Attn Computer gurus

[DaveN]

I have a question - I regularly delete my cookies, temp internet files on my pc at work to keep from building up a large pile of useless crap on my pc. I'm running the windows NT.



Why, when after I delete all these files, I come to the tdr website and a couple of others, it says "welcome back DaveN", but when I go to the discussion forums I have to login to reset the cookies? Where is my information being stored so that the tdr website recognizes me when I come back, and if it recognizes me why do I have to login again? I don't think this is a TDr website issue it happens a couple of other places. I'm stumped.

 

[Philip]

Maybe the winblows auto complete section.



I use a program called Window washer to wipe out the items you listed. It also takes out a lot more items you can't get to. The bad part is it is a pay program. Try it for 30 days and see what you think.





http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/windowwasher/index.php

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

The page is probably being loaded from your cache. Next time you do that try hitting refresh and see if you are still recognized. My bet is that you won't be.

 

[OnlyCummins]

I do the same & have noticed the same thing but I'm running W'95SE. My guess: Some info gets stored in the registry. If you've got a fairly fast computer & your user name is fairly unique, you could do a text search of your computer's files (not to be confused with a file name search). On slower computer with large, cluttered hard-drive it usually takes awhile but it eventually finishes.



Good luck.

 

[Fireman Dave]

Originally posted by DaveN

I regularly delete my cookies, temp internet files on my pc at work to keep from building up a large pile of useless crap on my pc.

Uh huh... yeah... sure... that's the reason you delete stuff. :-laf That's the same reason I clean up after myself on mine at home before the wife gets on it. LOL

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

We all now about your uhhh... ... errrrrr... ... problem Dave! Some of us aren't as sick as others you know

 

[HoleshotHolset]

The picture below is from the Internet Properties dialog box..... click on 'Settings' on the main or 'General' tab... .



Keeping the amount of disk space that Internet Explorer uses down to a minimum will keep the amount of 'dancing lady' website junk at a manageable level.



If you keep it down to about 10MB or so... like I do... . It will also be a lot quicker to delete the 'Temporary Internet Files' and/or 'Cookies' from the 'dancing lady' websites as the wife walks in the door - trying to catch you with your hand in the cookie jar.



Keeping the disk use to 10MB will not affect performance - it's more than enough room to cache quite a few websites.



If you want to look for spyware - try Lavasoft's (from Sweden) Ad-Aware. It scans the registry and the hard drive for spyware..... and is quite effective.



Matt

 

[Philip]

The other place it is hiding is in the index file in the cookies section. That is the one you can't delete when you try. If you were on fat 32 file system you could delete the contents from DOS. But with NTFS file system it would require some sort of script to be run at startup and most likely your IT person would find that.

 

[DaveN]

ALRIGHT ALRIGHT

I DEFINITELY did not word that properly!!!



But I did get a good chuckle out of the replies, Firman dave and holeshot!



I have to watch that stuff at work, I'm connected to a corporate server that serves over 30,000 people. I'm guessing they scan for websites like lookatboobsatwork.com and ifyougotothispornsiteyougetfired.com. If not I would be very suprised.



Yeah it might be coming from the index file, I can't touch that one. They have me set up that we can't install anything on our pc's without having IT sprinkle holy water on it first.



Steve I'll check the cache like you said, but wouldn't that get deleted when you delete the cookies, temp files, etc?

 

[Bob Wagner]

is a keylogger program exactly what it sounds like?



My son does alot of motocross madness track editing and file swapping



when I run adaware or spybot if sometimes finds a keylogger dll



could this be a problem?



Thanks

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

It may be in your corporate server's cache. Many servers have their own cache to maximize speed.

 

[HEMI®Dart]

While you guys are here:



I recently upgraded my PC. New motherboard and AMD 2800+. Also added a front case fan and a "blowhole fan" on top of the case (4 fans total). When I open some webpages and play video I can hear the fans slow down. My Asus utility shows dips on the fan voltage and rpm.



I have a 300 Watt power supply.



Should I go to a bigger one?

 

[Paychk]

Go to AMD's web site and check the power supply recommendations for your processor, I belief that 300 is the minimum recommended size. But that 300 on your power supply may be meaningless. Here is the list of AMD tested power supply manufactures, these companies meet the requirements AMD has established for their processors.



AMD Power supply list

 

[Eventer]

The minimum power supply should be at least 400 watts. Spend the money and buy a good PS up front. You won't be sorry. I use an Antec 400 watt PS in my Linux box. It has an ASUS mobo and AMD processor. No problems ever. Figure $100 or so for a good PS.



Another issue to concern yourself with is the power that is coming in to your computer. You should also never use a computer without a good uninterruptible power supply (UPS). You can pick one up for $100 - $200. Good brands are APC and Tripp-Lite. The UPS will assure that you are getting good clean power to your computer. It will prevent what you are seeing which looks to be essentially a brown-out in your computer. You still should upgrade your PS.