clearing the cache
clearing the cache
#0clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 1:26pmi was told i need ot clear the cache on my computer... what is a cache and how do i clear it?
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
#1re: clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 1:37pmIt'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...
#2re: clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 1:39pmthank you :)
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
#3re: clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 1:43pmBTW, your Cookies & your Cache are two different things.
#4re: clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 1:43pmi just cleared the cache, i left the cookies alone
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
#5re: 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
grizzabella
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/05
#6re: clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 2:26pmThis 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.
#7re: clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:40pmGrizzabella-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?
#8re: 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.
#9re: 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
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
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#10re: clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:43pmNo, 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.
#11re: 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
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
#12re: clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:46pmshut up BISON. there's actually a screen u nder preferences that allows you to select "always accept cookies" and I have that clicked!
#13re: clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:53pm
BWW signs me out when I'm ON it sometimes.
Hippo.
#14re: clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:57pmThat's what I'm saying-I could be refreshing a page, and then I'm not signed in anymore.
#15re: clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:59pmI'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...
#16re: clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 7:00pmThat doesn't work for me either.
#17re: 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.
#18re: clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 8:13pmPab, I do have the box checked that says "always accept cookies". It's under preferences, then security.
#19re: clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 8:14pm
Yeah, she's not an idiot.
Just a heifer.
#20re: 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
#21re: clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 8:19pmthe other boxes don't give me that option, the other options are either "never" or "only sites I navigate to"
#22re: 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.
#23re: 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?
#24re: clearing the cache
Posted: 2/5/06 at 8:21pmI'm a heifer, rath? You, being a BISON are much larger
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