That will have been the culprit for getting rid of the cookies.
I havnt got Ccleaner...is it like a cookie clean up utility?
It is a Registry and System cleaner. The reason I asked was that it will clear out ALL the cookies if the settings are not set correctly, resulting in the symptoms that you were having of having to log in everytime you visited a site.
I use it about once or twice a week to clear out tempoary files and leftovers from uninstalling software.
Ccleaner.
Download and install from:
Ccleaner
Tutorial Video at:
Using Ccleaner
New to Ccleaner? Check out the
Ccleaner’s Beginners Guide
You can also visit the
Ccleaner Tour
This is the way I have it set up and, once done, it only takes a few clicks to clean the registry and then the system. I wrote these instructions for another web site:
Ccleaner.
Initial Setup and Operation.
After initial setup, all settings will be saved and only the
Instructions In Bold Underline need be
carried out to run Ccleaner on a regular basis
Options -> Cookies
Transfer all the cookies that you recognise and use to the righthand column. (This only needs to be done
once OR prior to cleaning when you have visited new sites that may have lodged cookies for sign-in
purposes).
Options -> Settings
Tick -> Auto check for updates
Dot -> Normal File Deletion ( You can change this if you want to over write the deleted files for securer
deletion)
Options -> Advanced
Tick -> Only delete files in Temp. . . older that 48 hours.
Tick -> Show promt to backup.
Untick -> All other Options.
Tools -> Uninstaller
Handy for uninstalling and also if you have uninstalled using Add/Remove but the name remains in the list, click it in this list and click Delete Entry.
Tools -> Startup
Saves going into Start-Run-msconfig to remove some thing from the startup list.
Cleaner -> Windows Tab
Tick IE to put a tick in all, then Untick Autocomplete form history
Tick Win Explorer to put a tick in all.
Tick System to put a tick in all, then Untick Clipboard, Start Menu Shortcuts & Desktop
Shortcuts.
Leave Advanced unticked.
Cleaner -> Application Tab
Tick All Boxes except Saved Form Information if there is a non-IE browser section.
With all browsers shut down click Analyze.
When complete, click Run Cleaner, the Are You Sure screen will popup, click OK
Click Registry, Tick Registry Integrity to put a tick in all boxes in the list.
Click Scan For Issues
When complete, click Fix Selected Issues.
The offer to Backup will show, click Yes.
It will offer to save in My Documents, click Save.
Then click Fix All Selected Issues, OK.
Then Close.
You can delete the backups from My Documents after a few days of using the computer with no problems.
If you plan to use it, then print off these instructions for ease of setting it up.
dave
