Re: Cleaning IE Cache in XP

From: yahoo serious (z_beeblebox_mung_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/03/04 

Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 00:01:03 -0600

"Mike" <nomail@plz.com> wrote in message
news:bvn6og$4dj$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
> In Win98 I used to empty the IE cache from IE, wipe the swap file from dos
> and deltree the cookies, history and tempor~1 directories and do a scanreg
> /opt to clean URL history and then reboot and overwrite freespace. This
> would have totally erased all website details from my hdd - what is the
best
> way to do same for XP. Cache files seem to be far more numerous, there is
> no dos and a 120 Gb hdd is impractical to wipe freespace on. Can I use an
> overwriter like Eraser to just wipe c:\documents and
settings\~user\cookies,
> c:\documents and settings\~user\local settings\history and c:\documents
and
> settings\~user\local settings\temporary internet files from another user
> account before emptying these from IE without IE getting in a mess, and
set
> XP to wipe swap at shutdown. Will this remove all surfing history or do I
> need to overwrite other files. Also what files are stored in the system
> restore saves - url history in the registry and any index.dat files? How
do
> you compact the registry in XP so as to lose URL history after it has been
> emptied from IE. This is partly paranoid but security is a bit of a hobby
> Many thanks for your time.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Mike
>
>
I may not understand exactly what you want but IE settings can be controlled
be IE.
If you right click on the explorer icon and pick properties (or tools
..internet options within explorer)
under the general tab you can empty the cache, delete cookies, clear history
and control what the cache size is.
(If you're using any form of high speed connections you probably should
disable 'checking for newer
versions of pages'.) In fact if you are security conscious you can empty the
cache every time you shut
down IE by selecting the advanced tab ..going to the security section in
that tab and selecting
'empty temporary folder when browser is closed' check box. As for 'munging'
swapfiles on XP
you're on your own. The XP OS is significantly different from win98. I'm not
aware of being able to run
XP in a 'Dos Mode'. The command prompt is still using the XP kernel.

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