At 11:08 1/16/02 -0500, you wrote: >Gerry > >Thanks for the very complete answer to my question about CacheSentry. I >take it then that you feel it's a worthwhile prog to run, though nobody >else seems to have it :-) > >But you have raised another question: you recommend deleting certain >things as part of weekly housekeeping, and Barry has joined in with an >even longer list that he deletes daily (though he implies that this MAY >be to keep the FBI off his track :-> ) > >Some of it I can understand, but why empty cache and recycle bin? >(except maybe as a quick-fix because you just discovered you're running >out of space). Doesn't this just defeat their purpose? Wouldn't it be >better to set a sensible max on them and then let them take care of >themselves (maybe with a little help from CacheSentry), and de-frag them >along with everything else on Saturday night or whenever you do it? >Aren't they designed so that when they reach their max, the oldest stuff >gets pushed out as new stuff comes in? > >As for Barry's list -- why bother deleting history, Barry? If you >really are concerned about privacy, you'll have to do a lot more than >that, as Gerry and Peter suggest. And if you dump the useful cookies >along with the useless ones, you just have more aggravation getting them >back. I use AdAware to make sure people haven't planted things I don't >want. > >Forgive me if these are elementary questions, but they aren't elementary >for me (and I probably speak for other lurkers out there, too). > >Cheers, John > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 3:29 PM >Subject: Re: PCWorks: CacheSentry > > > > . . . . . . . . . > > Good housekeeping of your PC means your should delete: > > 1. Temporary Internet Files > > 2. Downloaded Program Files > > 3. Recycle Bin > > 4. Temporary Files > > > > These four are deleted if you select MyComputer -- Right Click on >C: -- > > Select Properties and click on Desk Cleanup. > > or via Start -- Programs -- Accessories -- Systems Tools -- Disk > > Cleanup. This should be done on a weekly basis followed by Disk >Defragmenting. > > > > . . . . . . . . > > CacheSentry and other programs like it do this INDEX.DAT file deletion >at > > startup or shutdown. They also add other options for the user. > > > > . . . . . . . . . > > Gerry Boyd
John! Although my response was to Gerry solely and purely tongue-in-cheek, I can completely understand how your question about CacheSentry lead you to believe that I needed to know about the Department of Defense standards on erasing a hard drive. If Paranoia was my reasoning behind my nightly maintenance I truly would be odd indeed. But my reason is I STILL use Win95 and enjoy a completely CLEAN hard drive in the morning when I awake Cookies are based on one thing from a web page, their ability to discover what makes YOU tick. If I wanted a commerce site to know me I would become its "buddy" LOL Ad-Aware is a very good "spyware" detection program and I use it once in a while. If one investigates what one downloads before downloading it then "spyware" as a rule will NEVER habitate on one's computer. As far as History deletion is concerned, let us say that you are a good family man, pillar of the community etc. and you decide out of curiosity to a visit some pornographic sites one boring evening. Do you want your wife or children by accident or otherwise to learn of your sojourn to the darkside? LOL LOL LOL All joking aside, the only thing that We humans have left is our thoughts and ideas. No one has the right to know what I am thinking only if my thoughts constitute a hostile or aberrant act to others does society have the right to take action against me or others. So you see the computer is a road map to our subconscious and therefore should be protected from the critical eye of a hypochritical world. Plus if one wants to keep their computer running smoothly and economically spaced GET RID OF ALL YOUR TEMP FILES AND DUMP YOUR CACHES Barry ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
