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Too many temporary internet files?

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Frank

Flightless Bird
I have over 5,000 Temporary Internet Files...I have deleted Browsing History
(leaving passwords etc alone). This seems like a lot. Do I need all these?
Size of cach is set at 252.

Thanks,
 
F

Frank

Flightless Bird
Sorry, IE8, XP Pro, don'y know about 32 vs 64 bit

"Frank" wrote:

> I have over 5,000 Temporary Internet Files...I have deleted Browsing History
> (leaving passwords etc alone). This seems like a lot. Do I need all these?
> Size of cach is set at 252.
>
> Thanks,
 
L

Leonard Grey

Flightless Bird
With 252MB of TIF, 5,000 objects is quite possible.

Almost nobody needs to have 252MB of TIF. If you have broadband service,
anywhere from 10MB to 20MB is fine. If you're on dial-up or satelite
service you could bump it up to 50MB.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Frank wrote:
> I have over 5,000 Temporary Internet Files...I have deleted Browsing History
> (leaving passwords etc alone). This seems like a lot. Do I need all these?
> Size of cach is set at 252.
>
> Thanks,
 
F

Frank

Flightless Bird
Thanks, I thought so.
One more thing though...shouldn't they (or at least most of them) be deleted
when clearing history?

"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> With 252MB of TIF, 5,000 objects is quite possible.
>
> Almost nobody needs to have 252MB of TIF. If you have broadband service,
> anywhere from 10MB to 20MB is fine. If you're on dial-up or satelite
> service you could bump it up to 50MB.
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Frank wrote:
> > I have over 5,000 Temporary Internet Files...I have deleted Browsing History
> > (leaving passwords etc alone). This seems like a lot. Do I need all these?
> > Size of cach is set at 252.
> >
> > Thanks,
> .
>
 
L

Leonard Grey

Flightless Bird
No, not necessarily. If you want to clear all your temporary internet
files, you can do so from Tools > Internet Options.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Frank wrote:
> Thanks, I thought so.
> One more thing though...shouldn't they (or at least most of them) be deleted
> when clearing history?
>
> "Leonard Grey" wrote:
>
>> With 252MB of TIF, 5,000 objects is quite possible.
>>
>> Almost nobody needs to have 252MB of TIF. If you have broadband service,
>> anywhere from 10MB to 20MB is fine. If you're on dial-up or satelite
>> service you could bump it up to 50MB.
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>>
>> Frank wrote:
>>> I have over 5,000 Temporary Internet Files...I have deleted Browsing History
>>> (leaving passwords etc alone). This seems like a lot. Do I need all these?
>>> Size of cach is set at 252.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>> .
>>
 
J

Jeff Strickland

Flightless Bird
"Frank" <Frank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:969C7F06-7C76-4FE2-8BE4-553F741E65AE@microsoft.com...
>I have over 5,000 Temporary Internet Files...I have deleted Browsing
>History
> (leaving passwords etc alone). This seems like a lot. Do I need all
> these?
> Size of cach is set at 252.
>
> Thanks,


No, you do not need them. You can safely delete all of the temporary
internet files each and every time you close Internet Explorer, especially
if you/ve got a high speed. connection.
 
V

VanguardLH

Flightless Bird
Frank wrote:

> I have over 5,000 Temporary Internet Files...I have deleted Browsing History
> (leaving passwords etc alone). This seems like a lot. Do I need all these?
> Size of cach is set at 252.
>
> Thanks,

Did you enable the Preserve option for the delete browsing settings?
 
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