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Clearing system caches

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by conductor64

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I'd like to clear my system of usage logs. I can't find it in the help section.

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by sysengineer

To delete the system logs that are located under the Event Viewer you must have administrative privlages.

These files are located in the folder %root%\winnt\system32\config folder. (The windows folder if you are running XP.)

If you would like to delete the DNS cache (like I do at work sometimes) you can access the DOS shell by going to start > run > cmd and at the %root% prompt (usually c:\) you can type ipconfig /flushdns. (For Windows 2000 and newer).

If you are using Windows 98 you can accomplish this same task by using winipcfg.

Hope this helps.

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