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Clearing your cache takes just a few minutes. You can do it yourself by following the steps below, or there is software such as System Mechanic that can clear your cache automatically.



How to clear the cache in Internet Explorer 8
1. Open Internet Explorer. Click the Tools menu on the top left of the IE toolbar.
2. Click on "Delete Browsing History."
3. Select "Temporary Internet Files."
4. Click the Delete button at the bottom of the window and your temporary files will be deleted instantly.




To set Internet Explorer 8 so it automatically clears the cache:
1. Open Internet Explorer. Click the Tools menu on the top left of the IE toolbar.
1. Click on Internet Options.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Scroll down to the Security section.
4. Click to check the box next to the option labeled "Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed."
5. Click OK. This will delete everything except cookies.




How to clear the cache in Firefox 3.5 or 3.6
1. Open Firefox. Click Tools on the top left of the Firefox tool bar. Select Options.
2. Select the Advanced panel.
3. Click on the Network tab.
4. In the Offline Storage section, click Clear Now.
5. Click OK to close the Options window




To set Firefox 3.5 or 3.6 so it automatically clears the cache:
1. Click Tools on the top left of the Firefox tool bar. Select Options.
2. Select the Privacy panel.
3. In the History section, click on the "Firefox will:" drop-down box and choose "Use custom settings for history."
4. Check the box for "Clear history when Firefox closes."
5. Click on the Settings button.
6. In the Settings for Clearing History window, click the checkmark box next to Cache.
7. Click OK to close the Settings for Clearing History window.
9. Click OK to close the Options window.
.A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

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and to make it even faster you can clear away cookies.

To delete your cookies, just follow the browser-specific steps below. (Please note that while deleting your cookies may resolve the problem, it will also remove your saved settings for sites you've previously visited.)

Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE)

1. Open IE and click on the "Tools" menu.
2. Select "Internet Options."
3. Click on the "General" tab if it isn't selected already.
4. Under the heading "Temporary Internet files," click on "Delete Cookies..."
5. Click "OK" for the "Delete all cookies in the Temporary Internet Files folder?" prompt.
6. Click "OK" to exit.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Firefox and click on the "Tools" menu.
2. Select "Options."
3. Click on the "Privacy" icon on the left.
4. Select "Cookies" and click on "View Cookies"
5. Select google.com from the list and press "remove cookie."
6. Click "OK" to exit.
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Thank you! Much appreciated!
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Thank you! Much appreciated!
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you are welcome!!! I cleaned my cookies out and my laptop is running so much faster. it usually takes a while to open a site or post on godlike. but now i am so much faster. LOL
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[link to www.piriform.com]

get this!!! secrets
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neesies been looking at porn again!
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You firgot to delete the flash cookies ... its always funny how most people ignore them completely ...

if you use firefox you should also use NoScript and Adblock

To see what your flash-cookies are and to remove them go here:

[link to macromedia.com]

I havent yet found a tool on your own PC to delete them.
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[link to www.piriform.com]

get this!!! secrets
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 983292


thanks.
this looks like a nice program but i have too much junk on my puter as it is. LOL

i would rather clean manually and save myself the clutter. LOL
.A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

C. S. Lewis
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neesies been looking at porn again!
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LOL, How'd you know?

just kidding. nah, i just have the slowest laptop in the east and was hoping to speed it up some. LOL
.A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

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And btw: normally you don't need cookies to surf at all ... only to log into accounts you need them ... but you can surf youtube and many many other sites (GLP, too, unless you want to login to your account) without cookies enabled ... you can also use the firefox-addon "cookieculler" and adjust where you want cookies eneabled or where not.
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[link to www.piriform.com]

get this!!! secrets


thanks.
this looks like a nice program but i have too much junk on my puter as it is. LOL

i would rather clean manually and save myself the clutter. LOL
 Quoting: Neesie


I hate when I get junk on my putter
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And btw: normally you don't need cookies to surf at all ... only to log into accounts you need them ... but you can surf youtube and many many other sites (GLP, too, unless you want to login to your account) without cookies enabled ... you can also use the firefox-addon "cookieculler" and adjust where you want cookies eneabled or where not.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 986410

how do you do that on IE?
.A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

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[link to www.piriform.com]

get this!!! secrets


thanks.
this looks like a nice program but i have too much junk on my puter as it is. LOL

i would rather clean manually and save myself the clutter. LOL
 Quoting: Neesie

good luck with cleaning by hand --- CCleaner is a nice tool and it's very small ... and deletes much more crap than you will find manually (unless you want to try out to edit your registry, which will end in a non-working PC if you dont know exactly what you're doing).
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[link to www.piriform.com]

get this!!! secrets


thanks.
this looks like a nice program but i have too much junk on my puter as it is. LOL

i would rather clean manually and save myself the clutter. LOL


I hate when I get junk on my putter
 Quoting: Chawlee


Heeeheehe
.A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

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[link to www.piriform.com]

get this!!! secrets
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 983292


This program is amazing. Free,small and easy to use and cleans out things in places you never knew your computer had.

Highly Recommended!
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And btw: normally you don't need cookies to surf at all ... only to log into accounts you need them ... but you can surf youtube and many many other sites (GLP, too, unless you want to login to your account) without cookies enabled ... you can also use the firefox-addon "cookieculler" and adjust where you want cookies eneabled or where not.

how do you do that on IE?
 Quoting: Neesie

No idea, sorry ... you should be able to disable cookies generally, but then you will only be able to post as AC on GLP ... I'm not aware of plugins like "cookieculler" for IE.
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alt(key) + F4(key) = delet java cache
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alt(key) + F4(key) = delet java cache
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Works great ! everybody try it in 3 ... 2 ...
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And btw: normally you don't need cookies to surf at all ... only to log into accounts you need them ... but you can surf youtube and many many other sites (GLP, too, unless you want to login to your account) without cookies enabled ... you can also use the firefox-addon "cookieculler" and adjust where you want cookies eneabled or where not.

how do you do that on IE?

No idea, sorry ... you should be able to disable cookies generally, but then you will only be able to post as AC on GLP ... I'm not aware of plugins like "cookieculler" for IE.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 986410


thanks anyway. i have firefox at home so you were helpful. I have IE on the laptop though.
.A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

C. S. Lewis
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As i said ... I cannot stop to mention the importance of deleting the flash-cookies:

[link to macromedia.com]

Just look for yourself how much information is stored in them.
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You firgot to delete the flash cookies ... its always funny how most people ignore them completely ...

if you use firefox you should also use NoScript and Adblock

To see what your flash-cookies are and to remove them go here:

[link to macromedia.com]

I havent yet found a tool on your own PC to delete them.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 986410


I have been using this software for a while;

[link to www.maxa-tools.com]

Takes care of flash cookies also
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Run CCleaner and then defrag your hard drive.

Those are the two best maintenance procedures to speed up your pc.
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thanks anyway. i have firefox at home so you were helpful. I have IE on the laptop though.
 Quoting: Neesie

Another nice plugin is "RefControl" ... it will stop firefox to send the "referrer" (an information from what website you go to which, like when you click a link posted here on GLP the website the link leads will know that you came from GLP by reading that "referrer").
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You firgot to delete the flash cookies ... its always funny how most people ignore them completely ...

if you use firefox you should also use NoScript and Adblock

To see what your flash-cookies are and to remove them go here:

[link to macromedia.com]

I havent yet found a tool on your own PC to delete them.


I have been using this software for a while;

[link to www.maxa-tools.com]

Takes care of flash cookies also
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 948890

Cool, thx.
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[link to www.piriform.com]

get this!!! secrets
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 983292


I LOVE this program. I use it after every online session. When installing, make sure you UN-check yahoo toolbar.
Also... make sure you keep it updated. There is usually an update available about once a month.

It also has a good registry cleaner that you should use after uninstalling a program to get all the left over junk cleared out of your registry.
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ccleaner IS a great program, but running this will cause
some of the noobs a bit of stress when they find out they've
lost all their stored passwords etc.
[link to forum.piriform.com]
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alt(key) + F4(key) = delet java cache
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well i learned how to get off the internet real fast if someone walks up behind me. LOL
.A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

C. S. Lewis
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well i learned how to get off the internet real fast if someone walks up behind me. LOL
 Quoting: Neesie


bet a lot of folks just did.

1rof1
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OP, appreciate the tips on how to clear the webcache, but I gotta point out that clearing the web cache won't make your computer faster.

Defragmenting your hard drives will.

So will (if you use Windows) put the pagefile file on a different physical hard drive.
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I defrag pretty often. and run disk cleanup. but i have found that cleaning out cookies speeds my computer up considerably.
.A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

C. S. Lewis
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ccleaner IS a great program, but running this will cause
some of the noobs a bit of stress when they find out they've
lost all their stored passwords etc.
[link to forum.piriform.com]
 Quoting: DanG 878191


Stored passwords are such a bad idea! Memorize them! Write them down on paper and keep them in a safe place. Anything but "store" them. I can't believe so many people fall for that.





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