[Ham-Computers] Where do they go?

[Loren Moline WA7SKT]

Phil,

Does her computer have a firewall? How about yours?

Loren




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Loren Moline WA7SKT  CN86cx
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From:  Philip Atchley <beaconeer at sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To:  "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or 
experimenting" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
To:  Computers <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Subject:  [Ham-Computers] Where do they go?
Date:  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:02:03 +0000
>Hi,
>
>Just a quick one or two questions here.  Simple home network, This machine 
>running XP Pro, Wifes machine running Win98se, both connected via router to 
>the DSL modem.
>
>The Laser printer is on this machine (XP Pro).  My wife only uses her 
>machine for Email and an occasional "look-see" at something on the web.  No 
>Printer.
>
>I can access any files on her machine from this machine, defrag her drive, 
>virus scan it, transfer files to-from it, etc.  Can't seem to access this 
>machine directly from her machine, so she doesn't have direct access  
>(perhaps because of my NTFS file system on this one?)
>
>When she wants to print an Email that she's received, I have her save the 
>Email as a .eml document in her shared Documents folder.  I then open it on 
>this machine, print it and delete that saved Email.
>
>Where does that deleted file (or any other deleted files) from her machine 
>go?  UNLIKE when I delete them directly from her machine, they don't end up 
>in the recycle bin, nor do they end up in my recycle bin.  They're just 
>"gone".  It's probably no big deal, but I just want to make sure that I'm 
>not building up a huge cache somewhere on her machine that will eventually 
>cause problems (her machine only has a 2GB drive, about 2/3rds full).
>
>73 de Phil  KO6BB
>
>
>
>
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