I know very little about puters. What I do know is the basics. Could anyone tell me what I need to know to delete the cookies from my puter? There's ALOT of things I do'nt know. SORRY! Any input I can get would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!
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Assuming you are using Windows XP.\nOpen internet explorer to your home page.\n\nLook at the very top and click on "Tools" and then click on "Internet options" in the drop down menu. Then click on the "General" tab if it isnt already the first page you see in the menu box.\n\nYou will see where it says under temporary internet files--"delete cookies" and "delete files".\n\nYou want to do both--when the box pops up and asks if your sure--say yes.\nThe "delete files" clears your PC of all temprary internet files you pick up each time you surf. They should be deleted each week to keep your PC running smoothly.\n\nThe next one down is history--clear this out to and set it to how many days you want your pc to keep your history. I have mine to automatically clear every 2 days.
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I use disc cleanup every so often to get rid of unnecessary stuff and I've never had a problem with it.  \nIf you click on the disc cleanup it will first calculate what it can get rid of, and how much space you will clear.  When it's done this it will tell you what it can cleanup from where.  (If you want to cancel it at this point you can without it doing anything).  If you click on any of the items, it will tell you what they are, and that they can be safely cleaned up without hurting your computer or how it runs (except that you will have more room when it's finished, and should run a little faster).\n\nYou can select all or any of the items to be cleaned up, and if you're not sure about anything, like possibly your recycling bin in case you may want to reinstate anything you've deleted, then just uncheck that particular box.\n\nDon't be frightened to have a look, you don't need to do anything unless you click ok, and even then it will ask you if you want to continue with these actions before it does anything.\n\nYou don't have to put anything on it, it will select itself any temporary files etc that you really don't need.\n\nThere's nothing to worry about - go clean!
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open your internet explorer.  go to tools, then options, then delete cookies, delete temp. files, delete history.  it will all go away.\n\nor you can go to: my computer/c drive/documents and settings/administrator/cookies.  it's easier the other way though.
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You're probably in some kind of test bucket at work, and I'd bet they do this with cookies. So, I'd do what you have done, clear all files etc from your home setup, but then also copy your yahoo cookies from work and place them in your cookie folder at home. See if that works!
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Remove internet tracks? What does that mean?\n\nIf you want to remove any logs from your computer,\n1. For Internet Explorer, Tools->Internel Options->Delete files->Delete all offline content, Delete Cookies\n2. For Firefox, Tools->Options->Privacy-> Clear all.
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Hello there. \n\nWell as you probably know by now, a solution will not always work but here are a few.\n\n1. Purge all your cookie files. This means getting rid of all the cookies that are stored on your computer, because there could be some malicious ones that prevent other sites from opening. So, in Windows Explorer...\n\na. Click on tools\nb. Go to Internet options\nc. On the 'general' tab, go to the browsing history\nd. click on 'delete' Internet temporary files\ne. apply and close\nf. close all applications and restart PC for settings to take effect\n\nAlternatively...\n\na. perform steps a. and b. from above\nb. click on 'security' tab \nc. outside 'security level for this zone square'\nd. click on 'reset all zones to default level'\ne. apply and save\nf. close all applications and restart PC for settings to take effect\n\nOr...\n\nCheck below tabs in 'Windows Internet explorer' \nor below status bar in explorer windows to see if the browser has blocked the site, and click the bar to allow the active X control...\n\nHope this helps!!
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1. There are a few reasons why you cannot delete a registry key.\n2. Firstly, you may not have the permissions required to delete the key. In order to rectify the problem open regedt32 (Start->Run Type regedt32, and press OK), then go to the key which you cannot delete, open its sub keys(if any) and see if they are readable. If you come to a sub key which cannot be opened, right click on the key and press permissions. Then click 'advanced', go to the owner tab and see who the current owner is. If there is no owner then select one of the users available and click OK.  Then click add to add a group/username and enter the object name as everyone. After which check the box 'full control' under allow and click OK. Then try to delete the key.\n3. Another possible reason is that the key is still in use by another program, you can identify this problem using regmon which can be downloaded from sysinternals.com. After you have identified the program accessing the key, you can try to terminate it using the task manager and then try to delete the key. If this does not work, you can try doing it in safe mode. If this also fails, use ERUNT to make a backup of your registry, then mount the backup into regedit using the load hive option. Delete the key and then unload the hive. Then restore the backup.\n4. If your problem is still unresolved and the above does not work, the key may have null characters embedded in it. Such characters prevent a key from being opened. To remove null characters use regdelnull from sysinternals.com.\n5. I hope you can rectify your problem, if you need any help with any of the steps, just post and I will try to help!
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to clean cookies in IE, you go to Tools, Internet Options, Delete cookies.  That's it.\n\nHope this helps.
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A Cookie is very small text file placed on your hard drive by a Web Page server. It is essentially your identification card, and cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. It is uniquely yours and can only be read by the server that gave it to you. \n\nHow a Cookie Helps You: ???\nIt saves you time.\n\nThe main purpose of cookies is to identify users and possibly prepare customized Web pages for them. When you enter a Web site using cookies, you may be asked to fill out a form providing such information as your name and interests. This information is packaged into a cookie and sent to your Web browser which stores it for later use. The next time you go to the same Web site, your browser will send the cookie to the Web server. The server can use this information to present you with custom Web pages. So, for example, instead of seeing just a generic welcome page you might see a welcome page with your name on it. \n\nCONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY?\n\nCookies do not act maliciously on computer systems. They are merely text files that can be deleted at any time - they are not plug ins nor are they programs. Cookies cannot be used to spread viruses and they cannot access your hard drive. This does not mean that cookies are not relevant to a user's privacy and anonymity on the Internet. Cookies cannot read your hard drive to find out information about you; however, any personal information that you give to a Web site, including credit card information, will most likely be stored in a cookie unless you have turned off the cookie feature in your browser. In only this way are cookies a threat to privacy. The cookie will only contain information that you freely provide to a Web site.\n\n\nThis Answer was edited 3 Times to provide the most complete and accurate answer
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I just spent the last 20 some hours (little sleep & lots of coffee) to remove this hijacker.\n\nAfter trying a half dozen programs, I finally found one that worked. It's free, has no spyware / garbage, and there are no hooks.\n\nhttp://www.internetinspiration.co.uk/roguefix.htm#uninstall\n\nIt's not too bad of a process, but it is a bit time consuming, It'll take about 2-3 hours of scanning, etc. to clear out the crap.\n\nFor a good read on safe surfing, try this site:\nhttp://surfthenetsafely.com/\n\nIt tells you what bogus Spyware / Adware removal programs are out there to avoid.\n\nHope this helps.
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If you are using Internet Explorer follow these steps.\n1.On the Internet Explorer Tools menu, click Internet Options.\n\n2.On the General tab, click the Settings button, and then click the View files button.\n\n3.In the window (to your hard disk drive) that opens, find the cookie you want to delete.\n\n4.Click to select the cookie you want to delete.\nIf you want to delete more than one cookie, press CTRL as you click each cookie that you want to delete (this lets you select a group of cookies). If you want to delete all the existing cookies, press CTRL+A to select them all.\n\n5.Press the Delete key.\n\n6.When you are finished, click OK twice.
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A cookie is a packet of information sent by a server to a World Wide Web browser and then sent back by the browser each time it accesses that server. Cookies are mostly used for authentication, tracking, and maintaining user-specific information (preferences, electronic shopping cart, etc.)\n\nIf you want to get rid of the cookies in your browswer, if you're using Internet Explorer, go to Tools>Options and click delete cookies.\n\nTo set advanced cookie options, go to Tools>Options and then click on the Privacy tab. Click "advanced" and set options for cookies. I recommend allow first party cookies and blocking third party cookies. If you want to, you can click "prompt" for first party cookies, if you want to specify whether or not to allow cookies from specific websites (if you do this, you will have to approve all the sites that have to set cookies in your computer).\n\nRemember, though, that some websites can't funcion if you don't accept their cookies!
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Your admininstrator has probably set the security levels so that you can't do this, and probably stores your browsing history to a central cache, so even deleting it from your local machine won't get rid of the history. I'd say no. \n\nThe administrator wil be able to log net usage at the very least, if you are on a networked system.\n\nAll this is done because it is important that the administrator knows where people have been looking, so that the company is not breaking copywrite laws, or is not contracting viruses from dubious sources. A virus can ruin a company.\n\nAlso, it is important for the company that you are not accessing or distributing illegal materials.\n\nAnd remember - most important point, will repeat it again -\n\nEVEN IF YOU CAN DELETE THE TRACE FROM YOUR LOCAL MACHINE, IT WILL PROBABLY BE HELD ELSEWHERE ON THE SYSTEM, SO WILL NOT "DISAPPEAR".
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delete the cookies and offline contents
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Start > Run > Type: regedit\nThe OK\n\nBUT BE VERY CAREFUL!\n\nDeleting stuff out the registry is risky stuff, could mess up windows!\n\nYou have been warned.
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Do you do regular maintenance on both computers?  Defrag-clean cache, clear out history?  I know when mine starts slowing down if I do those 3 things, it makes a whole lot of difference.  Just a thought, and good luck.  Nothing more frustrating than a sluggish puter.
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Some can be harmful, and deleting cookies is benificial to speed in your machine.\nFind the run command on your computer and in the open box type cookies. Hit enter and the file will appear.\nYou can highlite and delete safely all but the 'index' cooky