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Originally posted by Mr. J. Cricket
The below post is not intended to be read from beginning to end (unless you are really bored or really stuck).
It is a work in progress and will be cleaned up in the future.
Rather than waiting to clean it up before posting it, we decided it was best to put it up now and let everyone use it in it's current condition.
The instructions that follow are for IE5, Netscape 4.7 and Netscape 6 on Windows 98. You may be able to adapt them for other versions.
In IE 4 and 5, there are two or three folders containing cookies and the cookies themselves are individual files within those folders. The first folder is usually C:\WINDOWS\Cookies. To manually delete your cookies, highlight the files you don't want using Windows Explorer and delete them.
The next folder to look at is C:WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files. This area can be partially cleared from within Internet Explorer using Tools > Internet Options > General and choosing to delete Temporary Internet Files. Problem is, this has no effect on any cookies stored there. These have to be cleared manually. But as a precaution it's a good idea to go through the "official" deletion process before you do your manual deletions. Don't forget to close the browser afterwards.
Now go into the folder using Windows Explorer and delete the cookie files. They have odd names but the filetype should mention cookie. If you decide to delete everything from this folder then you'll take out some favicon.ico's too (the small graphics you get next to addresses in the address bar). Whether that's a big deal is down to you. Personally I delete the lot because it saves time.
If you look in C:WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 you'll probably find lots of garbage folder and favicons, but the cookies should now have disappeared from this area too. The folders are system folders and best left alone. They're just part of the regular clutter and mess created by Windows.
Note that some sites don't like having their cookies deleted. The most well-known of these is hotmail. If you delete your hotmail cookie you will need to do a full log in next time you try to gain access.
In Netscape 4x, the relevant file is called cookies.txt and the cookies are lines within this file. Open it with a text editing program (usually Notepad or Wordpad). This will generally be the default program for opening txt files. There's a note at the top saying Do Not Edit, but it is possible to remove any or all of the cookie lines. Keep the introductory lines at the top intact. Removing the cookies may make your browser less stable.
An alternative is to delete the entire file and rely on the browser to recreate an empty replacement the next time you open it. This appears to work OK. In general, it's easier to deal with cookies in Netscape than in IE.
Netscape 6 is wonderful when it comes to controlling cookies. Just go into Tasks > Privacy and Security > Cookie Manager, and you can do anything you like. The most brutal options are available under View Stored Cookies.
Macs often store cookies in a file called Magic Cookies. If you replace this file with a folder of the same name, you may fool your Mac into thinking it's dealing with cookies normally when in fact it will lose them all when you turn it off.
Internet Explorer
Macintosh Operating System
1. From the menu bar select "Edit".
2. Select the option "Preferences".
3. Select the "Advanced" item in the left menu.
4. Under "Cache" Click "Empty Now".
5. Click "Ok" to return to your browser. 1. From the menu bar select "Window".
2. Select "History".
3. Select the item you wish to delete.
4. Press the "Delete" key.
5. Click "Ok"
Netscape
Windows Operating Systems
1. From the menu bar select "Edit".
2. Select "Preference"
3. Under the "Advanced" menu select "Cache".
4. Click on the "Clear Memory Cache" button.
5. Click on the "Clear Disk Cache" button.
6. Click "Ok" once more to return to your browser. Version 6.0
1. From the menu bar select "Tasks".
2. Highlight "Tools".
3. Select "History".
4. Open the folder in which you wish to delete an item.
5. Open the Sites Folder.
6. Select a Item in the folder you wish to delete.
7. From the menu bar select "Edit"
8. Select "Delete entire domain."
Older versions
1. From the menu bar select "Communicator".
2. Highlight "Tools".
3. Select "History.
4. Select the item you wish to delete.
5. Right Click on the Item.
6. Select "Delete".
Netscape
Macintosh Operating Systems
1. From the menu bar select "Edit".
2. Select the option "Preferences".
3. Under the "Advanced" Headline in the left menu select "Cache".
4. Click "Clear Disk Cache Now".
5. Click "Ok" to return to your browser.
AOL 1. Place cursor over the AOL icon in the lower right corner of the screen.
2. Right click on the icon.
3. Select "Sys Info".
4. Select "Utilities".
5. Click "Clear Browser Cache".
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To clear your cache when using Netscape:
Click on Edit on the browser's top menu.
Click on Preferences, then open the Advanced section.
Highlight Cache, and then click on the Clear Memory Cache and Clear Disk Cache buttons. Both caches are cleared.
To remove cookies in Netscape manually:
Close the Netscape browser.
On the Desktop, click on My Computer. Click on C/Program/Netscape/User, and default name, e.g. Karl.
Note the folder named "Cache." Delete all files from this folder. This deletion should include the text file called "Cookies." That file will reappear after you begin using your browser again.
To clear the cache in Internet Explorer:
In the browser's top menu, click on Tools/Internet Options.
Click on Delete Files under Temporary Internet Files.
To clear cookies manually in Internet Explorer:
Close the Internet Explorer browser.
On the Desktop, click on My Computer. Click on C/Windows/Show Files/Cookies.
Delete all cookie files in this folder. Ignore the configuration file (.dat) if you are unable to delete it.
PC computers running Windows 98
Using the right mouse button, click the Windows "Start" button (probably located on the bottom-left of your computer screen). A small menu will display
a. Click "Find" with left mouse button
A "Find" window will display
a. In the "Named:" field, type the word "cookies"
b. In the "Look In:" field, use the pop-up menu on the right side of the field to select the C: drive
c. Click "Find Now"
A directory (folder) called "Cookies" will appear, probably at the top of the list of found files. Double click to open the "Cookies Folder"
When the "Cookies" window opens it will contain a number of files. These files are "cookies."
Select and "Delete" the cookie files. You will not be able to delete the "index.dat" file.
Once you have removed all the cookie files, close the "Cookies" and "Find" windows.
On the Windows desktop, double-click the "Recycle Bin"
a. Using the "File" menu, select "Empty Recycle Bin"
Restart your computer.
Return to Questions
Clearing History
PC computers using Explorer, Navigator or AOL Web Browsers
Explorer:
Restart/Start "Explorer"
From "Tools" in the Top Menu ("file", "edit"...) select "Internet Options"
From "Temporary Internet Files" in the options window, select "Delete Files", then click "OK"
From "History" select "Clear History", then click "YES"
Close "Internet Options" window and Restart "Explorer"
Navigator:
Restart/Start "Navigator"
From Top Menu ("file", "edit" ...) select "Preferences" from the "Edit" menu
In "Preferences" under "Category" select "Navigator"
a. To the right in the window, from "History" select "Clear History", then click "OK"
In "Preferences" under "Category" select "Advanced"
a. If there is a plus sign (+) in the box to the right of the word "Advanced", click it.
b. Select "Cache" under "Advanced"
c. To the right in the window, click "Clear Disk Cache", then click "OK"
d. Click "Clear Disk Cache", then click "OK"
e. Click "OK" at the bottom of the "Preferences" window
Restart/Start "Navigator"
AOL:
Restart/Start "AOL"
From AOL buttons, select "My AOL"
From "My AOL" menu, select "Preferences"
From "Preferences", select "WWW"
a. From "Temporary Internet Files" in "WWW" window, select "Delete Files", then click "OK"
b. From "Temporary Internet Files", select "Clear History", then click "YES"
Close AOL windows and Restart "AOL"
Cash Out the Cache
Another thing browsers do to speed up online travel is stash Web site files, including graphics, in a cache file or folder on your PC. This makes returning to a recently visited site faster, but it also means snoops can see what you've seen. Luckily, it's easy to empty your cache. In Navigator 4.0, choose Edit, Preferences , select Cache under Advanced, click the Clear Memory Cache button, then click OK. Repeat with the Clear Disk Cache button, and then click OK again to close the Preferences window. To get to these same buttons in Navigator 3.0, choose Options, Preferences, Cache.
To clear Internet Explorer 4.0's cache files, choose View, Internet Options, General, click the Delete Files button, then click OK twice to finish. In IE 3.0, select View, Options, Advanced and click first the Settings button and then the Empty Folder button. Click Yes, then OK twice.
To get rid of cookies in Navigator 3.0 or 4.0, select Start, Find, Files or Folders, look for the file cookies.txt in drive C:, and delete it, subfolders included. You can also open cookies.txt in a text editor and remove any lines you'd prefer that no one else be able to see. Internet Explorer (either version) stores its cookies in the\Windows\Cookies folder. You can safely delete everything in this folder, or you can limit your attention to files that look incriminating.
Manual Deletion
The instructions that follow are for IE5, Netscape 4.7 and Netscape 6 on Windows 98. You may be able to adapt them for other versions.
I don't use IE6, so I don't know if the Microsoft method of cookie deletion for this version works. You can try following the instructions at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q278835, then use Windows Explorer to check C:\WINDOWS\Cookies and see if it really has deleted all the cookies there, or only the ones stored in Temporary Internet Files. Mail me! There's a mail address two-thirds of the way down this page.
If you want to view all your cookies before you delete them, follow the instructions on the inspection page.
In IE 4 and 5, there are two or three folders containing cookies and the cookies themselves are individual files within those folders. The first folder is usually C:\WINDOWS\Cookies. To manually delete your cookies, highlight the files you don't want using Windows Explorer and delete them.
You will probably have to keep the file called index.dat, which won't allow access or deletion. This is the automatic file controller. It's best to ignore it. Unfortunately, from now on it will contain invalid information. This could make your browser unstable, though in practice it doesn't appear to do so.
An alternative is to delete the entire folder and rely on the browser to recreate an empty replacement the next time you open it. You'll need to do this in DOS, since the cookie folder is a system folder and will protect itself against deletion in Windows. It's a mildly dangerous operation and only recommended for people who are familiar with DOS.
The next folder to look at is C:WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files. This area can be partially cleared from within Internet Explorer using Tools > Internet Options > General and choosing to delete Temporary Internet Files. Problem is, this has no affect on any cookies stored there. These have to be cleared manually. But as a precaution it's a good idea to go through the "official" deletion process before you do your manual deletions. Don't forget to close the browser afterwards.
Now go into the folder using Windows Explorer and delete the cookie files. They have odd names but the filetype should mention cookie. If you decide to delete everything from this folder then you'll take out some favicon.ico's too (the small graphics you get next to addresses in the address bar). Whether that's a big deal is down to you. Personally I delete the lot because it saves time.
If you look in C:WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 you'll probably find lots of garbage folder and favicons, but the cookies should now have disappeared from this area too. The folders are system folders and best left alone. They're just part of the regular clutter and mess created by Windows.
Note that some sites don't like having their cookies deleted. The most well-known of these is hotmail. If you delete your hotmail cookie you will need to do a full log in next time you try to gain access.
I'm interested in hearing about your own experiences of cookie deletion, and any tips you may have. Email me (Andrew Starling) at astarling@xtinhat.com. You'll need to remove the x from my mail address - it's there to fool automatic mail harvesters.
In Netscape 4x, the relevant file is called cookies.txt and the cookies are lines within this file. Open it with a text editing program (usually Notepad or Wordpad). This will generally be the default program for opening txt files. There's a note at the top saying Do Not Edit, but it is possible to remove any or all of the cookie lines. Keep the introductory lines at the top intact. Removing the cookies may make your browser less stable.
An alternative is to delete the entire file and rely on the browser to recreate an empty replacement the next time you open it. This appears to work OK. In general, it's easier to deal with cookies in Netscape than in IE.
Netscape 6 is wonderful when it comes to controlling cookies. Just go into Tasks > Privacy and Security > Cookie Manager, and you can do anything you like. The most brutal options are available under View Stored Cookies.
Macs often store cookies in a file called Magic Cookies. If you replace this file with a folder of the same name, you may fool your Mac into thinking it's dealing with cookies normally when in fact it will lose them all when you turn it off. (Thanks to Elliot Herman for this interesting idea.)
One final note, after you've cleaned up your cookie files, you'll still receive more cookies unless you've set your browser to disallow them.
Cookie Fixer
The Problem
Some Bagism visitors have been experiencing strange errors such as 'Code Not Specified' or 'Bad Request' when trying to use various features like posting to the Web Boards and voting in the Polls. If you are not experiencing either of these two errors, you do not need to follow the instructions on this page
These errors have been linked to Bagism "cookies" that are stored in a format not understood by some web browsers. Cookies are pieces of data stored in a file on your computer by a web site so that the data will be available again when you return to the site.
Bagism stores cookies when you choose to have your Name, E-mail, and/or Password settings "remembered" when posting messages to the Web Boards. If you left your E-mail or Password empty, the Web Board program would store the cookie anyway. Apparently, having a blank value for a cookie can cause problems for some web browsers. The Web Board program now only stores a cookie if you have entered some data.
The Solution
If you are experiencing this problem, deleting your Bagism cookies from your computer should fix it.
The following instructions are for manually deleting Netscape cookies. Internet Explorer has a built-in utility for easily deleting cookies. It is available in the "Options" or "Preferences" section.
Quit Netscape (you may want to print or save these instructions first)
Search for a file on your computer named "MagicCookie" on a Mac or "cookies.txt" on a PC. It should be in your Netscape folder.
Open the file in a text editor such as "BBEdit" on the Mac or "NotePad" on a PC.
Delete each line that begins with "www.bagism.com" or ".bagism.com".
Save the changes and re-start Netscape.
If you use a Mac, there is a nice program called Cookie Cutter that makes it very easy to delete Netscape cookies. Anyone know of a link to something similar for Windows?
After you delete the Bagism cookies, you should not see any more errors (at least, not of this variety ;-). Try posting a message on the Web Boards to see if the problem is gone. Since Bagism cookies are now stored in a different format, once you fix this problem, you shouldn't experience it again.
Twisted List: Top Five Ways to Toss Your Cookies
Prevent websites from tracking your surfing habits.
By Megan Morrone
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The cookies you make with eggs, flour, and sugar have more in common with the cookies on your hard drive than you might think. For example, some people think homemade cookies are bad. They'll ruin your appetite for dinner, they'll make you fat, and so on. But the truth is that computer cookies and sugar cookies are both fine, as long as they come in moderation.
Cookies are little pieces of software that websites store on your hard drive to track how you use their sites. TechTV uses cookies. That's how we know what you like so we can give you more of it. Cookies also can be used by advertising sites to customize the ads they deliver to your page. Cookies have come a long way and they pose much less risk to your security than they once did. Still, there are many of us out there who don't trust Web spies. Here are five ways to get rid of them.
Manually delete cookies from your system
To check out your cookies, double-click My Computer and browse to C:\Windows\Cookies. The documents you'll see will be a bunch of gibberish with the name of a website hidden somewhere inside. You can delete all of these just as you would delete any other files.
Some cookies also are stored with your temp files. To get rid of those, double-click My Computer and browse to C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files.
I've registered several times, and it keeps telling me I'm not registered. What's wrong with your system?
Nothing. The problem is on your end and it is because your individual PC is having a difficult time retaining cookies. Cookies are small text files which are placed in your browser by our servers. There are many reasons why you can not retain your cookie files which are explained below:
Reasons for not retaining cookies/registration
You have cookies disabled or turned off
You are manually deleting your cookie files
You are running a program which automatically deletes cookie files (guarddog, anti-virus programs, etc.)
You are visiting from a different machine than the one you registered on
You are visiting from work, and your systems administrator has disabled cookie transmission through your firewall
You are cleaning out your "temporary Internet files" which is deleting your cookies
I found out that my anti-virus program is deleting my cookies. But isn't it dangerous to turn off my anti-virus program?
Yes, and we don't recommend it. However there should be a configuration setting which allows you to continue safeguarding your PC from virus' without wiping out your cookies - check the manual or call technical support for your program.
Isn't there another way to personalize without using cookies?
Not without some intervention, but we now have a PIN code feature which can be used on our conferences. You will need to enter your pin number at the beginning of each session and it should be retained for the duration of that session. If you forget your pin it can be e-mail'd back to you by filling out a simple form located here.
Do you provide support for registration issues?
Unfortunately no, we would have no way of knowing the endless configurations available for the thousands of users that visit us each day. My suggestion is to contact a Technical support person or call a local service technician for assistance on your PC.
I like Bowsite.com, but my privacy is more important than your website - why should I turn on cookies just to visit here?
Good question, and it's obviously your personal choice. However Bowsite.com is not the only site which relies on cookies. The simple truth is that most major websites use cookies and your experience at those sites will be compromised as well. Yahoo.com, Amazon.com, Disney.com, MSNBC.com, CNN.com, all use cookies. In fact, these sites use cookies much more extensively than we do.
I've heard that cookies can introduce a virus, they can also exploit your privacy - is this true?
Since cookies are simply tiny text files, they can not introduce a virus (virus' are spread by executable programs and scripts). As for exploiting privacy, the only thing a website can do is to track your movements through their website. This is to enable the website operators to deliver the content that you are interested in and hopefully enrich your experience on their site. Cookies can not be read by sites other than the one which placed the cookie on your machine. Bowsite.com has no way of reading a Yahoo.com cookie - or even knowing if it exists. The most common usage of cookies are in advertising where the site delivers a new, and different, ad to you.
I'm curious and want to learn more about cookies - where can I go?
I would suggest a website called whatis.com where you would look up the keyword of "cookie" if you want to get a bit more technical, you can visit cookiecentral.com which goes into detail on cookies and standards for using cookies in computer programming.
I want to register, and I'm no longer falling for the fear-propaganda by the privacy advocates. What do I need to do?
The best thing is to download a new version of your browser. If the problem persists check to be sure your cookies are enabled (See instructions below) if the problem still persists, you are likely deleting your files some other way - check the "reasons for not retaining cookies" list above or contact a technician.
In Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 (Click to download the new version)
Click on Tools in the menu bar, then choose Internet Options
Choose the Security Tab
Click on Custom
Scroll down the list and check off the buttons for "enable cookies stored on your computer"
Also check off the button for "enable cookies stored on your computer"
Click OK
In Netscape Navigator (Click to download the new version)
Click on Edit then Preferences
Find and click on the Advanced Category
Check off "Accept All Cookies"
Click OK
If you still have problems, make sure your Internet Security level is NOT set to HIGH.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
We see many questions and comments about "cookies".
This brief paper provides a somewhat simplified explanation of what cookies are all about. The official definition of "cookies" (from Netscape - who designed this use of "cookies") can be found at the site noted at the bottom. "Cookies.txt", or something similar, is the name of a file which holds some information about your machine and, IF you give it out, about you. Many people think "cookies" are sinister way to gather information about you. As you will see there is nothing sinister going on. Of course if you are paranoid the preceeding statement "proves" cookies are sinister, in which case you have my sympathy, but the facts are otherwise.
To understand what cookies are all about and why they exist, let us start with the fact that a large Website might be visited by, literally, a million different people, or more over the course of a year. It is often to the advantage of both the visitors and the people running the site, to know something about the visitor when they get to the site.
Of course many people visit a site just once, or very infrequently so storing information about visitors to a site can be both wasteful and expensive (and looking it up can be very slow). The cookies.txt file concept was invented to allow information about visitors to be available to sites the visitor goes to.
The cookies.txt file is a small text file in the base Netscape directory. No single entry can be more than 4000 bytes long and there cannot be more than 300 entries in the whole file, nor more than 20 entries per "site", (there are other rules too). Most importantly, no one can TAKE information FROM your cookies.txt file. That's not the way it works.
Information is put INTO your file by a site. A site can put a very limited amount of information into your file UNLESS you answer some questions somewhere on that site. All a site can know about you basically, is that you visited them, when, and which pages on that site you went to look at. If you answer a questionnaire, it is possible for a site to record on your disk some more information about you - but only what you have been willing to tell.
The way a site GETS information from you is when you tell Netscape to go to a site, Netscape looks in the cookies.txt file and if the URL (address) matches the site you are going to, then Netscape will SEND the information in your cookies.txt file, for that URL only. To repeat: A site cannot ASK for information from your cookies.txt file. It is SENT information when you go and it's sent the information only if you've been there before.
Furthermore, the information in the cookies.txt file expires depending upon what the site sets for an expiration date / time and if there is no expiration date and time, information expires very quickly (many sites do not bother setting dates and times).
This is where you will find the official definition: HOME.MCOM.COM/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html
This is a direct quote from the official definition:
OVERVIEW
A server, when returning an HTTP object to a client, may also send a piece of state information which the client will store. Included in that state object is a description of the range of URLs for which that state is valid. Any future HTTP requests made by the client which fall in that range will include a transmittal of the current value of the state object from the client back to the server. The state object is called a cookie, for no compelling reason.
This simple mechanism provides a powerful new tool which enables a host of new types of applications to be written for web-based environments. Shopping applications can now store information about the currently selected items, for fee services can send back registration information and free the client from retyping a user-id on next connection, sites can store per-user preferences on the client, and have the client supply those preferences every time that site is connected to."
To disableannoying cookie "warnings", here is what you should do in both Netscape and MSIE:
Netscape 3.xx: Click Options--Network Preferences--Protocols--UNCHECK the "Accepting a cookie" box.
MSIE 3.xx: Click View-Options-Advanced-UNCHECK the box labeled "warn before accepting cookies".
If you don't want the cookies files on your system, you must manually delete them...Under you Netscape directory/Navigator subdirectory, there is a cookies file. For MSIE, there is a "cookies" subdirectory unde your Windows directory.
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*PLEASE NOTE: We do not/will not/will never advise nor support anyone manually deleting any type of file from your hard disk..do so at you own risk.
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Problems logging in to Tax Research Network after October 1st?
Some customers are unable to reach the new CCH Tax Research Network site, http://tax.cchgroup.com/network, after the site's URL changed on Sunday September 30th. Most problems, which manifest themselves as "Error #13" or "Page Cannot Be Displayed" messages, can be resolved by deleting temporary files ("cache" and "cookies"). These files will be replaced after your first successful login to our service.
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To automatically clear out CCH cookies in all browsers:
Go here and follow the link to display the Tax Research Network log in page. If this procedure doesn't resolve the problems that you're having, you may have to manually clear your temporary files in order to log on. Use the instructions below, if necessary.
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To manually clear out cache and cookies with Internet Explorer:
NOTE: If you use the Internet in a network environment, please forward a message to your Help Desk, Network Administrator, or IT department. They should be able to clear cache and cookies from your company's servers and/or firewalls to remedy this problem.
1. Click on TOOLS (In Internet Explorer 4.x click on VIEW)
2. Choose INTERNET OPTIONS
3. Click on DELETE FILES in the General Tab (click OK to Delete all Temp. Internet Files)
4. Click on SETTINGS in the General Tab
5. Click on VIEW FILES
6. The Temporary Internet Files Folder will open -> click on EDIT and choose SELECT ALL
(Please note: If you prefer to NOT delete all cookies delete only the cookies which display cch.com)
7. Once all selected cookies are highlighted, click on FILE and choose DELETE
8. Close the Temporary Internet Files window
9. Click on OK to exit the Internet Options
AOL Users: To make these changes within America Online, click on the "My AOL" button, then select "Preferences". Within Preferences, select the "WWW" icon. After selecting the WWW icon, you should be able to follow steps 1 - 9 above.
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To manually clear out cache and cookies with Netscape:
NOTE: If you use the Internet in a network environment, please forward a message to your Help Desk, Network Administrator, or IT department. They should be able to clear cache and cookies from your company's servers and/or firewalls to remedy this problem.
1. Click on EDIT and choose PREFERENCES
2. Click on the Plus (+) sign in front of ADVANCED
3. Click on CACHE
4. Click CLEAR MEMORY CACHE and click OK to delete
5. Click CLEAR DISK CACHE and click OK to delete
6. Click OK to exit Preferences
7. Open Windows Explorer (or My Computer icon on desktop)
8. Double click on C:\
9. Double click on PROGRAM FILES
10. Double click on NETSCAPE
11. Double click on USERS folder
12. Double click on DEFAULT folder (or if your name is displayed, double click on your name)
13. Double click on COOKIES notepad
14. Highlight everything below the top 3 lines beginning with # signs
**DO NOT DELETE THE LINES THAT BEGIN WITH # SIGNS
# Netscape HTTP Cookie File
# http://www.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html
# This is a generated file! Do not edit.
15. Delete the lines displayed below the first 3 lines only
16. Click on FILE and choose SAVE
17. Click on FILE and choose EXIT
After cleaning out all cache and cookies, please go to the new web address http://tax.cchgroup.com/network. Bookmark the new URL for future reference, and update any desktop icons that you may have created to reflect the new URL address.
Subject: Windows - IE - Deleting Temporary Internet Files
Keywords: Windows, Tips, World Wide Web
Internet Explorer - Deleting Temporary Internet Files
This is what you do:
1. run Internet Explorer.
2. click 'Tools' menu then click 'Internet Options'.
3. ensure the 'General' tab is selected then click the 'Delete Files' button.
4. ensure the 'Delete All Offline Content' option is on, then click OK.
5. if you also want to get rid of your cookies, click the 'Delete Cookies'
button.
You may still have a 'Content.IE5' sub-folder with a pile of files (some of
them may be invisible to Windows Explorer) lurking in those sub-folders.
To get rid of these remaining files:
1. manually delete the 'Content.IE5' sub-folder using Windows Explorer.
When you next launch Internet Explorer, it will rebuild the sub-folders, but
this time they'll be empty.
Note
While you can safely delete the entire contents of Temporary Internet Files, by
doing so you'll delete all your cookies. With your cookies gone, the next time
you visit any site requiring password entry or which normally stores
information about you, you'll have to re-enter your password.
