History - Internet Explorer maintains a list of
every website you visit while surfing the Internet. How many days
are stored in the history cache depends on your personal settings.
To clear your history cache, click the "Clear Now" button. To clear
the history cache when the "Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to
check the "Clear My Website History" checkbox.
Cookies
- Websites you maintains a list of every website you visit
while surfing the Internet. How many days are stored in the history
cache depends on your personal settings. To clear all cookies, click
the "Clear Now" button. To clear all cookies when the "Clear All"
button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear My Website Cookies"
checkbox.
Favorites - Most of you are already familiar with
favorites. These are websites you've bookmarked so they can easily
be found later. Take caution when clearing your favorites as
once System Cleaner clears them they cannot be undeleted! To
clear all favorites, click the "Clear Now" button. To clear all
favorites when the "Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to check
the "Clear My Favorite Internet Places" checkbox.
Keyboard - Auto Type
Type
URLs - Have you ever noticed when you start typing in the
browsers address bar an attempt is made to "guess" what you're
typing? For example, if you've typed in "www.get-a-divorce.com" and
your spouse uses the computer after you and begins to type in
"www.get-rich.com", they will see "www.get-a-divorce.com as a
"suggestion" because it's been typed in before! To clear all Typed
URLs, click the "Clear Now" button. To clear all Typed URLs when the
"Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear
Auto-Typed URLs" checkbox.
Auto-Complete Forms - Auto-Complete Forms is basically the
same as typed urls except guesses are made in text / edit fields of
web pages. Practical uses are to remember common information you
type in often like email address, name, address, etc.. To clear all
Auto-Complete Forms, click the "Clear Now" button. To clear all
Typed URLs when the "Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to check
the "Clear Auto-Complete Forms" checkbox.
Auto-Complete Password - Auto-Complete Passwords is
extremely convenient if you are the only one using your computer.
But what if you are leaving town and having someone house sit. You
may not be too comfortable know that anyone can log you accounts
without even knowing your password. To clear all Auto-Complete
Passwords, click the "Clear Now" button. To clear all Auto-Complete
Passwords when the "Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to check
the "Clear Auto-Complete Passwords" checkbox.
Run /
Find History
Run
Program History - The "Run" function from the Windows Start
menu maintains a list of all programs you have run from this dialog.
To clear all your Run History, click the "Clear Now" button. To
clear the Run History when the "Clear All" button is clicked, be
sure to check the "Clear Run History" checkbox.
Find
Computer History - The "Find Computer" function from the
Windows Start menu maintains a list of all computers you have search
for across the network. To clear all your Find Computer history,
click the "Clear Now" button. To clear the Find Computer history
when the "Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear
Find Computer History" checkbox.
Find
Files History - The "Find Files" function from the Windows
Start menu maintains a list of all files you have search for on your
computer. To clear all your Find Files history, click the "Clear
Now" button. To clear the Find Files history when the "Clear All"
button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear Find Files History"
checkbox.
Files
- Temporary and Cache
Internet Cache - Most every file your computer downloads
while surfing the Internet is stored on your hard drive in a
temporary "cache". This enables the browser to display the page much
more quickly the next time you visit a website you've already been
to. Pictures and images are the most common type files stored in the
cache. To clear the Internet Cache, click the "Clear Now" button. To
clear the Internet Cache when the "Clear All" button is clicked, be
sure to check the "Clear Internet Cache" checkbox.
Temporary Files - Temporary files are used by most all
programs and Windows, but over time, a large number of temporary
files can accumulate in your temporary directory causing system
performance to degrade. To clear the Temporary Files folder, click
the "Clear Now" button. To clear the Temporary Files folder when the
"Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear Temporary
Files" checkbox.
Recycle Bin - Most everyone is familiar with the Recycle
Bin. This is where files you delete are stored until you take the
trash out, so to speak. To clear the Recycle Bin, click the "Clear
Now" button. To clear the Recycle Bin when the "Clear All" button is
clicked, be sure to check the "Clear Recycle Bin" checkbox.
Network and Connection History
Network History - Windows maintains a history of every
place on your local network you've visited. To clear the Network
History, click the "Clear Now" button. To clear the Network History
when the "Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear
Network History" checkbox.
RAS
Auto-Dial - If you connect to the Internet using Remote
Access Scripting, Windows maintains a history of dial up connection
you've used. To clear the RAS Auto-Dial history, click the "Clear
Now" button. To clear the RAS Auto-Dial history when the "Clear All"
button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear RAS Auto-Dial
History" checkbox.
Telnet
History - Telnet clients are used to connect to remote
hosts and a history of every host connected to is maintained. To
clear the Telnet History, click the "Clear Now" button. To clear the
Telnet History when the "Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to
check the "Clear Telnet History" checkbox.
Recent
Document and User History
Document History - You've probably noticed that Windows
maintains a list of all recently opened documents from the "My
Documents" folder on the Start menu. To clear your recent Document
History, click the "Clear Now" button. To clear the Document History
when the "Clear All" button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear
Document History" checkbox.
Last
User History - Windows maintains a history of the last user
to logon to the system which becomes the default the next time the
computer is started. To clear your recent User History, click the
"Clear Now" button. To clear the User History when the "Clear All"
button is clicked, be sure to check the "Clear User History"
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