Re: HELP!!!!!



"MRH" <mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca> wrote in message
news:11ms6ta4bb4078f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>A while back someone on here told me (or us in general) how to clear the
>stuff piling up on the computer. I *know* how to clear the History folder,
>but I'm pretty sure the other stuff has been accumulating for a while now,
>and with Matthew not home for another week I don't want to overload his
>computer with things backing up in there. In any case... when it was
>posted on the newsgroup, how to find and clear it... I sent the information
>to myself for safe keeping. Once again, my "safe keeping" idea went out
>the window, because I just spent the last half hour looking through ALL the
>stuff in ALL my email accounts and I can't find it anywhere! :o/ Somebody
>please help!
>
> We use Internet Explorer 6.0 if that helps, and to read the newsgroups we
> use Outlook Express... if that's even important.
>
> Gemini


Gem, With IE 6 ( and I think 5 also). You can set the browser to empty
temporary internet files when you close it. With IE open, choose tools,
Internet Options, Advanced. Scroll down until you see Security and check the
box by Empty Temporary files when the Browser is closed. This is also a
little added security measure. There are several freeware utilities that
will delete all the temp internet files and cookies.
DA


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