Good morning HardwareTwitch and welcome back to CH
Sorry if you were having problems with the info at the link maybe this will be easier.
Remove Files Stored on Your Hard Disk
To remove files stored on your hard disk that you no longer use, follow these steps:
Click Start, and then click My Computer.
Right-click the disk in which you want to free up space, and then click Properties.
Click the General tab, and then click Disk Cleanup.
Click the Disk Cleanup tab (if it is not already selected), click to select the check boxes next to the files that you want to remove, and then click OK.
Click Yes to the proceed with this action, and then click OK.
If there are items / programs in windows that you want to remove please just do the following.
Remove Windows Components
To remove Windows components that you are not using, follow these steps:
Click Start, and then click My Computer.
Right-click the disk in which you want to free up space, and then click Properties.
Click the General tab, and then click Disk Cleanup.
Click the More Options tab, and then under Windows components, click Clean up.
The Windows Components Wizard starts.
In the Components list, click to clear the check box next to the component(s) that you want to remove.
A shaded check box next to a component indicates that only some of its subcomponents are installed.
If you want to remove a subcomponent, click Details, click to clear the check box next to the subcomponent(s) that you want to remove, and then click OK.
Click Next.
In the Completing the Windows Components Wizard page, click Finish.
Click OK, click Yes to proceed with this action, and then click OK.
Hopefully this will help you better. All the information is also available here
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312 Please let us know how you make out, Mike