Vista 64-bit "Recently Changed" within pictures

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starneva

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Has anyone opened their documents or pictures and then clicked on "Recently Changed"? If you haven't, please try it. It's up and the left side. Please tell me how many entries you have. I have 15,381. This concerns me.

I have Vista 64-bit and I opened my "Pictures" and happened to click on "Recently Changed". Wow, up popped over 15,000 items. Upon clicking on some of them, the majority seem to be pictures of cars, 1000's and 1000's of pictures of cars, also actors, sports people, etc. However, I also found stuff I could relate to, like my recipes and all of my music. I experimented by removing my "meatloaf" recipe, and it disappeared from my documents. Now I'm scared. Is it ok to have 1000's and 1000's of pictures of cars, actors, etc.? Where did they come from? I have never looked at cars on this:eek: computer. Should I and how would I get rid of these? Do I have to delete the car pictures one at a time? Please help! 10,000 or so of these have the same date. Maybe I did something bad to my computer that day! EEEEK!
 
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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Microsoft Corporation / System Model GA-MA78GM-S2H?
    CPU
    ?
    Motherboard
    ?
    Memory
    4.0 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    ?
    Sound Card
    ?
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer
    Screen Resolution
    ?
    Hard Drives
    ?
    PSU
    ?
    Case
    ?
    Cooling
    ?
    Mouse
    Microsoft
    Keyboard
    Compaq
    Internet Speed
    DSL
    Other Info
    version: 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002, System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd., System Model: GA-MA78GM-S2H, System type: x64-based PC, Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 6000+, 3000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s), BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. F4, 4/30/08, SMBIOS Version 2.4, Windows Directory C:\Windows, System Directory c:\
Open either your "Documents", or "Pictures", in the upper left corner you can click on "Recently Changed". You will be shocked to see thousands of entries.

I have 15,381. How many do you have?

My advice to you is do not delete them. They delete your permanet files and that's all I know.

I don't know about you, but within "Recently Changed" I have at least 3,000 pictures of cars. I don't know how they got there or if I can or should get rid of them, but if you recognize something like one of your pictures, don't delete it because it will disapear from everything you thought you had.

Does anyone out there know what "Recently Changed" is? I could take some advise as to if I could delete a few thousand pictures of cars, or actors, singers........etc. I would appreciate response from anyone in this matter.:sleep:

"What do you do with 15,000 entries on "Recently changed"? Why are they mostly pictures of stuff you have neve seen before?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Microsoft Corporation / System Model GA-MA78GM-S2H?
    CPU
    ?
    Motherboard
    ?
    Memory
    4.0 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    ?
    Sound Card
    ?
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer
    Screen Resolution
    ?
    Hard Drives
    ?
    PSU
    ?
    Case
    ?
    Cooling
    ?
    Mouse
    Microsoft
    Keyboard
    Compaq
    Internet Speed
    DSL
    Other Info
    version: 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002, System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd., System Model: GA-MA78GM-S2H, System type: x64-based PC, Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 6000+, 3000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s), BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. F4, 4/30/08, SMBIOS Version 2.4, Windows Directory C:\Windows, System Directory c:\
I know that if you have inadvertently, or even on purpose, installed the MSN Toolbar, those images will be installed in Documents | More | Recently Changed.

If you want to remove them, and prevent their return, just remove MSN Toolbar using the Control Panel utility.
 

My Computer

System One

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