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My internet explorer is running so slow that it is driving me completely up the wall I am considering reformatting but think this is a little drastic can anyone help!!! It basically takes ages to load pages
Name: Ed in Texas. Date: August 27, 2009 at 03:14:00 Pacific
Reply:
sje9s, maybe? A common ailment is a file called 'index.dat'. It gets read every time and can take quite a while if it’s too bloated. It's like a log file and keeps a record of every site you visit on the web. Empty, it's 32K, but it can grow HUGE. It's a protected file and can't be deleted by normal methods. CCleaner (free @: http://www.ccleaner.com/) can get rid of it when it’s ticked (not to worry, it gets rebuilt EMPTY on the next boot.). HTH. Ed in Texas.
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