Clearing the Cache in Netscape for Windows 95:


Introduction

One of the most common problems people have after subscribing to TGForum is a 401 error, or Unauthorized Access. Don't panic.

Presuming everything else is fine, you've received subscription confirmation, have a username/password, etc. The trouble almost always has to do with a corrupt cached file in Netscape's cache directory. This is a common problem with all browser and the following procedure should be done ocassionally anyway to avoid further problems.

By the way, "cached" or stored files, are used by the browser to "remember" what the page looked like the last time it was there. This is done to speed things up. If that page has changed, which of course it does a lot at TGF, the poor thing can get confused. That's why you need to clean out these files from time to time.

Clearing the Cache

In Netscape, go to the Options/ Network Preferences/Cache menu and hit the buttons to clear the Memory and Disc caches.

That's it.

Next time you go to TGF it may load a little slow, but that will go away quickly.


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