MSN Tips and Tricks

Clearing Your Computer Cache

Browsers store temporary files in your computer's memory and swap files on your
hard disk drive. Soon these areas become cluttered and reduce performance.
Clearing your computer's cache often avoids this.

>>> To clear the cache

Using Microsoft Internet Explorer (with Windows version 4.0 or later):
1.  For version 4.0, on the "View" menu, click "Internet Options".
    For version 5.0, on the "Tools" menu, click "Internet Options".
    The "Internet Options" dialog box appears.
2.  Click "Delete Files".
3.  Click "OK".

Using Netscape Navigator (version 4.0 or later):
1.  On the "Edit" menu, click "Preferences". The "Preferences" dialog box
appears.
2.  Expand the "Advanced" category by clicking the plus sign (+) next to it.
3.  Select "Cache".
4.  Click "Clear Memory Cache".
5.  Click "OK" to verify that you want to clear your memory cache.
6.  Click "Clear Disk Cache".
7.  Click "OK" to verify that you want to clear your disk cache.
8.  Click "OK".

Using Netscape Navigator (version 3.x or earlier):
1.  On the "View" menu, click "Network Preferences". The "Network Preferences"
dialog box appears.
2.  Click the "Cache" tab.
3.  Click "Clear Memory Cache Now".
4.  Click "OK" to verify that you want to clear the disk cache.
5.  In Windows, click "Clear Disk Cache Now".

We apologize for this difficulty that you have encountered in editing your
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made to start saving custom pages as HTML so we could be consistent across all
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all "exceeding character limits" have been shortened on all pages.

Please note that blank spaces count as a character. Also, users are limited to
300 pages per group, 16 KB per page, and each page title will be limited to 16
characters. The 16 KB per page will also include blank spaces. Furthermore, the
following common characters use up 5 character spaces each: & > < ".

When it comes to creating, joining, and using groups, here are the limits and
restrictions:

Group memberships: 100 groups per Microsoft .NET Passport account, including
applications pending approval.

Storage space per Microsoft .NET Passport account: You are allotted a pre-set
number of megabytes (MB) of content across all MSN Groups that you belong to
with a single Microsoft .NET Passport sign-in name.

As you add content to your groups, the amount of your available storage space
decreases. For example, if you manage a group for your family, and are a member
of three other groups, all the content you add to those four groups will be
deducted from your pre-set storage limit. Items that use up storage include:
- Discussion postings that contain an attachment.
- Files uploaded to Documents.
- Photos uploaded to Pictures.
- Pictures uploaded from your computer's hard drive or local area network (LAN)
for use on message boards, custom Web pages, group calendars, lists, or the
What's New page.

Pages per group: 300 total, including second level and hidden pages.

Invitations and Recommendations to join:
- Maximum sent per member per day is 50.
- Personal message can contain up to 1,024 characters.

Creating a group:
- Group name must contain 1-55 characters.
- Group description can contain 0-254 characters.

Pictures:
- Size per picture can be up to 1 MB.
- Album title must contain 1-32 characters.
- Album description can contain 0-256 characters.
- Picture title can contain 0-65 characters.
- Picture description can contain 0-1,024 characters.