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Hey Chas

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by don_c

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did you those points it gave me the whole 1000 and didn't subtract the 500

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by thechas

Ah yes, you now earn 1000 points when you close a question and rate the answers.

The 500 points that you assigned to the question were subtracted from your point total when you submitted the question.

As to your system shutting down by itself, that is troubling.

Make sure that your fans are in good condition and that the fan blades, heatsink fins, and vent openings are clear of dust and dirt.

On your hard drive, take a look at the Windows folder.
There may be a number of folders that begin with $NT
You can't get into these folders, but they may contain a lot of bytes.
These are the backups for older file versions when you install Windows updates.

Chas

by thechas

Just remembered something about the system restore volume.

The setting is for the maximum amount of space that system restore may use.

As you make changes and remove files that Windows thinks you might want to recover, it uses more off the allotted system restore space.

Chas

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