clearing the cache

#1

clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 1:26pm

i was told i need ot clear the cache on my computer... what is a cache and how do i clear it?

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#2

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 1:37pm

It's where your cookies (ie temporary internet files are stored). So if you left click on your internet browser and access the properties, under the general tab there is a heading that says "Temporary Internet Files"...so you can delete your cookies and the files from there. That's on Internet explorer. It's similar on firefox, but I believe that Mozilla has a button that says "clear cache" or something like that...

#3

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 1:39pm

thank you :)

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Less is more
Ugly is beautiful
"My brother plays a drag queen... and I'm surprised he looks as good as he does in drag." - Adam Rapp

"thanks, abba. now i'll forever have an image of you as a tattoed hardcore straightedge grrl savaging people in the mosh pit." - papalovesmambo

"Yeah Abba. All the filthy crap you spew out there on those boards. I for one, am equally shocked. :-P" - AnnaK

#4

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 1:43pm

BTW, your Cookies & your Cache are two different things.

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#5

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 1:43pm

i just cleared the cache, i left the cookies alone

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Less is more
Ugly is beautiful
"My brother plays a drag queen... and I'm surprised he looks as good as he does in drag." - Adam Rapp

"thanks, abba. now i'll forever have an image of you as a tattoed hardcore straightedge grrl savaging people in the mosh pit." - papalovesmambo

"Yeah Abba. All the filthy crap you spew out there on those boards. I for one, am equally shocked. :-P" - AnnaK

#6

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 1:50pm

Yea...like you if clear your cookies and have any stored passwords, like for instance on BWW, you would have to sign in again.

I never knew the actual difference...

Updated On: 2/5/06 at 01:50 PM

#7

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 2:26pm

This hasn't happened for me, Marlene. I delete my cookies at the end of every computer session, and I have my BWW password stored. I've never lost it or had to reinitialize it. I'm not sure why it's happening to you, though.

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#8

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:40pm

Grizzabella-my Mac is only one week old, and it won't hold cookies for BWW. I have to constantly sign in, with no rhyme or reason. My friend who's an expert came over and couldn't figure out how to set the cookies either. Can you help out?

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#9

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:41pm

Hey fatty fat, that's how BWW works.

We ALL have to sign in every time.

Go eat some more mashed potatoes with bacon.

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#10

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:42pm

i dont have to sign in every time
i would sugest downloading gator or another program that stores passwords

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Less is more
Ugly is beautiful
"My brother plays a drag queen... and I'm surprised he looks as good as he does in drag." - Adam Rapp

"thanks, abba. now i'll forever have an image of you as a tattoed hardcore straightedge grrl savaging people in the mosh pit." - papalovesmambo

"Yeah Abba. All the filthy crap you spew out there on those boards. I for one, am equally shocked. :-P" - AnnaK

#11

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:43pm

No, I'm always signed in, even if I turn the computer off and on again. I'm pretty sure that's a cookie, and not the Firefox password remembering function.

#12

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:44pm

it is a cookie, becase one time i cleared the cookies by mystake and was signed out of bww
but other than that i'm always signed in

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Less is more
Ugly is beautiful
"My brother plays a drag queen... and I'm surprised he looks as good as he does in drag." - Adam Rapp

"thanks, abba. now i'll forever have an image of you as a tattoed hardcore straightedge grrl savaging people in the mosh pit." - papalovesmambo

"Yeah Abba. All the filthy crap you spew out there on those boards. I for one, am equally shocked. :-P" - AnnaK

#13

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:46pm

shut up BISON. there's actually a screen u nder preferences that allows you to select "always accept cookies" and I have that clicked!

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#14

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:53pm

BWW signs me out when I'm ON it sometimes.



Hippo.

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#15

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:57pm

That's what I'm saying-I could be refreshing a page, and then I'm not signed in anymore.

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#16

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:59pm

I'm usually signed in, except when I clear my cookies...I just click the little box next to the username password promt that keeps you signed it. I'm pretty sure it's a cookie...

#17

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 7:00pm

That doesn't work for me either.

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#18

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 7:58pm

"my Mac is only one week old, and it won't hold cookies for BWW. I have to constantly sign in, with no rhyme or reason. My friend who's an expert came over and couldn't figure out how to set the cookies either. Can you help out?'

First, you check your preferences and see if you are accepting cookies. There should be no reason why you would have sign in each time.

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Updated On: 2/5/06 at 07:58 PM

#19

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 8:13pm

Pab, I do have the box checked that says "always accept cookies". It's under preferences, then security.

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#20

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 8:14pm

Yeah, she's not an idiot.

Just a heifer.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#21

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 8:14pm

Jane, you should not have accept all cookies on your security setting.

You should have the ability to accept or reject the cookies.

It is safer.

Note, for IE:


I prompt first party cookies
Block third parties cookis
override automatic cookie handling
and allow session cookies.

Updated On: 2/5/06 at 08:14 PM

#22

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 8:19pm

the other boxes don't give me that option, the other options are either "never" or "only sites I navigate to"

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#23

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 8:20pm

Try selecting - "Only from sites you navigate to".

If that does not work you may have to reset your browser.

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"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"

#24

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 8:21pm

Must be different settings if you have a MAC.

What do you use for Internet browsing?

#25

re: clearing the cache

Posted: 2/5/06 at 8:21pm

I'm a heifer, rath? You, being a BISON are much larger

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