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phiz
from Liverpool (United Kingdom) on 2004-06-12 02:51 [#01236232]
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ok, so i tried to upload a new avatar about a week ago, it wouldnt work so i thought fuck it and left it.
i've just logged in and the avatar has changed to the one i was trying to upload a week ago???
and also when i go back a page on my browser various pages from days, even weeks pop up???
any idea why?
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nacmat
on 2004-06-12 03:45 [#01236248]
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glitch in the matrix
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pOgO
from behind your belly button fluff on 2004-06-12 03:47 [#01236249]
Points: 12687 Status: Lurker | Followup to phiz: #01236232
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have you tried clearing your cookies/temp internet files etc?
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xf
from Australia on 2004-06-12 04:05 [#01236252]
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use mozilla firefox if you're not already. internet explorer is a horrible, bugridden shitty browser, and you're actually at risk using it (there's a few unfixed patches, that have been around for months, which allow shit to be installed on your computer just by going to a website).
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phiz
from Liverpool (United Kingdom) on 2004-06-12 04:33 [#01236274]
Points: 2622 Status: Lurker | Followup to pOgO: #01236249
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i've just deleted all my cookies, whatever they are???
xf, i'm using Safari as my browser.
what are cookies anyway???
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pOgO
from behind your belly button fluff on 2004-06-12 04:36 [#01236277]
Points: 12687 Status: Lurker | Followup to phiz: #01236274
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Some Web sites store information in a small text file, called a "cookie," on your hard disk.
Cookies contain information about you and your preferences. For example, if you inquire about a flight schedule at an airline's Web site, the site might create a cookie that contains your itinerary. Or it might only contain a record of which pages within the site you visited, to help the site customize the view for you the next time you visit.
Only the information that you provide, or the choices you make while visiting a Web site, can be stored in a cookie. For example, the site cannot determine your e-mail name unless you choose to type it. Allowing a Web site to create a cookie does not give that or any other site access to the rest of your computer, and only the site that created the cookie can read it.
Internet Explorer is set up to allow the creation of cookies; however, you can specify that you be prompted before a site puts a cookie on your hard disk, so you can choose to allow or disallow the cookie; or you can prevent Internet Explorer from accepting any cookies.
You can specify different settings for different security zones. For example, you might want to allow Web sites to create cookies if they are in your Trusted sites or Local intranet zone, prompt you before creating cookies if they are in your Internet zone, and never allow cookies if they are in your Restricted sites zone.
Source: http://www.egausa.org/ComputerTut/Speed.htm
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oscillik
from the fires of orc on 2004-06-12 04:40 [#01236280]
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i've had this problem before
i have deleted cookies, history, cache, etc etc etc and it still doesn't fix it
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phiz
from Liverpool (United Kingdom) on 2004-06-12 04:42 [#01236281]
Points: 2622 Status: Lurker | Followup to pOgO: #01236277
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cheers for the info. so its best to just keep them switched off all the time then??
seems safer.
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pOgO
from behind your belly button fluff on 2004-06-12 04:45 [#01236285]
Points: 12687 Status: Lurker | Followup to phiz: #01236281
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some sites will require you have cookies enabled in order to view/log into the site so I'd reccomend you leave them on
Just every now and then clear your cookies and temp internet files, just as basic house keeping
I very rarley clear my cookies unless something goes screwy with my browsing
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phiz
from Liverpool (United Kingdom) on 2004-06-12 04:47 [#01236286]
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still doing it??? now it jumps back to when i created this thread which is about an hour ago
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oscillik
from the fires of orc on 2004-06-12 04:50 [#01236289]
Points: 7746 Status: Regular | Followup to phiz: #01236286
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it must be something to do with Macintosh computers.
i'm on a Mac and i've had this problem for ages and ages.
Mac = Shit
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xf
from Australia on 2004-06-12 04:53 [#01236294]
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i'm on a mac and have never had this problem. given, i've only changed my avatar twice.
might be safari. safari is buggy. again, try firefox :-)
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oscillik
from the fires of orc on 2004-06-12 04:55 [#01236295]
Points: 7746 Status: Regular | Followup to xf: #01236294
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I've tried Safari, and I even bothered to try IE to do this.......i still got the same results......hold on, lemme try FireFox
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