Comments for Will deleting cookies free up room in my computer's memory?

Comment from don rees on 2011-01-14

2011-01-15T05:43:34Z

hi ,i run ,spyhunter.com which i consider to be an excellent anti spy/malware program,( it was the only thing that got rid of the serurity tool virus which rendered my laptop totally useless)
when i run spyhunter now it only seems to throw up "cookies" problems, tracking cookies spyware etc,what would happen if i turned cookies off- you can the off ?? thanks don

Turning cookies off completely will make some websites you visit not work, others will keep requiring you to login in repeatedly, and in general browsing the internet will become a pain. Cookies are important, and many anti-spyware programs are unreasonably obnoxious when it comes to cookies. More here: What are tracking cookies and should they concern me?

15-Jan-2011

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Comment from Shakti on 2010-04-30

2010-04-30T08:22:21Z

First you need to find out the unwanted files and obsolete programs in your computer and then delete it . Clear your browser history each day if you are using internet. One best software I use which has one click cleanup is CCleaner. Also don't forget to empty your recycle bin regularly. www.ordercomputer.com

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Comment from mary on 2008-04-23

2008-04-23T10:53:35Z

i want to delete my cookies but which ones r safe to do so do u need to keep any of them for your computer n internet to work my disc space is low i need to free some space how do i do this

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Comment from samantha wix on 2007-08-21

2007-08-22T01:18:01Z

My internet explorer will not work. It says it cannot find server. what is wrong? what can i do to fix it? Please respond. Thank you

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Comment from Leo on 2005-02-28

2005-02-28T20:45:35Z

As listed above, this article covers that: http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_delete_cookies_and_just_what_are_cookies_anyway.html

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Comment from Doreen on 2005-02-28

2005-02-28T20:36:53Z

how do I get to the cookies on my computer to remove them.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-10-02

2004-10-02T15:46:21Z

Yes, I've had several people point out that tidbit that I completely overlooked. Most XP systems are formatted using NTFS, where the default allocation size is 512 bytes, so each cookie would take up at least that much. On FAT formatted drives the allocation units are typically larger, and the the space savings of deleting cookies can, indeed, be significant.

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Comment from Der Dutchman on 2004-10-02

2004-10-02T15:14:21Z

Hi Leo,

Aren't you ignoring the fact that cookies are written as individual files? As such, each 100 to 200 byte cookie is really using the minimum allocation unit 32,768 bytes of your hard drive. 1000 of those cookies would really use up almost 33 million bytes of your hard drive - to me that's a significant encroachment on my resources for something I didn't give anybody permission to use.

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Comment from Thomas Weatherly on 2004-10-01

2004-10-01T20:30:38Z

Clear, concise, and accurate explanation. I hope that it gets a wide readership. I will send the link to all my newbie friends. One note: you can get the best of firewalls and antivirus with Computer Associates' eTrust EZ Armor. I have the one year free trial lite version and it is really good. I was going to buy the full before the trial ended, but the person I spoke to at CA told me to use the whole trial. That is not the image of a greedy corporation. Armor's firewall is ZoneAlarm, Nuf said.

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