Comments on: Windows XP Tips 6 - Clearing Cached Files & Cookies Daily

By: sandy

sandy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:57:03 +0000

windows xp was 2 ago, though I much preferred it over my current vista. I\’m waiting for my free upgrade to windows 7, which I think is suppose to be more like xp. got my fingers crossed.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:53:19 +0000

First, since I only use IE on VERY rare occasions I didn’t know that deleting cookies would nuke saved passwords. Yet another reason why IE is a broken design.

Second, In order to delete cookies for Firefox you need to follow the directions for Firefox which I included in the post.

Opera has it’s own “delete private data” function that I believe is on the tools menu and there *should* be somewhere to set what private data gets deleted when you use that function however I’m kinda sketchy about that since I haven’t used Opera since 2002 or so and it’s changed since then. Perhaps an Opera user could comment with better details.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:34:18 +0000

You can also get it from http://www.ccleaner.com/download/downloading

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:33:48 +0000

I’m hardly an “Expert”. I’m just sharing stuff that I’ve learned over the years.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:30:35 +0000

Actually (with firefox at least) there’s no such need at all if you use it’s password manager. Deleting cookies does not affect the password manager at all. I’m certain of this because I delete cookies frequently and firefox’s password manager has retained it’s data for years, though several upgrades and even having ported my firefox profile to another OS and back.

As for the space or speedup effect of deleting cookies. Unless you’re stuck with an ancient 1gb or less hard drive space is probably not the issue because standard text cookies can only be a max of 4kb each. While Clearing out cookies will have some effect on how fast or smoothly your browser functions speed is not the main issue with cookies, Privacy is.

You see, advertisers and quite a few websites use cookies not only to recognize you and save your settings, they also use them to track your browsing habits and build profiles that they then use to serve advertising and build surfing trend data by combining the surfing habits of visitors into a large database.

I personally see this as an invasion of privacy and therefore set Firefox to delete cookies every time I close the browser.

By: Meeting People

Meeting People — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:28:49 +0000

I use CCleaner to clean up everything in one go. It’s really easy to download and use (got it from filehippo.com)

By: Luc J

Luc J — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:05:59 +0000

Do these things really make your PC run faster or does it just free some space on the disk? I hate deleting my cookies, because all the sites that recognize you as a regular visitor stop doing that.
You have to start all over again, entering the dozens of user names and passwords.
.-= Luc J´s last blog ..Free PC Backup Solution – The Software Is Already Installed On Your PC =-.

By: shammy

shammy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:36:50 +0000

It’s great to meet experts who are willing to share both their experiences and knowledge to other people.

By: simon

simon — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:09:52 +0000

Thanks for the tips sir. Some time, I want delate the address I have visited, because I dont want my family or friend know my address I have visited. thanks

By: life coach NYC

life coach NYC — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:33:17 +0000

Hey really good information, i also have some problem with these bad cookies, but as per you advice i had clicked ‘delete all offline content’ , with all useless things my saved passwords also gone in internet explorer and the otherproblem is cookies in the other browsers not gone (opera & Firefox(ie is my default browser))…….