Please Help

[jennyg]

Does anyone know why I have so many temporary internet files?
Every time I go into disk cleanup, there are so many in there. This has never happened in the past. It seems as though it is related to the following:
Yesterday, I downloaded an update for Adobe (Adobe 6 and Photoshop). When I hit on Start and Programs, my programs on the right were blocked, so I went to Appearances to change font sizes, etc, but started to screw my computer settings up, so I decided (alittle too late) to make a manual restore checkpoint. I went back to trying to fix my system and when I couldn't, I decided to go back to a restore point prior to the downloaded programs. Unfortunately, it did not work. A message came up saying unable to restore, please try another date. I did this over and over and no dates worked, except for my manual one, which wasn't any better than what I was working with. I checked memory, etc and nothing. One thing I did notice was I had 14,000 files in my temp folder when i did a disk cleanup, which is weird because i clean my drives all the time. Well, later that night, I noticed all my (albeit useless, but still) restore points were gone and so I did a manual and tried to get back to even that and nothing. I dumped the downloads, but I think the damage is done. I checked for viruses; none. I really don't want to do a recovery; I just want my computer restored to a day before all this insanity.
PS. I am now able to restore, but the points listed are ones I manually put in and only from today and yesterday. The rest are gone. Anyone know if/how I can get those restore points back?

Thanks.

[njovin]

Jenny,

First off, please don't double post, it's considered a bit rude

Anyhow, I think it is (unfortunately) common for restore points to stop working. I have seen this on a number of machines, and I know no way of getting them back.

As for your temp files, it is also not uncommon for internet explorer to collect literally tens of thousands of cache files. It may take a while to dump all of these out, but it is worth while to do so.

I would recommend completely uninstalling your Adobe products, and then re-installing them, without the updates, and see if that helps any of your problems.

[jennyg]

Thanks for the reply. Part of the reason I double posted was because I am now able to use the system restore and was told to be as specific as possible with my problems.