i found this folder named COOKIES and i found in it alot of notpad what is that and if i deleted it what will happen to my laptop
2007-01-02 17:16:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
When you click on something and then come back to the page later, and the thing you clicked on is read or purple becuase you clicked there before.... those are cookies. When you delete history it just gets rid of the list of websirtes you've been on. Pres CTRL+H--that list. Nothing else. So when a little kids watches porn on the internet he does this so his parents don't know.
2007-01-02 17:19:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cookies is the result of every website you visit. Pieces of info on those websites get attached to your computer making future visits to them load quicker. They are stored in your Temp Internet Folder and just deleting your history isn't good enough. All that does is delete the addys off your "address bar" and wipes away any trace as to where you've been. To delete the cookies, go to your Tools, Internet Options and under General you'll see the section for Deleting Cookies, AND Deleting Files. Do both. Also, upon deleting your cookies, there are sometimes cookies that cannot be deleted and your computer won't let you delete them anyway. If you get prompted about this, just click ok and your'll be fine. You want to do this on a weekly basis...it keeps your computer from running slow.
2007-01-02 17:28:47 · answer #2 · answered by aweety69 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cookie is a text-only string that gets entered into the memory of your browser. This value of a variable that a website sets. If the lifetime of this value is set to be longer than the time you spend at that site, then this string is saved to file for future reference.
There are many reasons a given site would wish to use cookies. These range from the ability to personalize information (like on My Yahoo or Excite), or to help with on-line sales/services (like on Amazon Books or eBay), or simply for the purposes of collecting demographic information (like DoubleClick). Cookies also provide programmers with a quick and convenient means of keeping site content fresh and relevant to the user's interests. The newest servers use cookies to help with back-end interaction as well, which can improve the utility of a site by being able to securely store any personal data that the user has shared with a site (to help with quick logins on your favorite sites, for example).
Cookies are not dangerous. A cookie is a simple piece of text. It is not a program, or a plug-in. It cannot be used as a virus, and it cannot access your hard drive. Your browser (not a programmer) can save cookie values to your hard disk if it needs to, but that is the limit of the effect on your system.
2007-01-02 17:21:33 · answer #3 · answered by pushy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cookies are the way web sites track you
it is like they throw a crumb in your computer when you stop by and then every time you come back they see that crumb and know a little bit about who you are and where you have been.
if you delete them there probably will not be any real damage but you will probably find yourself going through a little more work to get in to sites that you visit all the time because they may not recognize you when you show up at their door.
2007-01-02 17:23:52 · answer #4 · answered by Aviator1013 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cookies, are parcels of text sent by a server to a web browser and then sent back unchanged by the browser each time it accesses that server. HTTP cookies are used for authenticating, tracking, and maintaining specific information about users, such as site preferences and the contents of their electronic shopping carts.
Cookies are used by Web servers to differentiate users and to operate in a way that depends on the user. Cookies were invented for realizing a virtual shopping basket: this is a virtual device in which the user can "place" items to purchase, so that users can navigate a site where items are shown, adding or removing items from the shopping basket at any time. Cookies allow for the content of the shopping cart to depend on the user's actions.
Allowing users to log in to a website is another use of cookies. Users typically log in by inserting their credentials into a login page; cookies allow the server to know that the user is already authenticated, and therefore is allowed to access services or perform operations that are restricted to logged-in users.
Several websites also use cookies for personalization based on users' preferences. Sites that require authentication often use this feature, although it is also present on sites not requiring authentication. Personalization includes presentation and functionality. For example, the Wikipedia Web site allows authenticated users to choose the webpage skin they like best; the Google search engine allows users (even non-registered ones) to decide how many search results per page they want to see.
Cookies are also used to track users across a website. Third-party cookies and Web bugs, explained below, also allow for tracking across multiple sites. Tracking within a site is typically done with the aim of producing usage statistics, while tracking across sites is typically used by advertising companies to produce anonymous user profiles, which are then used to target advertising (deciding which advertising image to show) based on the user profile.
Nothing will happen to your laptop if you delete the cookies.
2007-01-02 17:30:57 · answer #5 · answered by The Storm Chaser 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
clean out cookies on a regular basis. on toolbar go to tools-internet options (general tab) click on delete cookies, click on delete files, click ok. this will clear out memory. cookies are just tracking devices, normally harmless. the delete files is internet temporary files, basically copies of all the web pages you/ve visited. this action is somewhat like sweeping your floors. you can let krap pile up til you can hardly walk around or you can sweep up on a regular basis. i usually do this every day or two.
2007-01-02 17:34:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
so long as you do not delete the folder itself, nothing will happen. cookies are what sites use to track you and remember you when you come back to that site. deleting them only means you may have to re-enter any information already given to them.
2007-01-02 17:21:06 · answer #7 · answered by tootall1121 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing bad will happen necessarily. It may actually be a good thing.
The only negative effect is that none of your passwords for Web sites you log onto regularly will be saved: You'll have to log in again.
Make sense?
2007-01-02 17:21:47 · answer #8 · answered by bmi=22 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cookies store information about the web pages you visited. In other words, its a small data file, that stores information about the web pages you visited.
2007-01-02 17:32:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just delete da cookies not da >>index< file and not da cookies folder ., some cookies can have spyware in
2007-01-02 17:31:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋