Cookies & IE 6

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I have found hundreds of cookies in my temporary internet folder. Is it wise
or ill-advised to delete them all? What would be the consequences of getting
rid or keeping them (apart from the obvious uncluttering of my hard drive)?
 
Jackie D said:
Hi

I have found hundreds of cookies in my temporary internet folder. Is
it wise or ill-advised to delete them all? What would be the
consequences of getting rid or keeping them (apart from the obvious
uncluttering of my hard drive)?
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1. Cookies are actually stored in the Cookies folder, not the Temporary
Internet Files folder; Windows just makes it look that way.

2. It is always safe to delete cookies, but they are used to store Web page
customizations and sometimes passwords, so you will lose those. They can
also be used by spyware to store information about you for later retrieval
by a Web site.

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Cookies can contain passwords to web sites they are used to auto log you in,
it saves you having to type in the password everytime, if you delete your
cookies then you may find that you have to re-enter your passwords for sites
that use cookies.

Another way is to download CCleaner, thats a windows junk cleaning program
that allows you to decide what cookies to delete and what ones to keep.

Link : http://www.ccleaner.com

Hope that helps ?

Andy W
 
Hi Jackie :-)

You don't mention the version of Windows you are using, but, try the
following and see if it helps:

Normally, when cookies are placed in the Temporary Internet files they are
not ones that you will need to access sites such as your bank site.
Depending on the length of time you have your History set for, the cookies
in the TIF cache will be flushed out at the end of that time frame anyway.
Thus, if you want to be more selective about your cookie handling click the
Advanced button. Put a check in the box to over ride the automatic cookie
handling. Then select how you want to handle cookies. Don't forget to
click apply when you have selected the settings you want.

You can also manage your cookies with one of these free utilities:

The cookies Manager
http://home.nordnet.fr/~pmdevigne/CookiesManager_e.html
or
Cookie Viewer v3.3
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptcookie.asp

also...see the information here to find out more about them:

Cookies: what they are and how they work
http://help.netscape.com/kb/consumer/19970226-2.html
Cookies -
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/c/cookie.html
How do Internet Cookies work
http://www.howstuffworks.com/cookie.htm
Understanding cookies - XP
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sec_cook.mspx

Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
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Cheers Jan. Very useful
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Many thanks
JD


Jan Il said:
Hi Jackie :-)

You don't mention the version of Windows you are using, but, try the
following and see if it helps:

Normally, when cookies are placed in the Temporary Internet files they are
not ones that you will need to access sites such as your bank site.
Depending on the length of time you have your History set for, the cookies
in the TIF cache will be flushed out at the end of that time frame anyway.
Thus, if you want to be more selective about your cookie handling click the
Advanced button. Put a check in the box to over ride the automatic cookie
handling. Then select how you want to handle cookies. Don't forget to
click apply when you have selected the settings you want.

You can also manage your cookies with one of these free utilities:

The cookies Manager
http://home.nordnet.fr/~pmdevigne/CookiesManager_e.html
or
Cookie Viewer v3.3
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptcookie.asp

also...see the information here to find out more about them:

Cookies: what they are and how they work
http://help.netscape.com/kb/consumer/19970226-2.html
Cookies -
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/c/cookie.html
How do Internet Cookies work
http://www.howstuffworks.com/cookie.htm
Understanding cookies - XP
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sec_cook.mspx

Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
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that's why they're so contagious.

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How to make a good newsgroup post:
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Hi

I have found hundreds of cookies in my temporary internet folder. Is it
wise
or ill-advised to delete them all? What would be the consequences of
getting
rid or keeping them (apart from the obvious uncluttering of my hard
drive)?
--


Many thanks
JD
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Jackie D said:
Hi

I have found hundreds of cookies in my temporary internet folder. Is it wise
or ill-advised to delete them all? What would be the consequences of getting
rid or keeping them (apart from the obvious uncluttering of my hard drive)?
--


Many thanks
JD
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There are no real consequences to deleting cookies, except for the
occasional inconvenience of retyping login information in certain web sites.
However, there are a few web sites that won't let you do anything if
accepting cookies is disabled and there are some that feel that certain
cookies are spyware, e.g., tracking cookies. Here are a couple of tips if
you are using IE 6 with Windows XP SP2. You can delete almost all cookies by
going to Tools, Internet Options, and clicking the button. If you want the
relative convenience of cookies, but do not want them stored on your machine,
go to Tools, Internet Options, click the Privacy tab, click the Advanced
button, check the box "Override automatic cookie handling, delect the Block
radio buttons for both 1st and 3rd party cookies, and check the box "Always
allow session cookies". This accepting cookies while using Internet Explore
and deleting them when you close the program.

One word of caution. Take care using CCleaner. It's a great cleanup
utility, but if you do not watch out for which options you set, it will
delete the uninstall files and information for all Windows updates.
Normally, not a problem, but sometimes you might want to remove certain
updates. For example, IE 7 Beta is considered an update and running CCleaner
can delete its files making it impossible to remove this buggy software and
return to IE 6. Hope this helps.
 
In addition to the great info you've already seen from the other posters,
cookies can also contain customizations to some web pages that you've set.
For instance, a news site you've laid out the way you want it to display
your favorite subjects, stock prices, weather location, etc - as at
msnbc.com.
 
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