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<p>How do I speed up my web browsing (clearing cookies and cache, aka Temporary Internet Files)?</p><p><span id="bodyfont" style="font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana"> <p><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong style="color: #0000ff"></strong></span></span></span></p> </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings"><span id="bodyfont" style="font-size: 10px"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong style="color: #0000ff"></strong></span></span></p> </span></span><span style="font-family: Kantipur"><span id="bodyfont" style="font-size: 10px"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong style="color: #0000ff"></strong></span></span></p> </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS"><span id="bodyfont" style="font-size: 10px"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong style="color: #0000ff"></strong></span></span></p> </span></span><span style="font-family: Courier New"><span id="bodyfont" style="font-size: 10px"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong style="color: #0000ff"></strong></span></span></p> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span id="bodyfont" style="font-size: 10px"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong style="color: #0000ff"><span style="font-family: Arial">Cache</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">For your convenience, your computer stores copies of frequently accessed pages in the memory cache or disk cache so the computer doesn't have to retrieve the page from the network each time you view it. This speeds reloading of pages that you have already visited.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">If you are experiencing Internet slowness or seeing old data, this is one of the first steps to take in troubleshooting.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Follow your browser's steps below to i<span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">ncrease your browser's performance and ensure that you get the most recent page.</span></span></span></span> <br /> </span></span></p> </span> <p><span id="bodyfont" style="font-size: 10px"> <p></p> </span> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong>Internet Explorer 8.0</strong></span> </span></span></p> <p><span id="bodyfont" style="font-size: 10px"></span></p> <p><span id="bodyfont" style="font-size: 10px"> <p style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">1. In Internet Explorer, click <strong>Tools</strong>. If you don't see the menu, press <strong>Alt</strong> on your keyboard to show menus.<br /> 2. Select <strong>Delete Browsing History</strong>. <br /> 3. Select the checkbox next to "Temporary Internet Files."<br /> 4. Click <strong>Delete</strong>.<br /> 5. It can take several minutes for the cache history to be deleted. Once the files have been deleted, click <strong>Okay</strong>. </span></span></p> </span> <p></p> <div></div> <span id="bodyfont" style="font-size: 10px"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Mozilla Firefox</span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">1. Click the Start button, select Programs or All Programs, select Mozilla Firefox, then click the Mozilla Firefox icon.<br /> 2. Click the Tools menu, then click Clear Private Data.<br /> 3. Click the Cache and Cookies boxes to place a check mark in them, ensure the other boxes do not have check marks in them, then click the Clear Private Data Now button.<br /> 4. Click the File menu, then click Exit.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Apple Safari</span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: Arial">1. From the Safari menu, click Empty Cache.<br /> 2. When asked "Are you sure you want to empty the cache?, click Empty.<br /> 3. From the Safari menu, click Preferences.<br /> 4. From the Security dialog box, click Bookmarks.<br /> 5. Click Show Cookies<br /> 6. 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