old garbage and programs and such from my hard drive.Then I decided to try updating my Netscape software. I've been running Netscape Communicator 4.7. I downloaded Netscape 7. [Before installing the newest Netscape, I made sure to save my older program on a seperate hard drive (a physically seperate HD) just in case the new program overwrote those files.]I checked my HD memory and it showed 1.6 GB used (is a 3 GB drive). After installing Netscape 7 it showed 2.0 GB used. Holy mackerel -- 400 MB program? I didn't want to keep it. Too much memory space compared to what had been doing me fine for all this time.There was no uninstall function for Netscape 7, so I just deleted all its files and folders.  Fortunately installing 7 did not overwrite 4.7, so I didn't have to move the saved file back.So, in theory, my HD should be back to its 1.6 used amount. But no. It is still using 2.0 GB. What? I deleted NS7 (I thought) completely and even restarted the computer. But still, there is a mysterious 400 MB of program somewhere on my HD.Since my HD is so small, every MB is important. Any ideas, suggestions, or hints on where to find and delete this "hidden" 400 MB of stuff?Thanks a lot.After spending a couple hours going through my computer last night cleaning stuff out, I now have more crap on my HD than before I started. Really aggravating.Quasqueton</blockquote>

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