*.tmp,*.chk,~*.*

Note that the items are separated by a comma and no spaces. Also, note that the last item is preceded by a tilde and if you omit this, you'll get hits on every file in your computer, which you most definitely do _not_want to do.

Run this search and when it completes, press Control+A to select all, then hit the delete key and answer "Y" to the prompt asking if it's okay to delete everything. Then comes the really good part. Press Alt+F while still in the Find Files utility and save the search to your Desktop. From now on, you can run it regularly to clean up your disk.

While this tip may work under XP, it doesn't get everything. Also, it's not clear that those instructions will work using the XP version of the Find utility, since it's been completely rewritten for XP. There doesn't seem to be an XP equivalent for this tip.

What you _can_ safely do under XP is to delete the following folders on a regular basis. Don't worry--they'll be re-created when needed:

C:\Windows\Temp\

C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Temp

You could write a batch file that would run every time your computer starts that would delete these two folders.
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