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Mike M--My Problem with Nuisance Temp Files
Hi Mike
Just a belated follow-up. I installed the new modem without a hitch--even though it took me another few days to get motivated to do it--and my slow and stalling downloading problems are history :-)) But the fff files are still getting dropped into the Windows folder. Because I'm now convinced the PowerPoint Viewer (which remains "uninstalled") has permanently changed something, I might try uninstalling Word 97 and Works to see if I can clear out all Microsoft Office settings--but it would probably be easier and just as effective to bite the bullet and resign myself to deleting those useless rascals manually for the rest of my life (or at least until a reformat '-) So sorry to have bothered you with this nonsense . . . but I'm really happy to have finally gotten that new modem installed :-)) I need to ask another question, not especially Me related--but I'm sure the answer is somewhere in this group :-))) Will start a new thread. Thanks Mike for all your time and trouble. carol "Mike M" wrote in message ... Carol, None of the problems you mention you saw when you installed IE6 on your Win Me box are a feature of IE6 and suggest that your install failed or was incomplete in some way. I'm not sure what you changed to get the Active-X warnings pop up - something I rarely recall having seen, I primarily use SpywareBlaster to block access to unwanted sites. It's interesting that you say the fff tmp files are not created if you open IE immediately following booting your system and before connecting to the net and that they only appear if you open IE when already connected to the net. Sadly though I'm none the wiser as to what is happening here but will see if I can find out anything from someone who knows more about the workings of IE than I do. -- Mike Maltby caroloyl wrote: Mike, I'm still using IE 5.5.4807.2300. I tried the Me version of 6 but really didn't like the strange things it did--especially, it made "bouncy whirly" scrollbars in Windows Explorer, and caused highlighted-text in an email to open a new message (with the highlighted text pasted in) when scrolled! When I needed a new hard drive last year and had to reinstall Me, I was very pleased to have 5.5 back '-) I have a new modem still in the box--got it several weeks ago thinking the complete breakdown of the old couldn't be that far off. Guess I need to get it into the computer now and see what happens. Though I do it, I'm not really keen on taking this thing apart :-b I don't remember whether or not I played around with IE's Advanced settings. For a while I was having big warning boxes pop up over some web pages saying the page would not display correctly because of my ActiveX settings. The only things missing would always be ads, so I concluded SpywareBlaster had changed some security setting since it had been warning me IE's ActiveX settings weren't safe. That's not happening anymore, and as far as I remember I haven't altered anything, so I don't know what's different--maybe the SpywareBlaster program itself was updated? I did an Add/Remove repair on IE tonight thinking it couldn't hurt, and reset the security options to default (Internet/Medium). I also discovered this new twist: if I open IE first thing after a fresh boot--without being or having been connected to the internet, no fff files appear in the Windows folder. I opened and closed IE three times this way and no tmp files ever appeared. When I closed IE, dialed-up and reopened it, then checked the Windows folder again, there they were--two fresh fff's. |
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