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- 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.
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