Safe to delete temporary log files created by MSN & MSN Messenger

In my Windows XP Pro SP2 system I see an increasing number of Msn and MsnM
log files in the C:\Windows\Internet Logs folder.

I am using
Msn Premium version 9.10.0011.1703
Msn_Messenger version 7.0 (Build 7.0.0813)
My system is creating a huge number of files related to MSN and/or MSN
Messenger
The files are of the type:

Msnmsgr_2nd_2005_07_19_09_44.dmp
and
Msn_2nd_2005_07_19_09_44.21.dmp.zip

These files take up eventually so much disk space that they impede disk
defragmentation,
and then I delete the oldest ones.
What are they for? Is it safe to delete all except those in use?


Uncle John


--
Uncle John

Greetings,

These are from ZoneAlarm not Messenger or MSN. I'm not a big ZA user so I can't be more
specific on what exactly these are.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Uncle John" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> In my Windows XP Pro SP2 system I see an increasing number of Msn and MsnM
> log files in the C:\Windows\Internet Logs folder.
>
> I am using
> Msn Premium version 9.10.0011.1703
> Msn_Messenger version 7.0 (Build 7.0.0813)
> My system is creating a huge number of files related to MSN and/or MSN Messenger
> The files are of the type:
>
> Msnmsgr_2nd_2005_07_19_09_44.dmp
> and
> Msn_2nd_2005_07_19_09_44.21.dmp.zip
>
> These files take up eventually so much disk space that they impede disk defragmentation,
> and then I delete the oldest ones.
> What are they for? Is it safe to delete all except those in use?
>
>
> Uncle John
>
>
> --
> Uncle John
>

Jonathon

Thank you for your help. I will check with ZA and tell you if there is
anything interesting

--
Uncle John

Jonathon

Zone Alarm Forum response is that these logs are needed until a system is
rebooted. Therefore if user has very long uptimes there will be a lot of
them. Meantime between reboots on my system is 3 days which possibly
explains the growth of the ZA logs. Why ZA does this for MSN and MSN
Messenger and not IE is not explained.
--
Uncle John
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:ODm1%...
> Greetings,
>
> These are from ZoneAlarm not Messenger or MSN. I'm not a big ZA user so I
> can't be more specific on what exactly these are.
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
> "Uncle John" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> In my Windows XP Pro SP2 system I see an increasing number of Msn and
>> MsnM
>> log files in the C:\Windows\Internet Logs folder.
>>
>> I am using
>> Msn Premium version 9.10.0011.1703
>> Msn_Messenger version 7.0 (Build 7.0.0813)
>> My system is creating a huge number of files related to MSN and/or MSN
>> Messenger
>> The files are of the type:
>>
>> Msnmsgr_2nd_2005_07_19_09_44.dmp
>> and
>> Msn_2nd_2005_07_19_09_44.21.dmp.zip
>>
>> These files take up eventually so much disk space that they impede disk
>> defragmentation,
>> and then I delete the oldest ones.
>> What are they for? Is it safe to delete all except those in use?
>>
>>
>> Uncle John
>>
>>
>> --
>> Uncle John
>>
>
>