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Comment from Wayne Talmadge on 2011-12-02

2011-12-02T20:53:33Z

@Suzanne
It sounds like it was your browser remembering the password before. Here's another article on Ask Leo! with information on getting the autofill back... including some very good reasons NOT to do it!
How do I log into hotmail automatically?

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Comment from Suzanne on 2011-12-02

2011-12-02T16:04:29Z

I did this once recently in order to access my verizon account (their tech help said to do it). But I must have selected delete cookies (maybe?) because I now want to revert to signing in to my email without typing the username in (auto-fill?).

Not sure how to accomplish this, and that is why I ended up here! My social network site keeps me ready to roll (recalls my username and password and autofills as I press the enter key) but I have lost the ability on hotmail.

How might I refresh this ability at that site?

I just now selected "keep me logged in" but that is not exactly what I had before. I dont want to go to hotmail to find my page already open, I was hoping to begin typing my username and see it appear by itself.

Crazy as it may seem, I had been using yahoo simply because I did NOT have to type in my whole email address as my username, but only the part before the @ symbol.

Now that I have you, let me ask you a million questions! First I will go check the faq's or fill in the search bar.

My initial question is "how do I get auto-fill to work on my hotmail again?" (I really did read the article.)

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Comment from Mark J on 2011-11-03

2011-11-03T22:03:32Z

@Barry
Recent in Firefox is any time you choose it to be. When you click Clear recent history, there is a pulldown which asks you how far back you want to clear.

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Comment from Barry Karas on 2011-11-03

2011-11-03T18:16:18Z

11-02-2011

What does RECENT mean in clear recent history?

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Comment from Tony on 2011-06-13

2011-06-14T02:48:28Z

Leo, my problem is my IE is absolutely unresponsive, therefore I can't follow your suggestion. When I click Tools, almost everything is grayed out - I can't click Internet Options, therefore I can't delete anything from my cache. Thanks in advance for any further guidance.

Meanwhile I'm thankful I downloaded Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome in the early stages when my IE was actually working.

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Comment from CF on 2011-06-04

2011-06-04T21:00:41Z

Thanks! Clearing the cache worked for me. Now I can get to my bank's internet page to pay my bills!

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Comment from Sheila on 2011-05-27

2011-05-27T13:09:26Z

Thanks again, Leo! I've landed on your page a few times before and you've always had the right answer to fix everything! I cleared my browser cache, Yaahwhoo! (Actually, I just now learned what it was!)

Honestly, you're the best.

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Comment from Gale Townsend on 2011-04-19

2011-04-19T15:27:21Z

Leo, You 'might' -?- want to update the pic for IE on this: It now has a 'Preserve Favorites website data' that -at least in mine- is automatically checked when you select DELETE HISTORY in the front box. This Preserve Favorites...'Keep cookies & temporary Internet files that enable your favorite websites to retain preferences and display faster.' The reason I said might -?- was because perhaps this should be 'un'clicked and we shouldn't preserve this data in some instances.... G

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Comment from Robert Harris on 2011-04-03

2011-04-04T06:29:04Z

Cache is actually stored copy of a web page that remains in your computer so that your browser can load it whenever needed. And it is well known that browser cache plays an important role in browsing the web. It stores the text, pictures, sounds and objects on the Internet and helps the browser to get them back from its cache whenever you need to go back to the same pages in the net. There is no doubt that browser cache increases the speed of browsing the web.

Clear cache:
In Internet Explorer, all that you need to do is to go to 'Tools', then to 'Internet Options' in the Menu Bar and click on 'Delete Files'. When you see the pop-up, select 'Delete all offline content'. Then go for 'Clear History'. On the top you would find the 'Content' tab. Click on 'Auto Complete', then 'Clear Forms' if at all you need to delete it once for all. Now the browser cache is cleared from Internet Explorer.

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Comment from Lorij on 2010-12-24

2010-12-24T13:39:56Z

Thanks, I am trying to become more efficient using M-Cliqe,
I am becoming more computer savy and a less afraid that I will break something. Thanks for your help.

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Comment from Bombay Granny on 2010-12-08

2010-12-08T16:41:47Z

For Mountain Lady: I always click on the Delete All button, because I DO want to delete all the things that are listed there. I try to do this at least once a week, even more often if I've visited lots of new websites. In three years there was only one thing deleted that I didn't mean to delete, and a Google search found it again in no time.

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Comment from Pierre, Ontario, Canada on 2010-09-21

2010-09-21T22:47:23Z

So now you have to show us how to do it (Clear Cache safely) in Google Chrome.....

Click on the wrench icon in the toolbar (), click on Tools, click on Clear Browsing Data...

25-Sep-2010

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Comment from Phoenix Pools on 2010-08-27

2010-08-28T00:52:20Z

The article is what I am looking for.

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Comment from Mountain Lady on 2010-07-27

2010-07-28T05:09:17Z

Back up to that "Delete Browsing History" menu. What harm will be done if I click on the bottom "Delete All" button?

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Comment from David Powell on 2010-07-27

2010-07-28T01:50:31Z

One other reason why you might clear the browser cache is (apparently) for general computer speed-up. One commentator said that this (for Internet Explorer specifically) was the single most beneficial way to improve a sluggish computer. He rated it as often more effective than disk defrag or registry cleanup, where so many efforts are focused. I put it to the test on my wife's old Celeron. Low physical memory, but plenty of disk available. It works!! Why? That's what I thought this article might answer. The proponent of this tactic asserted that it's effective even when IE's not your favoured browser. I'd like to know the science behind this hocus-pocus.

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Comment from Ken B on 2010-07-21

2010-07-21T18:53:47Z

Sometimes, you may just want to "clear the cache" for the current page, rather than the entire cache. In Firefox, for example, you can hold down the shift key when you click the "reload" button. I've used that numerous times when, for example, a page's CSS isn't correct. A simple "reload" reloads the page, but any resources that it refers to, such as external CSS or Javascript, may still come from the cache.

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Comment from Just J on 2010-07-20

2010-07-20T21:16:48Z

Hi Leo

In response to "MmeMoxie", apart from being correct about that particular setting. They have opted for quite a large cache.

I don't really know why per-se, but I opt for a much smaller cache at around 50MB instead.

Can you elaborate on this a little? i.e. Would there be performance issue's or anything else to consider at either end of our spectrum's?

I never play with the cache unless I'm in a tight disk situation. At some point unless you're visiting LOTS of different web sites every day, a super-large cache doesn't really buy you anything. How small is too small varies depending on your usage: visit one or two sites a day and a tiny cache will do. The only drawback to a too-small cache is performance, but I can't tell you whether 50MB's too small for you or not.

22-Jul-2010

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Comment from natural remeides on 2009-12-16

2009-12-16T16:35:54Z

hi,
can i know please if we remove browser cache then any change in computer speed?
Thanks
natural remeides

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Comment from Nicholas Gimbrone on 2009-04-22

2009-04-23T03:03:43Z

One reason that the cache becomes corrupted (bad content, out of date content, etc) is because the cache validation settings on the browser may be (inappropriately) set to allow this... in fact, this is the default setting in IE. The safe (dare I say correct ;-) setting is to set IE's frequency to "every time I visit the web page". The default setting of "automatic" allows an infrequently changed file to be used in an out of date state.

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Comment from Terry Hollett on 2009-04-22

2009-04-22T12:00:57Z

For those of us not hooked on IE or Firefox, like us Opera users for example, here's a link that covers most all browsers showing you how to empty your cache.

http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser's-Cache

http://www.geocities.com/terryhollett2003/

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Comment from Anne on 2009-04-21

2009-04-22T03:35:33Z

I use Firefox, but I also have Internet Explorer installed, but never use it. My question is this: Why, when I clear my private data every time I close Firefox, there are cookies, temporary internet files, and data in Internet Options? I'm assuming Internet Options is connected to IE, but I don't use IE. So, I've made it a habit to clear both Firefox and IE's Internet Options.

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Comment from MmeMoxie on 2009-04-21

2009-04-22T01:51:13Z

Leo, if, I am not mistaken, there is another part to 'controlling' the Cache. Deleting the Temporary Internet Files does a great job, but most users are unaware that there is a 'setting' that helps 'control' the Cache, so it doesn't get TOO big!

It is in Internet Explorer's Options, on the first page, under Browsing History. Look at the button that says, 'Settings'. By Default, Internet Explorer sets this setting quite high, usually way into the 1500MBs and higher, when all that is really needed is no more than 250MBs. I know that making sure my setting is set at 250MB, I can do lots of surfing and my PC doesn't slow down much, at all.

There is also a 'setting' in Firefox. It is a little harder to find. Open up the Tools option, at the top of the browser. Click on the Advanced button, then click on the Network button. On that section, you will see where you can 'set' the amount you want to 'cache'. I also, set my Firefox at 250MB. It simply works and keeps me going with both Internet Explorer and Firefox.

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Comment from ed reid on 2009-04-21

2009-04-21T17:46:21Z

You could make frequent use of Ccleaner.

It may take too long though if you hear the Feds battering down your front down and shouting Catch as cache can!

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Comment from Roberta Schatz on 2009-04-21

2009-04-21T17:26:45Z

Browser cache is easy to clear, what about the hidden files as in Content.IE5? especially when one of the files is corrupt and unreadable? Virus scan and Antisyware cannot clean it and I can't run CHKDSK all the way through or Defag until I do a complete Chkdsk. I have gotten right up to the Content.IE5 folders but as soon as I try to delete one the PC freezes up. Can I do something else to get rid of IE5? Thank you, Roberta.

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