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AOL caches
or stores web pages on their own servers to speed up internet
access for their millions of customers. But when you, the AOL
user, click on a web page, you are unaware that you are actually
seeing a stored page on the AOL server and not
a "live" web page.
When you try to click
to a secure link on that stored page (such as our online membership
directory or our join pages) you hit a wall, because these pages
cannot be cached or stored.
To solve this
problem: Try using a non-AOL browser, like Internet Explorer or
Netscape where you can easily clear the cache or try the following
steps below.
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Clearing
Cache For AOL |
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To start the
following steps, click on the "My AOL" icon and scroll down to
"Preferences". The Preferences box should appear
- Click
on the Toolbar icon.
- Under
History Trail, place a check on "Clear history trail after each
sign off or switch screen name."
- Click
on the "Clear History Now" button.
- AOL Properties
box should appear.
The middle
section of the box should be Temporary Internet Files.
- Click
on the "Delete Files" button.
- Place
a check on the "Delete all offline content" box.
- Click
OK.
- Click
on the Settings button to the right of Delete Files.
- Make sure
that you have "Every visit to the page" checked on.
- Click
OK.
The lower
section of the box should be History.
- Set your
Days to keep pages in history to "1."
- Click
on the "Clear History" button.
- Click
OK.
- Click
on the "Advanced" tab
- Scroll
down to the section labeled "Cookies".
- Place
a check on "Accept all cookies".
- Scroll
down to the section below Cookies labeled Java VM.
- Place
a check on all of the Java Options listed below:
Java console
enabled (requires restart)Java
JIT compiler enabledJava
logging enabled
Final Steps
in the Preferences Box. (necessary for changes to go in effect.)
- Click
on Apply.
- Click
on OK.
- Click
on Signoff.
- Scroll
down to Signoff to log out of AOL.
- Click
on File.
- Scroll
to Exit.
- Restart
your computer and re-log into AOL.
HINT:
TO
ENSURE THAT YOUR BROWSER PERFORMS EFFECIENTLY, REPEAT STEP 2 ON A REGULAR
BASIS. MY RECCOMENDATION IS AFTER EACH TIME YOU BROWSE THE INTERNET. STEPS
1 & 3 DO NOT NEED TO BE REPEATED AFTER THE FIRST TIME COMPLETED.
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