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History - Internet Explorer maintains a list of every
website you visit while surfing the Internet. How many days are stored
in the history cache depends on your personal settings. To clear your
history cache, click the "Clear Now" button. To clear the history
cache when the "Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to check the
"Clear My Website History" checkbox.
Cookies
- Websites you maintains a list of every website you visit
while surfing the Internet. How many days are stored in the history
cache depends on your personal settings. To clear all cookies, click
the "Clear Now" button. To clear all cookies when the "Clear All"
button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear My Website Cookies"
checkbox.
Favorites - Most of you are already familiar with favorites.
These are websites you've bookmarked so they can easily be found
later. Take caution when clearing your favorites as once System
Cleaner clears them they cannot be undeleted! To clear all
favorites, click the "Clear Now" button. To clear all favorites when
the "Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear My
Favorite Internet Places" checkbox.
Keyboard
- Auto Type
Type
URLs - Have you ever noticed when you start typing in the
browsers address bar an attempt is made to "guess" what you're typing?
For example, if you've typed in "www.get-a-divorce.com" and your
spouse uses the computer after you and begins to type in "www.get-rich.com",
they will see "www.get-a-divorce.com as a "suggestion" because it's
been typed in before! To clear all Typed URLs, click the "Clear Now"
button. To clear all Typed URLs when the "Clear All" button is
clicked, be sure to check the "Clear Auto-Typed URLs" checkbox.
Auto-Complete Forms - Auto-Complete Forms is basically the
same as typed urls except guesses are made in text / edit fields of
web pages. Practical uses are to remember common information you type
in often like email address, name, address, etc.. To clear all
Auto-Complete Forms, click the "Clear Now" button. To clear all Typed
URLs when the "Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to check the
"Clear Auto-Complete Forms" checkbox.
Auto-Complete Password - Auto-Complete Passwords is extremely
convenient if you are the only one using your computer. But what if
you are leaving town and having someone house sit. You may not be too
comfortable know that anyone can log you accounts without even knowing
your password. To clear all Auto-Complete Passwords, click the "Clear
Now" button. To clear all Auto-Complete Passwords when the "Clear All"
button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear Auto-Complete
Passwords" checkbox.
Run /
Find History
Run
Program History - The "Run" function from the Windows Start
menu maintains a list of all programs you have run from this dialog.
To clear all your Run History, click the "Clear Now" button. To clear
the Run History when the "Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to
check the "Clear Run History" checkbox.
Find
Computer History - The "Find Computer" function from the
Windows Start menu maintains a list of all computers you have search
for across the network. To clear all your Find Computer history, click
the "Clear Now" button. To clear the Find Computer history when the
"Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear Find
Computer History" checkbox.
Find
Files History - The "Find Files" function from the Windows
Start menu maintains a list of all files you have search for on your
computer. To clear all your Find Files history, click the "Clear Now"
button. To clear the Find Files history when the "Clear All" button is
clicked, be sure to check the "Clear Find Files History" checkbox.
Files -
Temporary and Cache
Internet
Cache - Most every file your computer downloads while surfing
the Internet is stored on your hard drive in a temporary "cache". This
enables the browser to display the page much more quickly the next
time you visit a website you've already been to. Pictures and images
are the most common type files stored in the cache. To clear the
Internet Cache, click the "Clear Now" button. To clear the Internet
Cache when the "Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to check the
"Clear Internet Cache" checkbox.
Temporary Files - Temporary files are used by most all
programs and Windows, but over time, a large number of temporary files
can accumulate in your temporary directory causing system performance
to degrade. To clear the Temporary Files folder, click the "Clear Now"
button. To clear the Temporary Files folder when the "Clear All"
button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear Temporary Files"
checkbox.
Recycle
Bin - Most everyone is familiar with the Recycle Bin. This is
where files you delete are stored until you take the trash out, so to
speak. To clear the Recycle Bin, click the "Clear Now" button. To
clear the Recycle Bin when the "Clear All" button is clicked, be sure
to check the "Clear Recycle Bin" checkbox.
Network
and Connection History
Network
History - Windows maintains a history of every place on your
local network you've visited. To clear the Network History, click the
"Clear Now" button. To clear the Network History when the "Clear All"
button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear Network History"
checkbox.
RAS
Auto-Dial - If you connect to the Internet using Remote
Access Scripting, Windows maintains a history of dial up connection
you've used. To clear the RAS Auto-Dial history, click the "Clear Now"
button. To clear the RAS Auto-Dial history when the "Clear All" button
is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear RAS Auto-Dial History"
checkbox.
Telnet
History - Telnet clients are used to connect to remote hosts
and a history of every host connected to is maintained. To clear the
Telnet History, click the "Clear Now" button. To clear the Telnet
History when the "Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to check the
"Clear Telnet History" checkbox.
Recent
Document and User History
Document
History - You've probably noticed that Windows maintains a
list of all recently opened documents from the "My Documents" folder
on the Start menu. To clear your recent Document History, click the
"Clear Now" button. To clear the Document History when the "Clear All"
button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear Document History"
checkbox.
Last
User History - Windows maintains a history of the last user
to logon to the system which becomes the default the next time the
computer is started. To clear your recent User History, click the
"Clear Now" button. To clear the User History when the "Clear All"
button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear User History" checkbox. |