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Run Disk Defragmenter and
Scandisk
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If you have Dos or Windows 3.x go to
step 8
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Click Start, click Programs, click
Accessories, choose Defragmenter
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Click Defrag or Start to begin
defragging your hard drive. (Note: Windows XP
Defragmenter may look a little different then other versions of
Windows 95, 98, NT, or ME Defragmenter.)
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If you have Windows XP stop at step 5.
If you have Windows 95, 98, NT, or ME continue to step 6
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Click Start, click Programs, click
Accessories, choose Scan
Disk.
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Click Start to begin Scan Disk your hard drive. (Note: After scanning hard drive stop here at
step seven.)
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If you are in windows close out of
your session or get to the dos prompt c:\> and type
defrag after defrag is complete quit defrag
and run scandisk by typing scandisk.
After Scandisk is complete quit and type
WIN and the C prompt to get back to windows.
What to do: Although there are numerous software
programs to help you remove unwanted internet junk from your
computer, there are plenty of ways to do it yourself without paying
additional dollars. There is one key folder on your machine that
holds these cookies. For most its the "Temporary Internet Files"
folder. In "Windows", go to "My Computer", then double
click your "C" drive, double click the "Windows"
folder. At this point many of you will be prompted to "show files",
click where it says "show files". Scroll down until you find
the Temporary Internet Files folder. Here you will most
likely see numerous files of many different types. The cookie file
icon will look like a little "Notepad", (see the image
above), and many will start with a title of "Cookie". Many will then
show your name or your computers name, followed by the @ sign, and
then the website address that controls that particular cookie. You
could simply right click the cookie and delete them one by one, or
you could; click on one and then hold your shift key and then click
one further down to eliminate a lot at one
time. Other ways include;
1. From
Internet Explorer 6.0, click the tools drop down menu,
select internet options, look for the "delete cookies" button and
press it, (pretty simple!).
2.Go
to Start, then Programs, then Accessories, then System tools, and click
on Disk Cleanup. Special Note; disk cleanup will remove
nearly all of the temporary internet files regardless of their type. It
may then take you longer to load pages of sites you visit regularly
because you have removed the images that you have already downloaded
from those sites, (you will have to download them again). These last two
methods may not get rid of all the cookies, so if you use either of
these methods you should manually check the Temporary Internet Files
folder manually, as described above.
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