Computer Question:

[happily single]

I need to figure out how to delete my cookies. Can someone please s-l-o-w-ly walk me through the process?

Also, will deleting my cookies erase all prior websites visited?

Yup, a real techie, I know

 

[cherylp3]

deleting cookies will delete your saved passwords

http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=1767

 

[SeeVee]

ccleaner is your answer. It is recommned by Kim Komando. It is easy to use. You can adjust your settings so that certain cookies wont be erased so you wont have to log in each and every time.

Otherwise, you can do it like this:


On the menu bar:

Click Tools,
then click "internet options"
from here you can click the "delete cookies" tab and clear everything

or

you can click the settings,
then click "view files" and from there you can highlight and delete individual cookies.

 

[lovesmurfs]

Why can't you just, in an Internet Explorer browser, choose:

• Tools
• Delete browsing history...

And then delete just the cookies? That doesn't delete passwords.

ETA: DOH! I'll go to bed now.

On the menu bar:

Click Tools,
then click "internet options"
from here you can click the "delete cookies" tab and clear everything

 

[bicker]

Keep in mind that such deletions don't really get rid of evidence of what youv'e deleted; it just makes it more difficult to find it. I recently had to truly wipe clean a laptop. I used BCWipe: http://www.jetico.com/bcwipe3.htm

 

[happily single]

Ok, if it doesn't totally clear your "history" how can I check to see what's been deleted?

 

[nahbois2000]

Well it won't remove everything if someone knows where to look. But on the top layer just doing what was posted above works fine.

Being honest here, if you are trying to hide that you went to a web page or such, you need to do more then just delete your cookies..

Just saying

 

[Charade]

Keep in mind that such deletions don't really get rid of evidence of what youv'e deleted; it just makes it more difficult to find it. I recently had to truly wipe clean a laptop. I used BCWipe: http://www.jetico.com/bcwipe3.htm

How did that workout for you?

 

[bicker]

Well, you never know, really. The software did "work" (for two days!) It is probably overkill, just to be sure no one could lift my passwords for my financial accounts and such, but there isn't really any way for me, given my skills, to be "sure" that someone "can't" get my passwords. I just "hope" they can't.

What I did, by the way, was create a new user account, made it administrator, and then deleted our old user accounts. I uninstalled software and deleted all my data files (of course), and then ran the software to wipe everything it knew how to wipe, presuming that (1) all my old passwords would be stored in my user accounts or in data files associated with applications, which I deleted, (2) and whatever storage used for my old user accounts, and the apps and data files I deleted, was part of what BCWipe wiped.

 

[cteddiesgirl]

While those cleaning programs do work for the most part,I've heard that they still doesn't get rid of the really deep files.

So if you have something that you don't want someone to eventually find, never give or sell your hard drive.

There was a guy in the news a few months ago that was busted for child porn on his computer. Turns out that he used one of those software programs to wipe his hard drive. Then he sold it. The guy that got it found those files on the computer and turned the guy in.


I've heard that it's actually best to just physically destroy the hard drive if there is any information that you don't want anyone to see.

As for just clearing cookies, follow the steps mentioned in above posts.