Community weekly poll: How often do you delete your temp Internet files & cookies?
- 7/6/06 1:13 PM
how to set your cookie history to 30 days?
by kevin7415 - 6/27/08 8:39 AM In reply to: How often do you delete temp and cookies by drboothI was wondering how you can set the cookie history to 30 days on internet explorer
Whenever I feel my system needs a cleaning
by NickMets7 - 7/7/06 7:48 AM In reply to: How often do you delete your temp Internet files & cookies? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Every couple of virus scans (about bimonthly) I'll delete all of my history, cookies, temporary files, and I'll look through all the different folders and either move stuff around, or simply get rid of it. I do this just to be on the safe side, and to keep things organized and tidy. Then I run msconfig, and run an spyware scan, download updates for ALL my software (i.e. Real Player, Microsoft Update, Adobe, etc.) Then I restart my computer.
Finally, I defragment my hard drive. The performance gains after all this are really not that great, but they are noticible.
- Nick
Cleanup frequency
by laurelax - 7/7/06 8:01 AM In reply to: How often do you delete your temp Internet files & cookies? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My desktop system has limited harddrive space that gets smaller everytime our MIS groud does an update. I may delete temp internet files several times a day. I don't generally delete cookies. I run spyware detectors at least every other day.
Delete with ACDSee
by greendon - 7/7/06 8:06 AM In reply to: How often do you delete your temp Internet files & cookies? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Believe it or not, even though ACDSee is primarily a photo viewer and editor it is one of the best ways to delete unwanted material of ANY kind on your computer. It works quickly, easily & makes deleted data, photos, etc. difficult to recover. It can remove any type of file or folder, including: hidden, system, read only, temp, dat, backup and files comtaining a virus or spy ware. It doesn't send deleted files to the "deleted files" folder. The only thing I have found that it can't delete is its own "ACDSee Data Base" folder and files. It will not delete files that are in use at the time. Get a free trial copy of ACDSee 8 & Photo Manager 8.0.41 at http://www.acdsee.com . Try it, I love it.
Don, the Greenman
Whenever I feel my system needs a cleaning
by George B. Lockwood - 7/7/06 9:25 AM In reply to: How often do you delete your temp Internet files & cookies? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
As cookies provide a useful purpose, I only keep the cookies I need. I have 21 on my PC; all for on-line stores I purchase from, and my investment web site.
Actually, everytime I close IE
by africanhut - 7/7/06 9:42 AM In reply to: How often do you delete your temp Internet files & cookies? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have IE set to delete all temp. files every time it is shut down. I monitor cookies with other programs but I see no use in keep temp. files. I have broadband so it takes only a moment to get back to the sites if I visit them again.
I want all the clutter off this machine and I feel this is a good start in not letting it build up. I have 4 spyware programs that I run. I run a different one almost everyday. Norton Anti-Virus I run once a week and let it do a short scan after every virus definition update, some of the spyware stuff can do deep scans and not so deep scans (I guess) and I alternate between them as well.
It is hard to keep up but I do my best.
Mike
Cleaning
by swathingscientist - 7/7/06 9:47 AM In reply to: How often do you delete your temp Internet files & cookies? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Temp files and all other gunk,cleaned out at least twice daily.Early morning and suppertime.Do not clean out cookies however,as am registered with too many websites.Periodically,just bring up the screen and selectively delete any that I don't require.
SS
I delete my internet history every few days.
by jprkenny - 7/7/06 9:52 AM In reply to: How often do you delete your temp Internet files & cookies? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I would delete my browser cookies and cache every few days in IE 6 but in firefox I set it to delete cookies automatically when I close my browser except passwords so I can be automatically logged in to CNET, it used to be once that I didn't understand about browser cache and would get frustrated at seeing certain webpage in cache even though I wanted an updated webpage.
While it would be handy to have all this stored on my browser doesn't that allow a hacker or someone unauthorized to be able to trace my web history and access my password accounts etc?
My PC Utility Suite Does It.
by bunkey91405 - 7/7/06 10:04 AM In reply to: How often do you delete your temp Internet files & cookies? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I use System Mechanic Pro and the PC Total Care option runs through all of its modules, which cleans out this type of clutter. But it has the draw back of losing your web browser history and some websites, that ID you and sign you on by cookies. But the megabits cleared out or freed up on your system, is sometimes eye opening. This is done about every four weeks.
Getting Rid of junk
by wheelzup - 7/7/06 10:35 AM In reply to: How often do you delete your temp Internet files & cookies? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have my system set up so that every Friday evening it scans for viruses, spyware and so on plus it cleans up most of the tmp files and cookies.
I THOUROUGHLY clean my system EVERY DAY :)
by Bbbjck - 7/7/06 6:39 PM In reply to: Getting Rid of junk by wheelzupAs soon as I boot up I set Scandisk to run upon next bootup in case something goes wrong and I have to reboot or lose electricity or whatever else may go wrong.
My AVAST anti-virus updates itself at every bootup and/or when new files become available. I update and run Spybot Search & Destroy Immunizing when new files come in, scanning every day I am online and utilizing SS&D's File Shredder to find and get rid of other nuisances. I also do a daily update and scan with AdAware SE free version to clean up what little SS&D leaves behind.
THEN I do a Disk Cleanup from "Local Disk C: Properties". THEN I right click IE and clean Cookies, Files and History just for good measure. 
I have found that this daily ritual keeps my computers running as well as can be expected from a M$ product. 
If things get slow and I get 'signs' of certain types I do all of this and then shut down all running programs using "msconfig/startup", disconnect from the internet altogether since my anti-malware progs won't be running and THEN DEFRAG!!!! Turn back on the progs I want running in msconfig/startup. Let Scandisk run and have a squeaky clean, niiice running machine again.
IE?¿?
by longdistancepaddler - 7/7/06 10:08 PM In reply to: I THOUROUGHLY clean my system EVERY DAY :) by Bbbjckget firefox. Its better and faster. Unless you don't like tabs :P
Because
by Bbbjck - 7/8/06 12:37 PM In reply to: IE?¿? by longdistancepaddlerFirefox crashed my puter. I can't use it. 
How do you run msconfig/startup?
by johnmaher - 7/8/06 12:52 AM In reply to: I THOUROUGHLY clean my system EVERY DAY :) by BbbjckI am following the discussion you guys are having as best as I can.
My computer is running slow and someone has suggested reducing the number of programs that are running at any one time.
[With no programs launched, Windows Task Manager tells me I have 61 processes running]
How do I reduce the number of programs running? How do I know what they??
[Dell Dimension 2400, Cel 2.4, 256Mb RAM, XP + Pack 2]
RE: How do you run msconfig/startup?
by btljooz - 7/8/06 2:40 PM In reply to: How do you run msconfig/startup? by johnmaherWithin one question you have really asked MANY.
First off, there are a myriad of things that can cause computers to run slowly.
When was the last time you cleaned out all of your unnecessary files like those in your Cache, cookies, history, etc? These only take up space and slow the process of the reading of your hard drive in addition to the assistance of posing threats of different types of mal-ware.
Which brings up the NEXT item. Do you know of any mal-ware hiding on your computer. Some mal-wares can put a complete stop to your computer!
Do you have programs on your computer that you have downloaded and installed yourself that you do not use any more? If you have NON-MS software that you don't use any more it just takes up disk space, therefore, slowing the reading process of your hard drive even further. If you delete any of these programs do you know how to find files they may leave behind? Yes, some programs DO leave files behind when you delete the program. These can add up over time and slow the process of reading your hard drive.
When was the last time you ran ScanDisk? Bad sectors can possibly reek havoc on your system. In the unusual event that you may find bad sectors, a repair tech can retrieve them for you.
When was the last time you Defragged? Fragmented files can REALLY slow down your computer! Since you don't know about the msconfig/startup thing I'll tell you (LATER) how to get there so you can shut off everything there before Defragging. Those running programs in there can only fragment WORSE if you defrag with them running. This is the ONLY time you will want to turn off your anti-malware progs. Since they will not be running you will want to disconnect from the internet while they are off and the system is defragging. I, personally, like to disconnect from the net (I'm on Cable ISP) then turn off those progs in msconfig, then run ScanDisk, then Defrag, then set ScanDisk to run again, then turn on the progs I want...like my Anti-malware stuff and finally reboot my computer. This helps MY computer a LOT!!! If you've never Defragged this may take a LONG time so do it when you don't need to be on your computer for a WHILE.
What software are you running? Could it be that you have some software Conflicts somewhere? For instance, are you running two firewalls at once?
NOW, to address the msconfig/startup thing:
1. Click on 'start'.
2. At the bottom of the 'panel' that comes up click ''Run...''
3. In the small window that then comes up type '' msconfig '' and click ''OK''.
4. In the ''System Configuration Utility'' window that pops up click on the ''Startup'' Tab.
5. In the list you will see, UNcheck ALL boxes to programs you do not want running constantly. This includes Instant Messaging software. Be sure to leave all of your Anti-Virus, other Anti-Malware programs and any others you WANT (like a Weather program or non-MS Firewall) checked.
Note: You WILL still be able to use all of the programs you UNcheck. They just won't be running in the background eating up resources.
WARNING: If you don't know about contents of the other Tabs within the ''System Configuration Utility'', obviously, you make look but NOT touch!
IF all of that doesn't help, you can learn about what you see in your Task Manager HERE:
http://downloads.techrepublic.com.com/5138-10877-5747817.html?tag=tr.dl.zdn&tag=nl.e530
If you do not have a Tech Republic Account, make one so you can download this PDF File. It tells you about what is safe/not safe to turn off within Windows and the ramifications of doing so. After reviewing that PDF very carefully you can deside if it's worth it [to you] to try to alter these particular settings.
I hope this helps you and doesn't confuse you any further.
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