yardwork
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:11 PM
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I just deleted about a zillion cookies from my computer |
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Most of which I never heard of before and don't recall ever accepting.
I wonder what if anything won't work now? I wonder what all those cookies were doing? Hmmmmmmm............
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Lex
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:12 PM
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1. mmmmmm . . . cooooookies |
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:14 PM
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*.tmp files, and delete those too...they are a huge slowdown.
some might not delete, as they are being written too...a reboot to delete the rest should finish them off.
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yardwork
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:17 PM
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:34 PM
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8. TMP Files are "Temporary" Files |
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created during your use of various Windows-based programs; they aren't needed once the program is done. Cleaning them out is simply routine maintenance. Just leave the ones with Today's Date intact; they might still be in use by one or more programs.
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:44 PM
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i have 1580 that came up on search-some have a 'last modified' date of 2002 on them (drivers). I wrote 0s and reloaded last feb. It's too scary. :scared:
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mcscajun
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Wed Jan-05-05 09:05 AM
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17. You can see the dates by modifying the View in Windows Explorer |
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by selecting the Detail View.
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miss_kitty
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:19 PM
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4. you mean everything that comes up under a search with *.tmp |
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is unnecessary? what are they for?
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yardwork
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:20 PM
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5. Yeah, watch us delete them all and then crash-bang |
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Wed Jan-05-05 09:07 AM
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19. Nope...no 'crash-bang' |
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These aren't operating files, they're Temporary files, which is why the TMP extension is there.
If left alone, they will clog up your hard drive and eventually slow down your PC.
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Wed Jan-05-05 09:06 AM
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18. TMP files are created during the normal work of Windows |
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keeping things on the hard drive to free up memory during processing. When the program is finished, so is the need for the created file with the TMP extension.
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:24 PM
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it asks you what cookies you want to accept or deny for each site you visit. You would be amazed at how many sites want to set 4 and 5 cookies, those 3 is more typical.
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yardwork
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:26 PM
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7. I use Netscape Navigator |
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Has that become hopelessly uncool?
I've never used microsoft (what a name for a company anyway).
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:36 PM
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9. if you like netscape, you'd love FireFox |
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:45 PM
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13. you can set IE to ask if you want to accept cookies |
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under privacy, IIRC. But I run FF.
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:37 PM
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do you use? Do you use any kind of Anti-Spyware programs like Ad-Aware or Spybot? They will delete tracking cookies. Cookies Suck. I only allow cookies for this site and very few other sites. I use FireFox and it askes if you want to allow a cookie to be set.
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:46 PM
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14. Throwing Out The Trash |
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:56 PM
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16. Yes - I have Ad-Aware, also Zone Alarm |
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plus we have a firewall because we're on a network. I'm really clueless about this. Thank you for your advice!
My kids usually wrestle the computer away from me about once a week and clean things up. They're always surprised by how little crap I have on my computer compared to theirs. Doh! I don't visit as many dodgy sites as they do!
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:39 PM
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11. now clean your registry too |
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Try Crap Cleaner, it's free http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144_4-10346218.html?tag=lst-0-1remember to backup your registry before deleting anything there's lots of other stuff you can clean with that too. That should speed things up for you.
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Tue Jan-04-05 09:47 PM
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Thank you IronLion, just opened up 750 megs for me!
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