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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