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rickingb wrote:

Does the InPrivate dealie also supress .sol files, aka "persistent cookies?" I have a sinking feeling that is doesn't. If anyone is wondering what the heck sol files are, they are "configuration" files for Flash that can be used by websites to store any information they want, not just Flash info. Online banking sites, for example, use them to store password information. They can hide in the following location on Windows XP:

C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer\sys

as well as:

C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects\[subdir\]

and:

C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Adobe\Flash Player\AssetCache\[ subdir\]

In the above, [username] is whatever name you are logged in as. Also, Adobe Macromedia is pushing a new version now, if you have the latest version the sol files may be somewhere completely different (just to keep us on our toes).

Take a look in these folders, on some machines they contain hundreds or even thousands of "persistent cookies." It can read like a "who's who" of every web site you ever visited...

Jim
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Fearing "Big Brother" in a secure undisclosed location

One thing I forgot to mention, you need to enable the ability to see hidden files in Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer) in order to see the folders named above.

Tools > Folder Options.. "View" tab; check "Show hidden files and folders" button

Jim
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Speaking from a secure undisclosed location.

I am running IE8 and IE7. I like IE7 much better, I don't think IE8 is ready yet.

Been using IE8 for over a year now first with XP and now with 7. It has worked very well and ive rarely had a problem with any websites. The few that Ive had trouble with opened with compatibility mode.

Well I had to throw in the towel because our County website now flatly refuses access to IE6. IE8 seems to be working well but I did come across one site where I'll have to look into compatibility mode.

Now to do the upgrade on the other machines...

-Hal

Hal you can still get IE7.

8 is looking good Larry. If I install 7, next month they will come out with 9 and everything will be telling me that 7 is no good. :shrug:

-Hal

I still haven't upgraded my laptop. Using 7 on this one and it works fine on the few systems I dial into. I probably should load 7 or 8 to my laptop, like I said earlier, I'm a chicken about that stuff.

I use Firefox, left IE a long time ago

I like firefox also but some applications require IE so I use both.