How to Clear Your Browser Cache

When you use a web browser (Internet Explorer, Opera etc) and view web pages these files are automatically saved on your computer. These are known as browser cache or temporary internet files. This post provides browser support for delete cache from computer.

Each browser users a different location on your computer to save its ‘cache’, and each browser has its own way of clearing this cache. If these aren’t cleaned out regularly they can consume a large amount of space on your computer!

Below we show you a step by step method for cleaning browsers, Internet Explorer, Opera and Firefox.

Internet Explorer
The first step in clearing the cache/temporary internet files for Internet Explorer is to open a browser window, and select ‘Tools’ from the top menu and then select ‘Internet Options’ (last item).

Once this window loads up, we are looking for the ‘Delete Files’ button. Click this button then tick the box ‘Delete all offline content’, then click Ok. This can take a while to process if there is a lot of files to delete. Once done, click ‘Ok’ and close the control panel window.

Opera
To clean the cache in Opera open the browser then select ‘Tools’ from the top menu, and go down to ‘Preferences’. On the left hand side of the preferences screen, click the label ‘History and Cache’. On the right side of the window you will have a button that says ‘Empty now’, select this button. If you have a lot of files in the cache this can take a while to process. Once done, click ‘Ok’ then close the browser window.

Firefox
Cleaning Firefox’s cache is similar to the other browsers. First, open a Firefox browser window, and click ‘Tools’ from the top menu. Then go down to Options’. When the window has opened click on the Privacy icon (on the left). On the right hand screen, you will have a button down the bottom that says ‘Clear’, which is to the right of the word ‘Cache’. Click this button to clear the Firefox cache. Once done, click Ok and close the browser window.

How to optimize or reset Internet Explorer 7

Configuration settings in Windows Internet Explorer 7 may cause one or more of the following issues:

* You experience performance problems in Internet Explorer 7.
* You receive an error message in Internet Explorer 7. For example, you receive an "Internet Explorer cannot display the Web page" error message.
* Internet Explorer 7 stops responding.

This Post describes Internet Explorer support how to optimize or reset Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista to resolve these issues.

Method 1: Clear cached data in Internet Explorer 7
To determine whether a performance issue or an error message is caused by corruption in the temporary Internet files or in other cached information that is used by Internet Explorer 7, you must clear cached data. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open Internet Explorer 7.
2. Click Tools, and then click Delete Browsing History.
3. In Delete Browsing History, click Delete All.
4. Click to select the Also delete files and settings stored by add-ons check box, and then click OK.

A progress bar is displayed to indicate that the browsing history is being cleared. After this process is complete, test Internet Explorer to verify that it works correctly. If issues still occur, try Method 2.

Method 2: Reset security settings for Internet Explorer 7
If you configure security settings to be too restrictive, you may prevent Internet Explorer 7 from displaying certain Web sites. To determine whether an issue is caused by overly restrictive security settings, revert to default security settings. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open Internet Explorer 7.
2. Click Tools, and then click Internet Options.
3. Click the Security tab.
4. Click Reset all zones to default level, and then click OK.

After you do this, test Internet Explorer to verify that it works correctly.

Fix ISA Server 2000 Web Browser Problems

This post describe How to fix Problems with Web Browser if ISA Server 2000 Is Chained to an Upstream Web Proxy Server. This contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs.

If Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 is chained to an upstream Web proxy server, you may experience unexpected delays, incomplete pages, random authentication warning messages, and so forth, when you browse the Web.

This behavior can occur if all of the following conditions are true:

* The downstream ISA Server computer is configured to require integrated authentication (NTLM).

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* The upstream Web proxy server is not configured to require authentication (anonymous).

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* You are using Internet Explorer as your client browser.

Under certain circumstances, Internet Explorer sends an extraneous NTLM authentication header on a connection that has already been authenticated with the downstream ISA Server computer by using integrated authentication. This may cause the downstream ISA Server computer to pass those credentials to the upstream Web proxy server. Because these credentials are for the downstream ISA Server computer, the upstream proxy server may return unexpected delays or responses because it is unable to process the NTLM credentials. The downstream ISA Server computer then passes this HTTP response back to the Web browser, resulting in unexpected delays, authentication warning messages, or other effects on the client computer (running Internet Explorer).

Note that you must have ISA Server 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed on your computer before you apply the following fix.

For additional information about how to obtain ISA Server 2000 SP1,
How to obtain the Latest Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 Service Pack

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this post. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To implement the functionality in this fix and then enable it, follow these steps after you have installed the fix:

1. Stop the Web Proxy service.
2. Start Registry Editor.
3. Locate and select the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3Proxy\Parameters
4. Create a new DWORD value named RemoveAllProxyAuthorization. Give this new value a data value of 1.
5. Restart the Web Proxy service.

To revert to the original configuration, either remove the RemoveAllProxyAuthorization registry value or change its data value to 0 (zero). After you make either change, restart the Web Proxy service.

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How to Get Proxy Connectivity

If you are on a network that uses a proxy server, and you notice slowness or a problem connecting to websites after upgrading to Internet Explorer 7, it might be due to web proxy auto-detection problems. To fix these problems, follow these steps:

1. Open Internet Explorer, click the Tools button, and then click Internet Options.
2. Click the Connections tab.
3. Under Local Area Networks (LAN) settings, click the LAN Settings button.
4. Clear the Automatically detect settings check box.
5. Click the Use a proxy server for your LAN check box.
6. Type the address and port of your proxy server.
7. Click OK twice.

You will now be able to navigate to Internet sites.

How to troubleshoot installation problems during Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2

In this addition if you cannot install Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 and facing problem, to troubleshoot its follow these steps:

1. Restart your computer so that any pending updates that require a restart can be installed.
2. Make sure that the Windows Update service is running. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type services.msc, and then press ENTER.
2. In the Services list, locate the Windows Update service. If the Windows Update service is not running, start it.

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 may need the following updates, depending on the operating system that you are running. The Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Setup program automatically installs the necessary updates for the system.

* Hotfix 932823:
932823 You may be unable to use Windows Internet Explorer to download files on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
Install this hotfix to resolve an issue in which a user cannot use Internet Explorer 7 to download files. This issue occurs on computers that are running Windows XP with Input Method Editor enabled.
* Update 946501:
946501 An access violation occurs when an application exits on a Windows XP SP2-based multi-core computer
Install this update to resolve an issue in which a window that has a language bar crashes when it exits. This issue occurs on multi-core computers that are running Windows XP Service Pack 2.
* Update 943302:
943302 December 2007 Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update
Install this update to resolve a set of known application compatibility issues with Windows Vista.
* Update 956586:
956586 Software updates that are required to be installed before you install Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 on a Windows Vista-based computer
* Update 937287:
937287 A software update is available for the Windows Vista installation software feature
The Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Setup program does not automatically install this update. However, it is a required update for x64-based versions of Windows Vista. Install this update to enable future updates to be installed successfully on all editions of Windows Vista.

When you install Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, you may receive the following error message:
Setup cannot continue because one or more updates required to install Windows Internet Explorer 8 are not present. Double-click the “Internet Explorer Troubleshooting” shortcut on your desktop to install them separately and then reinstall Windows Internet Explorer 8.
To work around this issue, you must install the Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 prerequisites manually.

source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318378

Firefox is already running but is not responding

In addition discuss about if your Browser (Mozilla Firefox) is already but not running. To troubleshoot these problems you must close all programs to allow a previous installation attempt to complete, Restart browser. I hope that is provides Browser Support to solve this problems

Follow the steps to given below:

In Windows Vista If you are receiving the above error message while attempting to start Firefox, try to restart the program. If the problem persists, do the following:
1. Restart your computer.
2. Select the Start Menu in the Windows Taskbar.
3. In the Search box, enter the following:
%APPDATA%
4. Press Enter.
5. From the Application Data folder, navigate to Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox.
6. Delete the file xpicleanup.dat.
7. Restart Firefox.

In Windows XP
1. Click on the Start button and select Search to open the Search Results window.
2. On the left side of the Search Results window, click on the All files and folders link.
3. Click to expand the More advanced options list.
4. Put a check mark next to Search system folders, Search hidden files and folders, and Search subfolders.
5. In the All or part of the file name field, type xpicleanup.dat.
6. Click Search to begin the search.
7. If any results are returned, delete them.
8. Restart Firefox.

Search Supporter May Not List All Search Providers

In addition I discussed regarding If search Assistant not list all search providers. This actions can occur if a language other than U.S. English (en-us) is listed first in the Languages settings in Internet Explorer Properties. This causes the search assistant to return search engines that are compatible with the browser's default language setting, and the content returned to be in a specific language. For some languages, only a limited number of Web search engines are accessible.

To fix this problems follow the steps given below
1. In Internet Explorer, click Internet Options on the Tools menu.
2. On the General tab, click Languages.
3. If English [United States][en-us] does not appear in the list, click Add. If this entry does appear, skip to step 5.
4. Click English [United States][en-us], and then click OK.
5. In the Language Preference dialog box, click English [United States][en-us], and then click Move Up to place the selected entry at the top of the list.
6. Click OK to close the Language Preference dialog box. Click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box.