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How Internet Explorer cache settings affect Web browsing

Article ID:263070
Last Review:January 27, 2007
Revision:4.2
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SUMMARY

You can change cache settings in Internet Explorer that change how temporary Internet files are used to improve browsing performance.

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To View or Modify the Cache Settings

Internet Explorer 4.x

1.On the View menu, click Internet Options.
2.In the Temporary Internet Files section, click Settings.
3.Click the option you want, click OK, and then click OK.

Internet Explorer 5

1.On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
2.In the Temporary Internet Files section, click Settings.
3.Click the option you want, click OK, and then click OK.

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Description of the Cache Settings

There are four options under Check for newer versions of stored pages:
Every visit to the page: When you return to a page you viewed previously, Internet Explorer should check to see whether the page changed since you last viewed it. If the page has changed, Internet Explorer displays the new page and stores it in the Temporary Internet Files. Note that selecting this option can slow down browsing between pages you have already viewed.
Every time you start Internet Explorer: When you view a Web site that you have visited before in the same Internet Explorer session, Internet Explorer uses the cached temporary Internet files instead of downloading the page. If you press F5 or click Refresh, Internet Explorer downloads the page.
Automatically (Internet Explorer 5 and later only): This is the same as the previous setting, but with a logic algorithm to understand the habits of Web page behavior. This setting specifies that when you return to a page you viewed previously, Internet Explorer should not check to see whether the page has changed since you last viewed it.

If you select this setting, Internet Explorer checks for new content only when you return to a page that you viewed in an earlier session of Internet Explorer or on an earlier day. Over time, if Internet Explorer determines that images on the page are changing infrequently, it checks for newer images even less frequently.
Never: Internet Explorer does not check the Web server for newer content.

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APPLIES TO
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when used with:
  Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
  Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
  Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
  Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
  Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
  Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
  Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
  Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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