Block Temporary Internet Files?, Is that possible? Options

[ePost]

I haven't accepted cookies for quite sometime now and find that this is surprisingly easy to administrate. It's hardly any trouble at all. Blocking nearly all cookies and accepting just a few regulars by adding them "manually" resulted in a significant reduction of malware infections. I often search images for days and days and days - a bullet proof way to get loads of malware into your PC. And my security programs are not bad at all.

All this picture searching also results in a slow PC. Tons of material ends up in my cached folder. So I was wondering: can I block all access to Temporary Internet Files the same way I blocked all the cookies? I really don't need a copy of each and every site I go to. I sometimes feel that I store a copy of half the Internet in my cache. I sometimes visit almost a 1000 sites a day - sites that I don't intend to visit again. And images have big file sizes more often that not. They sit in my cache even though I have no use for them. I just visited the site. Also it is a pain in the behind when you land on a big site. Some blogs have hundreds of posts on one long page. IE takes forever to download such a big blog to Temporary Internet Files. It would make life easier if I didn't have to drag all this useless material around. And the malware hidden in it.

So: how can I disable IE's cache function in XP Home? Is there a way?

This post has been edited by ePost: Jan 4 2009, 12:56 PM

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I see you already set the disk space to 8. I might have overlooked
this if it has been suggested.
IE>Tools>Internet Options - Click on the "Advanced" tab.
Scroll down to "Security", locate the box "Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed"
Verify it is selected. This won't block the cache, but will clean it out when you exit IE.
From Google (Advanced tab,Security) "Do not save encrypted pages to disk"

Here at BC we try to discourage members from editing registry settings, but this
link may help as a last resort.
http://www.windowsreference.com/windows-xp...internet-files/

[ePost]

Thanks for that link. I'll give it a try I think. I usually empty cache and cookies via Run. I write shell:cache. When it opens I mark it all (ctrl+a) and hit Delete. Same for cookies: Run -> write "shell:cookies" -> hit the Delete key. It's faster than CCleaner.

I liked Ad-Aware when I had it. It was a fine cookie eater but it's too slow. I don't even accept cookies anymore.

This post has been edited by ePost: Jan 9 2009, 01:56 AM

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Raw, I did it and I love the feeling: SPEED!

New pages opens right away. And for the browsing history: I now have that on my Google account. All you need to do is to enable the Web History option by clicking the link by that name. Here: http://i43.tinypic.com/2nl9vgp.jpg This opens a new page. When you get in there you just click the enable link. Then everything is like it used to but now the temps are not filling MY PC. They sit out there in cyberspace. Now ain't that just a thrill?

The history does not delete when you clean out you PC with fx. CCleaner. The google browsing history that you delete with CCleaner or ATF-Cleaner is only the part that in your PC. If one wants it deleted from Cyberspace also you'll need to log in to the Google account in an delete it separately and manually. But it's quickly done.

And needles to say: you do need to log in every day and every time if you want to store your browsing history.

Thank for all your help, guys. :-D

This post has been edited by ePost: Jan 9 2009, 10:08 AM

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Good to hear. Glad I could help.