Keeping track of where you've been and what you've seen is a heady job. IE4 does its very best to keep all this information tidy, but things do start to pile up after a while. How can you make it easier and faster for IE4 to do its job? Simple. Just reduce the amount of information that IE4 must wade through.

Keep IE4 swift and sprite by cleaning out its cache every so often.

  1. Select View, then Internet Options... from the menu bar.

  2. In the middle of the General page is an area marked "Temporary Internet Files".

  3. Click the Delete Files button.

  4. Check the box next to "Delete all subscription content".

  5. Click the OK button.

Don't you wish house-cleaning was this easy?

If you don't need History links from 20 days ago, then tell IE4 not to keep History links for so long.

  1. Select View, then Internet Options... from the menu bar.

  2. Near the bottom of the General page is an area marked "History".

  3. Use the toggle buttons to decrease the number next to "Days to keep pages in history:".

  4. Click the OK button to accept the new setting.

Honest, you don't need to keep your History links for 20 days!

IE4 can check if a Web page is newer than the version it has stored in its cache. If it is, then IE4 will load and store the new page. Handy feature, yes. But if you like to surf at warp speed, you might want to tell IE4 to relax.

Tell IE4 to stop checking for new versions of a page.

  1. Select View, then Internet Options... from the menu bar.

  2. In the middle of the General page is an area marked "Temporary Internet Files".

  3. Click the Settings... button.

  4. In the Settings window, select Never.

  5. Click the OK button to close the Settings window.

  6. Click the OK button to close the Options window.

With this option, you will have to check for updates manually by clicking the REFRESH button on the toolbar.


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