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Plasticman:
Hi guys, intresting site, i am a new user here and it has really opened my eyes, i have always known that Windows stored personal data out of the reach of the masses but just recently i have become so incensed with the amount of errors and hangups IE has that i had to do something.
That's when i found "Microsoft's Really Hidden Files" by The Riddler unfortunately this covers IE5 so when I tried it i run into a wall ( can anyone point me in the right direction to delete them from IE6 ). So i landed in here, thankfully.

Anyway i am thinking of changing to Firefox or Mozilla, I not an illiterate comp user but also not an expert by far. I just need something reliable that won't die every 20 mins and is not as vulnerable, I'll welcome all input from anybody with a valid opinion.
And the burning question, will changing my  Browser stop windows from logging ALL of my internet activity and personal info?
Oh yes i am an XP ( the bane of my computing life ) user for those of you that wants to know,

Thanks for any input in advance.

Refalm:
That's a though one. I personally like Mozilla better, because it looks so much like Netscape, which is the shit (well, used to be, Netscape sucks now-days).

Firebird got some fixes Mozilla doesn't have, like not showing a WMV file as ASCII.

I guess you should try Mozilla first, because it's at version 1.6 (which is stable) while Firefox is at version 0.8 (which means not finished).
If you find Mozilla too hard, try Firefox.

About the e-mail:
Mozilla got a built-in Mail client.
Thunderbird is a stand-alone mail application, which you should use in combination with Firefox.

[ February 25, 2004: Message edited by: Refalm ]

Plasticman:
Thanks Refalm looks like i'll take your advice and go for Mozilla, one question though will Mozilla stop logging info in the Really hidden files? or will i still have to continually purge this from my system while using Mozilla.
And has anybody got any ideas on getting rid of the Really hidden files i have accumulated from from IE6, i am not generally a DOS user but i can find my way around when i need to.

All my DOS knowledge has seeped from my brain since School and college...

Oh yes i also use ICQ, and Yahoo messengers will changing my browser affect any of these ?

[ February 25, 2004: Message edited by: Plasticman ]

Refalm:

quote:Plasticman: Thanks Refalm looks like i'll take your advice and go for Mozilla, one question though will Mozilla stop logging info in the Really hidden files? or will i still have to continually purge this from my system while using Mozilla.
And has anybody got any ideas on getting rid of the Really hidden files i have accumulated from from IE6, i am not generally a DOS user but i can find my way around when i need to.

All my DOS knowledge has seeped from my brain since School and college...

Oh yes i also use ICQ, and Yahoo messengers will changing my browser affect any of these ?
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Mozilla saves their cache in "C:\Documents and Settings\%UserName\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\%RandomNumber.slt\Cache".

Once you made Mozilla your default browser, any links opened in ICQ and Y!IM will be opened by Mozilla.

Plasticman:
Thanks

I still need some answers on my other stuff.

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