(I changed the subject line as this has nothing to do with Norton SystemWorks.) Do not use OPEN, that runs the script in the cookie, choose Open With or Send To. and choose WordPad or Notepad and you can read them without any danger of messing things up. You still may find it difficult to fugure out what it is for though. == Offline content is part of a website that is saved so you can view it without going back to it online. -- If you don't mind taking a bit more time to get back to some of the sites you have already visited, there is no potential problem with deleting them. Alfred D. Eller http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/ ====== ====== ====== ====== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen S Cassidy" <maureen.s.cassidy@worldnet.att.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:23 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Norton Systemworks > Hi Art, Joan, and all others who gave me suggestions so far, > > I am in the process of manually deleting cookies. When I right click on a > cookie to see what it is by choosing "Open" (I can't always tell with that > tiny bit of info from the left click) I get a dialog box that reads > "running a system command on this item might be unsafe". Is it talking > about a virus?? > > Also when deleting "regular" Temp Internet files there is a box to check/or > not that says "Delete Offline Content". What is that all about?? I presently > have it unchecked. > > Thanks, Maureen > >
Thanks Alfred..... And I'm glad somebody finally changed the subject line. I was too lazy. :):). Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alfred D. Eller" <adeller@santel.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 9:05 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Cookies (I changed the subject line as this has nothing to do with Norton SystemWorks.) Do not use OPEN, that runs the script in the cookie, choose Open With or Send To. and choose WordPad or Notepad and you can read them without any danger of messing things up. You still may find it difficult to fugure out what it is for though. == Offline content is part of a website that is saved so you can view it without going back to it online. -- If you don't mind taking a bit more time to get back to some of the sites you have already visited, there is no potential problem with deleting them. Alfred D. Eller http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/ ====== ====== ====== ====== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen S Cassidy" <maureen.s.cassidy@worldnet.att.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:23 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Norton Systemworks > Hi Art, Joan, and all others who gave me suggestions so far, > > I am in the process of manually deleting cookies. When I right click on a > cookie to see what it is by choosing "Open" (I can't always tell with that > tiny bit of info from the left click) I get a dialog box that reads > "running a system command on this item might be unsafe". Is it talking > about a virus?? > > Also when deleting "regular" Temp Internet files there is a box to check/or > not that says "Delete Offline Content". What is that all about?? I presently > have it unchecked. > > Thanks, Maureen > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: http://www.cyndislist.com ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237