someone please help...I need to know about the computer...

[DuhDuh539]

well, my parents are gonna check up on my computer and all of my history soon (uh oh) and i need to know something...

how do u delete the sites u have visited? how do u PERMENTLY delete all of ur files and cookies and histories and all of the sites you've ever visited?


thanks for all of your help! its appreciated!

btw...i have a windows xp home edition...

[MsOrange]

go to tools in your INternet exploer... clikc on internet options and you can clear your cookies there... then to clear your history, on the same page you will see a button that says "Clear history" and that's how you clear that

[MsOrange]

Originally Posted by MsOrange

go to tools in your INternet exploer... clikc on internet options and you can clear your cookies there... then to clear your history, on the same page you will see a button that says "Clear history" and that's how you clear that

and be sure to change the days to keep from the default 10 to 0

[DuhDuh539]

THANKS!!

[I am Roboto]

Originally Posted by DuhDuh539

THANKS!!

You want to delete more than history, you need to get rid of cookies to. Basically everything in the Temporary Internet Files folder.

getting rid of all that porn?

Mozilla Firefox

Tools>Options
Click the "Privacy" icon on the left.
Click "Clear All".
Click OK.

MS Internet Explorer

Start>Settings>Control Panel
(or Start>Control Panel if you are using the toy look on XP/2003)
Double-Click Internet Options.
Click "Delete Cookies" and click OK.
Click "Delete Files" and select the box next to "Delete all offline Content".
Click OK.
Click "Clear History" and choose Yes.
Click the "Content" tab at the top.
Click "AutoComplete".
Click "Clear Forms" and choose Yes.
Click "Clear Passwords" and choos Yes.
At the bottom of the window, Click Apply>OK.

Be aware that if you have been surfing "questionable" sites, you likely have some type of Adware/spyware on your computer system, especially if you are surfing with IE pre SP-2. You will want to do a full system scan with a program like Ad-Aware or SpyBot, or the new Microsoft AntiSpyware.

[DuhDuh539]

Originally Posted by I am Roboto

You want to delete more than history, you need to get rid of cookies to. Basically everything in the Temporary Internet Files folder.

getting rid of all that porn?

Mozilla Firefox

Tools>Options
Click the "Privacy" icon on the left.
Click "Clear All".
Click OK.

MS Internet Explorer

Start>Settings>Control Panel
(or Start>Control Panel if you are using the toy look on XP/2003)
Double-Click Internet Options.
Click "Delete Cookies" and click OK.
Click "Delete Files" and select the box next to "Delete all offline Content".
Click OK.
Click "Clear History" and choose Yes.
Click the "Content" tab at the top.
Click "AutoComplete".
Click "Clear Forms" and choose Yes.
Click "Clear Passwords" and choos Yes.
At the bottom of the window, Click Apply>OK.

Be aware that if you have been surfing "questionable" sites, you likely have some type of Adware/spyware on your computer system, especially if you are surfing with IE pre SP-2. You will want to do a full system scan with a program like Ad-Aware or SpyBot, or the new Microsoft AntiSpyware.

speaking of which, how do u get rid of photos and video files...(both hidden and non hidden ones) and wouldnt clearing passwords be a "not good" thing? im confused eh...im computer ignorant

[I am Roboto]

Originally Posted by DuhDuh539

speaking of which, how do u get rid of photos and video files...(both hidden and non hidden ones) and wouldnt clearing passwords be a "not good" thing? im confused eh...im computer ignorant

Just delete the individual photos/videos which contain the hardcore porn.

Seriously, you delete the individual files (if that's what u are refering to). To get rid of traces back to the files, you can clear the "Most Recently Used" Documents list.

Right Click the Start button.
Click Properties.
XP & 2003 -----> Click the "Start Menu" tab in the new dialog box. Click "Customize". Click "Clear List" in the new dialog box.
95/98/ME/NT4/2000 -----> Click "Clear".
Click OK. (or click OK twice if you are using XP/2003).

There might be a few other MRU lists. Windows likes to keep track of things like that. I know Ad-Aware will find them and display them under the "negligable items" tab, and you can delete them from there.

Microsoft still offers a tool called TweakUI, which allows you to change certain settings, ect. They used to have a Paranoia tab which allowed you to clear ALL of that stuff out at boot. Not sure if it is still in the recent XP editions of TweakUI, but it's an option.

TweakUI 1.33 (Win95/98/ME/NT4.0/2000)
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...US/Tweakui.exe

TweakUI 2.10 (WinXP/2003)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Note that for the most part, 1.33 will work on XP, but I doubt 2.10 will run on the older stuff.

[I am Roboto]

Originally Posted by DuhDuh539

(both hidden and non hidden ones)

Unless you have some sort of spyware/adware, you shouldn't have any HIDDEN images/videos other than any default stuff that is included with Windows/programs, and usually, if not 99% of the time, video/multimedia files ar e not considered "system" files, and are thus not hidden.

Still, if you want to see EVERYTHING on the drive.....

My Computer
Tools>Folder Options
Click the "View" tab.
Scroll down that list and change the selection to "Show hidden and system files", by clicking the circle next to it.
Apply>OK.

[DuhDuh539]

Originally Posted by I am Roboto

Unless you have some sort of spyware/adware, you shouldn't have any HIDDEN images/videos other than any default stuff that is included with Windows/programs, and usually, if not 99% of the time, video/multimedia files ar e not considered "system" files, and are thus not hidden.

Still, if you want to see EVERYTHING on the drive.....

My Computer
Tools>Folder Options
Click the "View" tab.
Scroll down that list and change the selection to "Show hidden and system files", by clicking the circle next to it.
Apply>OK.

hmm...i'm pretty sure i have no spyware...

[Brent88]

I was looking at that stuff but my computer later crashed multiple times due to spyware!!! BE WARNED!!!

[I am Roboto]

Originally Posted by Brent88

I was looking at that stuff but my computer later crashed multiple times due to spyware!!! BE WARNED!!!

Hehehheehhehe.

Caveat emptor-buyer beware.

[DuhDuh539]

Originally Posted by I am Roboto

There might be a few other MRU lists. Windows likes to keep track of things like that. I know Ad-Aware will find them and display them under the "negligable items" tab, and you can delete them from there.

how do i do that? where is that option located?

[robyrob]

Originally Posted by DuhDuh539

how do i do that? where is that option located?

after you scan with AdAware, in the results: