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How do I search more precisely for two or more items in a search engine? I want to search for a team building activity involving music.
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How do I clear out all the redundant temporary files and cookies which are stored on my computer?
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First of all, I would recommend the search engine "Google" for your search. You can either go to www.google.co.uk by typing this in your browser, or click on the link I have made on the domain name above. Other search engines may work as well but Google is simpler to use and often more specific than the other engines.

Using the Boolean method, I would suggest you group together the phrase "team building" in speech marks and join this to the word music (which does not need speech marks, because it is only one word) with a plus sign: Thus:

"team building" +music

Type this formula into your Google search engine window.

Then choose whether you want to search the UK only database or the worldwide database, by choosing either "pages from the UK" or "the web".

Finally click the "Google search" button.

Try this again with other combinations, remembering that the phrases with more than one word should be grouped together between speech marks and the single words can be left alone. Two or more keywords or keyphrases should be joined by a plus sign.

Try looking for

* business support in Birmingham

* The Heartlands Business Forum

* PA hire in the Midlands

(remember you do not need to include words such as "the" "in" or "and" as these will be ignored.)

Here endeth the first lesson! Happy hunting.

This task, which you should undertake regularly for security reasons, is quite straightforward.

Go into your Control Panel, click on Internet Options, and then follow the instructions given. You can also do this manually by going to your Windows Folder and emptying the Temporary Internet Files and Cookies folder. However this is more risky...You should NOT attempt to delete the Directories themselves, as they are System Folders. Simply select the files contained therein and delete them.This should clear any cached "memory" your machine has stored.

Whicjhever course you take, don't forget to also empty your Recycle Bin of the deleted files in the same way.

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