Here's an MSKB article that addresses one possible senario:
You Cannot Change the Temporary Internet File Folder or the Cache Size
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q301897
Note that it calls for the use of the MSCONFIG utility, which is not native to
Win2K. The WinXP version works well in Win2K or there are alternatives such as
this:
Autoruns
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/autoruns.shtml
Otherwise, the problem sounds like it may be caused by a corrupted file or index
in the cache. This can be remedied by purging the cache via either the Recovery
Console or sometimes from the Safe Mode.
After you successfully correct the problem, you may want to revisit your IE
cache settings as follows:
From the IE menu, click on Tools > Internet Options. In the General tab click on
the Delete Files in the Temporary Internet files section. You'll be presented
with an option to delete the offline content as well...that helps also. Another
setting to tweak is the amount of disk space allocated to the cache. Click on
the Settings button and change the disk space to 50 MB.
If your surfing habits are such that you do not need to reuse the existing files
in the TIF folders, you can configure IE to purge the files whenever IE is
closed. To implement this
feature, click on Tools>Internet Options>Advanced [tab]. Scroll down the
Settings to the Security section and enable "Empty Temporary Internet Files
folder when browser is closed".
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Eric McGillicudy
Retired-sysadmin said:
Opsys = win2k pro + all current fixes
In the Tools/general dialog box the temp files location does not display,
the amount of space allocated = 0
When changes are attempted the effort fails with either a message stating
that one should enter either a 1 or a 0 (it won't take either - or any value).
I fixed this type of problem several years ago, but I just don't remember
how I did it. Some help here would be quite useful.
