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    First time Vista user, funky files, etc

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by nooboob, May 7, 2008.

  1. nooboob

    nooboob Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all.

    Received my first laptop ever a few days ago (Dell 1420) with Vista 32-bit and been trying to install some of my apps. (WoW, Steam, Mozilla Firefox, K-Lite drivers, etc)

    So far, its been somewhat of a headache. I could have never imagined Vista would have so many "HEY, LOOK WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT!" loopholes and security risks. Sure, I knew it had glitches, but it took me several hours to figure out how to get rid of goddamn indexing. Unless your a rocket scientist, I see no reason to have indexing.

    I also decided to install an instant messanger client by the name of Pidgin. Now, I was messing around with Pidgin, adding my AIM and MSN accounts when I decided to go into my USER folder.

    I noticed that there was a weird file with the extension .XBEL. Now, I did some researching and know that .XBEL is some type of bookmarking "thing" for IE/FF and somehow relates to .XML which is "Buddy list" file that Trillian, another IM client, uses.

    Yes, I do have bookmarks in Firefox, but that shouldn't matter considering I didn't make a save of my bookmarks, and the file extension when you do is not .XBEL.

    And as far as I know, Pidgin doesn't have a "bookmarking" option. It has a "log saving" option, but thats a whole nother story...

    How the heck did it get there? Help?
     
    nooboob, May 7, 2008
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  2. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    I've got .recently-used.xbel in my User folder too, and I have FF and Pidgin installed, so....

    I wouldn't worry about it. :p
     
    pixelot, May 7, 2008
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  3. nooboob

    nooboob Notebook Enthusiast

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    ^ whew. thanks for the reply. I'm just anal about what comes into my computer now... after dishing out almost $1,000.

    I ended up deleting the file... I wonder what I just screwed up...???
     
    nooboob, May 7, 2008
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  4. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    I guess you'll find out. :p

    Either it was unimportant, or you will lose some settings somewhere, and the file will be rebuilt.
     
    pixelot, May 7, 2008
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    Never try to switch to linux.
     
    JCMS, May 7, 2008
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  6. Leon

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    I hope you're being sarcastic.
     
    Leon, May 7, 2008
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    Not knowing what an certain extension is is not a good reason to start deleting files
     
    rsly33, May 8, 2008
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    Do you use the search function from the start menu? If so, indexing speeds things up here, after a couple of weeks of use you will see the difference with it on. Turned off isn't a real problem, but it is there for ease of use. I find it very usefull and I'm not a rocket scientist, Just an electronic engineer :) .
     
    andygb40, May 8, 2008
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    vinumsv, May 8, 2008
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