Tip #4025 - Temporary Vista Files
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Temporary
Vista Files
Are you one of the
many users now using a Windows Vista computer? If you said yes, then answer
me this: do you use Internet Explorer 7 as your main Web browser? If so,
are you having a little trouble figuring out how to delete all your temporary
Internet files? We have preached on this topic before for Windows XP and
it's just as important with Vista. (Just in case you're not sure, temporary
Internet files are files used by your computer to save certain information
about the Web sites you visit. If you delete them on a regular basis,
it will drastically improve your computer's overall performance). Alright,
with all of that said, let's find out how you can do this with IE 7 in
Vista!
There are two different
ways you can do this. First, in Internet Explorer, go to Tools,
Internet Options and under the Browsing History
section, click on Delete. Then beside the Temporary
Internet Files option, click the Delete Files
button. Click Yes to confirm and the files will then
be deleted. The second option is to click on the Start
button and type "disk" into the search box
below it. In the results, find Disk Cleanup and click
on it. Choose the drive you want to clean out and then click OK.
Next, checkmark the box next to Temporary Internet Files,
click OK and then click on the Delete Files
button.
On a side note, another
way you can get rid of your temporary Internet files is to use the CCleaner
program, but I would recommend using the other methods first. Also,
if you would like to view the files you're deleting before you actually
go through with it, you can do so by clicking on the View Files
option first, before going on to delete them. That way, you can see what
you're actually getting rid of and save anything you need to beforehand.
Either way, this is something you should do regularly so that your computer
will work at its best. Now, go on and give it a try!
~ Erin
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