how to clear your internet history from your browser. will make your computer faster. | |
Neesie (OP) User ID: 254206 United States 05/30/2010 08:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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. .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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Neesie (OP) User ID: 254206 United States 05/30/2010 08:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thank you! Much appreciated! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 938110you 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 .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 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 983292 Austria 05/30/2010 08:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Atheist User ID: 953527 United Kingdom 05/30/2010 08:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 986410 Germany 05/30/2010 08:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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. |
Neesie (OP) User ID: 254206 United States 05/30/2010 08:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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 |
Neesie (OP) User ID: 254206 United States 05/30/2010 08:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | neesies been looking at porn again! Quoting: AtheistLOL, 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. C. S. Lewis |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 986410 Germany 05/30/2010 08:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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. |
Chawlee User ID: 986491 Switzerland 05/30/2010 08:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.piriform.com] Quoting: Neesieget this!!! 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 |
Neesie (OP) User ID: 254206 United States 05/30/2010 08:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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 986410how 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. C. S. Lewis |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 986410 Germany 05/30/2010 08:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.piriform.com] Quoting: Neesieget this!!! 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 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). |
Neesie (OP) User ID: 254206 United States 05/30/2010 08:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.piriform.com] Quoting: Chawleeget this!!! 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 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. C. S. Lewis |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 627639 Canada 05/30/2010 08:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 986410 Germany 05/30/2010 08:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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: Neesiehow 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. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 986384 Guadeloupe 05/30/2010 08:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
DanG User ID: 878191 United States 05/30/2010 08:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Neesie (OP) User ID: 254206 United States 05/30/2010 08:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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 986410how 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. 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 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 986410 Germany 05/30/2010 08:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 948890 United States 05/30/2010 08:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You firgot to delete the flash cookies ... its always funny how most people ignore them completely ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 986410if 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 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 931895 United States 05/30/2010 08:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 986410 Germany 05/30/2010 08:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | thanks anyway. i have firefox at home so you were helpful. I have IE on the laptop though. Quoting: NeesieAnother 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"). |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 986410 Germany 05/30/2010 08:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You firgot to delete the flash cookies ... its always funny how most people ignore them completely ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 948890if 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 Cool, thx. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 854357 United States 05/30/2010 08:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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. |
DanG User ID: 878191 United States 05/30/2010 08:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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] |
Neesie (OP) User ID: 254206 United States 05/30/2010 08:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | alt(key) + F4(key) = delet java cache Quoting: Anonymous Coward 986384well 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 |
DanG User ID: 878191 United States 05/30/2010 08:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 986246 Malaysia 05/30/2010 09:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Quoting: Neesie 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. |
Neesie (OP) User ID: 254206 United States 05/30/2010 09:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 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 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 854357 United States 05/30/2010 09:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ccleaner IS a great program, but running this will cause Quoting: DanG 878191some of the noobs a bit of stress when they find out they've lost all their stored passwords etc. [link to forum.piriform.com] 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. |