Actually yes it can, There is an IIS install that works for XP just fine. I suspect all of that directory was installed by IBM as part of a Maintenance suite. or similar "helpful" software. On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:02 AM, ChasM wrote: > Win-XP shouldn't have IIS cabinet files. > IIS is Microsoft web-server software (and ugly). > > The "i386" folder is an abbreviated version of the Windows installation CD. > But something in there is pretending to be an IBM OEM installation. > Find, install and run Malwarebytes, please. > > Sometimes the anti-virus guys request file lists of specific folders. So: > > You can use the "dir" command with the pipe ">" function. > > Start - Run - > Type "cmd", press enter, > > C:\Windows\... _ dir C:\my_path\my_folder_name> file_list.txt > > Where "my_path" is something like > "C:\I386" > And "my_folder_name" is something like > "IBM\WORK" > > The new file, "file_list.txt" is usually created in the %system% folder, > (where the cmd window opened) so for uploading, > or just opening it, (or finding it) might be another hassel. > > Windows itself has too many "excess files" which is why > users (or Linux gurus) may never know what is relevent. :-( > > (-: Chas.M. :-) > > > Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 13:01:28 -0700 > > Subject: Re: OT: Excess files > > From: joe@actionline.com > > To: plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > > > > > I previously inquired: > >>> On my wife's win-xp laptop, a huge number of files seem > >>> to have shown up and I have no idea why or what they are for. > >>> Hundreds of them seem to be in these sub-directories: > >>> C:\I386\IIS6.CAB > >>> C:\I386\COMPDATA > >>> C:\IBMWORK\XPLOCALE > >>> C:\IBM\WORK\QVIDEO > >>> > >>> How can I figure out what they are for or > >>> if they can just be safely deleted (I hope). > > > > Thanks to Stephen, Keith, ET, and Paul for responding ... > > > > but I still don't understand if it would be relatively > > safe to just remove all those excess files in those directories? > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen