Help with slow computer

OhMickey

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My computer is so slow that doing any reward program is a challenge. It never used to be this way. I tried cleaning my cookies file and running the LavaSoft program.

The LavaSoft did not detect any spies. Do I need to update this program? If yes, how do you do this?

Also, to clean the cookie files, all I do is search for my cookie folder, select the files and delete. Am I doing this right?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Rosanna
 
try emptying your temporary internet file.
this helped me alot!
 
And delete your History files and set it to keep 0 days files. At the end of my computer use,I delete all the history files and the Tempory Internet Files so I start fresh each time!!

Reward programs leave tons of cookies!! Freeride is really bad that way I found a cookie for every Hitch Hiker!!!!
 
One thing that you need to do is clean the hidden files in your temporary internet file folder. If you are using internet explorer;

right click start button
click explore
if there is a little + by the windows folder click it
scroll down to temporary internet file
(to see how many files are in it, right click it and then select properties)
right click the folder and click find

This is the long part. On my computer for some reason, I have to search for these files. When your find window comes up, just type random letters or numbers in. It will bring up the hidden files. Just select them and delete them.

The first time I did this, I have over 20,000 of these files. It took me hours to clean it all out. Now I do it about once a week.
 















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