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by fbparts

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I am running Windows 98se and explorer IE 5.0
My internet has slow down by aleast 50 %. I checked my temporary internet files, but seems to be a problem. Under Windows\tempory internet files. The folder contains the folder Content IE.5 and shows tohave 2.96MB, but either folder shows no files. Also my cookie folder shows only one file. It seems that no cookies or internet files will store on my computer. The security is set at medium, and the cookies are enabled.
when browsing, eveything slows down even trying to control my mouse. I am running on network system at DSL cable speed. Please Help!

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by csolski

What's your processor speed, how much RAM do you have, how big is your hard drive? Also, in Internet Explorer, choose Tools, Internet Options, General, Settings, then maximize the disk space to use and make sure the radio button at the top is "check for new versions of stored pages" every visit to page or never.

by fbparts

My Processor is Pentium 33 400 mhz, I have 128 mb of memory with an 4.0 gb drive. i tried to change the amount of disk space in internet tools from automatically to evey visit to page. But i recieve a message to please select a value between 1 and 0for disk space, but i try to change and it gives me the same message over and over. when i try to change the temporary folder a message says, there won't be enough space in the new location for the currently downloaded content. please delete these files first, but when i check the folder it shows taht it is empty [ 0 files ] HELP !!!!!

by ann777

Make sure Internet Explorer is closed and all internet programs are closed. Using Windows Explorer and click on View --> Folder Options and make sure that you can see all Hidden files and folders. Also make sure that the file extensions are visible (not hidden).

Then browse to Temporary Internet files and delete everything in the CONTENT.IE5 directory. That's including all the cookies and all the folders. You will get an error that desktop.ini is a "system file" -- delete it anyway.
The only thing you want left is Temporary Internet Files and CONTENT.IE5. Everything else should be empty. Everything will be re-created as soon as you open a new browser window.

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You've got a corrupt file within one of these temporary files and thus you have to manually delete everything before it will work properly again.

I also recommend that you delete all *.tmp files and defragment your system. You should have plenty of free space when browsing the internet.

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