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Name: salgolf Date: August 30, 2006 at 07:50:54 Pacific OS: XP Home SP2 CPU/Ram: PIV, 1024 Product: Toshiba
Comment:
Does anyone know why the number of Temporary Internet Files varies so widely? For weeks there were never more than 50 or 60 in the folder, and sometimes as few as two. Then for no apparent reason it jumps to 500 or 1000, the majority of which are .gif files. The time frame is one session, usually one day. The number of files could go back down, again seemingly for no reason.
Name: ccfrank Date: August 30, 2006 at 08:32:15 Pacific
Reply:
Everytime you see something on a web page it stores it in your temporary internet files. The more you surf the internet .. the more files are stored.
best of luck Frank :
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Response Number 2
Name: salgolf Date: August 30, 2006 at 13:20:26 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks, Frank. But I don't surf any more or less than I ever did, so that doesn't account for the significantly greater number of TIFs (not to be confused with TIFFs).
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Response Number 3
Name: Derek Date: August 30, 2006 at 16:25:12 Pacific
Reply:
Some websites have more complex pages than others so it also depends on what you've been viewing.
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