Dear Windows advisor ...: expert solutions to your Windows worries.(WINDOWS ADVISOR)

Years ago, I wrote a column for the now-defunct Computer Currents magazine entitled "Quick Tips and Fixes," wherein I attempted to answer reader's questions about problems they were having with their PC's. Though that column is long gone, I still get questions about working with Windows. In this issue, we've decided to answer a few of them.

TAKING OUT THE TRASH

I'm tired of constantly having to empty the trash, cull old temporary files, and delete the remains of partial installations on my Windows XP Pro system. Is there a way to do all of these things auto