'October 2013 Update For Root Certificate for Windows XP ' KB 931125 Installed

I am looking forward to upgrading to Win 8.1 in the near future and putting the BITS issue and various software glitches behind me!

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Xircal:

As always, you have been a 'star' and very helpful-I appreciate it sincerely.

I am looking forward to upgrading to Win 8.1 in the near future and putting the BITS issue and various software glitches behind me!

Shopper,

I recommend you do that sooner rather than later. On a supported operating system, there will always be patches to resolve issues, but in a few days time, that won't happen anymore and all manner of issues are bound to arise.

Also, the question of the machine becoming infected is a very real one and in your situation, you just don't know enough about computers to recognize it if it happens.

As a precaution, make a backup of all your important files i.e. the ones you've created yourself and place them on an external hard drive (preferably), but don't leave it connected to the PC. At least that way, you'll have those in case the PC gets infected, or as happened on my machines, an important component fails which prevents the computer from booting.

Xircal:

As always, you have been a 'star' and very helpful-I appreciate it sincerely.

I am looking forward to upgrading to Win 8.1 in the near future and putting the BITS issue and various software glitches behind me!

I only use IE for Windows Updates so I forgot that it also has to be used when running a 'Fix-It tool'; I ran it using Firefox.

1. Nonetheless, I 'installed' the tool on the desktop as a desktop icon. Can I just delete that icon or is there a 'trace' of it somewhere else when the program was run?
2. Does running a Microsoft Fix-It do any harm in Firefox or will it just not work?
3. Since it was never completely 'installed,' is it unlikely that there are any traces of it left (e.g Registry) or is that unlikely?

I did 'a 'Search' for Defraggler-related files but none came up besides the Program Files Defraggler folder.

I was told over at Pirisoft that I had the Portable version because the Defraggler folder contained the 'Portable.dat' file. Nonetheless, if that is incorrect information that I was given and it 'was' installed, then it was only installed in the Program Files folder.

1. Delete it.
2. No (first part of your question) / Yes (second part).
3. No idea. Ask Piriform.

I only use IE for Windows Updates so I forgot that it also has to be used when running a 'Fix-It tool'; I ran it using Firefox.

1. Nonetheless, I 'installed' the tool on the desktop as a desktop icon. Can I just delete that icon or is there a 'trace' of it somewhere else when the program was run?
2. Does running a Microsoft Fix-It do any harm in Firefox or will it just not work?
3. Since it was never completely 'installed,' is it unlikely that there are any traces of it left (e.g Registry) or is that unlikely?

I did 'a 'Search' for Defraggler-related files but none came up besides the Program Files Defraggler folder.

I was told over at Pirisoft that I had the Portable version because the Defraggler folder contained the 'Portable.dat' file. Nonetheless, if that is incorrect information that I was given and it 'was' installed, then it was only installed in the Program Files folder.