http://askthecomputerlady.com/questions/2009/11/view-or-delete-cookies/ If you have computer questions, this is the place for you Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://askthecomputerlady.com/questions/2009/11/view-or-delete-cookies/comment-page-1/#comment-110 alexnetherton Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:36:08 +0000 http://askthecomputerlady.com/questions/?p=2273#comment-110 That makes no sense. Cookies are small text files that are used by web sites to make things more convenient, but sometimes to track web usage. I have never heard of them slowing a computer down, and I would not ever flush my cookies (that I choose to keep) for any reason; I have some that make life *much* easier, such as banking and bill paying, and Google settings. He may be thinking about "Temporary Internet Files", but even then, those make things work faster, not slower (unless he has a small disk, and is running out of space). I think he needs to research what cookies actually do. That makes no sense. Cookies are small text files that are used by web sites to make things more convenient, but sometimes to track web usage. I have never heard of them slowing a computer down, and I would not ever flush my cookies (that I choose to keep) for any reason; I have some that make life *much* easier, such as banking and bill paying, and Google settings.
He may be thinking about “Temporary Internet Files”, but even then, those make things work faster, not slower (unless he has a small disk, and is running out of space).
I think he needs to research what cookies actually do.

]]> http://askthecomputerlady.com/questions/2009/11/view-or-delete-cookies/comment-page-1/#comment-107 krnadon Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:21:36 +0000 http://askthecomputerlady.com/questions/?p=2273#comment-107 How about Mozilla Firefox. I can not find cookies there How about Mozilla Firefox. I can not find cookies there

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