Broswer History

[Guest]

After about an hour of idel time, my IE addrs bar drow down window of sites I
have visited is deleted. Ihave set autocomp. reset temp files & cookies.
Any ideas if this is a selection choice?

 

[Guest]

After about an hour of idel time, my IE addrs bar drow down window of sites I
have visited is deleted. Ihave set autocomp. reset temp files & cookies.
Any ideas if this is a selection choice?

Make sure these setting are correct:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General tab, set the History days to 60 days to keep.

Click on Advanced and uncheck this check box:
[ ] Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.
Click [OK], Reboot your machine, does this help?.
HTH.
nass

 

[Unknown]

Check control panel--internet options---browser history settings---at the
bottom--history---time?

 

[Guest]

These settings were correct. I changed them, tested & restored them but it
still persist. Thanks
--
Molly in Florida

After about an hour of idel time, my IE addrs bar drow down window of sites I
have visited is deleted. Ihave set autocomp. reset temp files & cookies.
Any ideas if this is a selection choice?

Make sure these setting are correct:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General tab, set the History days to 60 days to keep.

Click on Advanced and uncheck this check box:
[ ] Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.
Click [OK], Reboot your machine, does this help?.
HTH.
nass

 

[Unknown]

In internet options---browsing history settings--are you set to
automatically with sufficient memory space?

These settings were correct. I changed them, tested & restored them but it
still persist. Thanks
--
Molly in Florida

After about an hour of idel time, my IE addrs bar drow down window of
sites I
have visited is deleted. Ihave set autocomp. reset temp files &
cookies.
Any ideas if this is a selection choice?

Make sure these setting are correct:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General tab, set the History days to 60 days to keep.

Click on Advanced and uncheck this check box:
[ ] Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.
Click [OK], Reboot your machine, does this help?.
HTH.
nass

 

[Guest]

I could not find I.O., "browsing history settings" I do have hold for 40
days, if that what you refer to. Thanks for your help
--
Molly in Florida

In internet options---browsing history settings--are you set to
automatically with sufficient memory space?

These settings were correct. I changed them, tested & restored them but it
still persist. Thanks
--
Molly in Florida

:

After about an hour of idel time, my IE addrs bar drow down window of
sites I
have visited is deleted. Ihave set autocomp. reset temp files &
cookies.
Any ideas if this is a selection choice?
--
Molly in Florida

Make sure these setting are correct:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General tab, set the History days to 60 days to keep.

Click on Advanced and uncheck this check box:
[ ] Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.
Click [OK], Reboot your machine, does this help?.
HTH.
nass

 

[Guest]

After about an hour of idel time, my IE addrs bar drow down window of sites I
have visited is deleted. Ihave set autocomp. reset temp files & cookies.
Any ideas if this is a selection choice?

Make sure these setting are correct:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General tab, set the History days to 60 days to keep.

Click on Advanced and uncheck this check box:
[ ] Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.
Click [OK], Reboot your machine, does this help?.
HTH.
nass

These settings were correct. I changed them, tested & restored them but it
still persist. Thanks

Hi Molly,
Try this:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .
Click on General Tab then click on Settings under Browsing History.
On the Settings on the Temp Internet Files and His Settings move the Temp
folder to another location and note the path down.
Click [OK] to apply the changes and close the IE properties and Reboot your
machine.
Repeat the steps above to access the IE properties and reverse the changes
for the Temp folder back to the default location, does it help?.
HTH.
nass

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info. nass, I tried it as you laid it out but to no avial.
I'm wondering if I need to remove IE, & reinstall it. Do you see a pbm with
that ??
--
Molly in Florida

:

After about an hour of idel time, my IE addrs bar drow down window of sites I
have visited is deleted. Ihave set autocomp. reset temp files & cookies.
Any ideas if this is a selection choice?
--
Molly in Florida

Make sure these setting are correct:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General tab, set the History days to 60 days to keep.

Click on Advanced and uncheck this check box:
[ ] Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.
Click [OK], Reboot your machine, does this help?.
HTH.
nass

These settings were correct. I changed them, tested & restored them but it
still persist. Thanks

Hi Molly,
Try this:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .
Click on General Tab then click on Settings under Browsing History.
On the Settings on the Temp Internet Files and His Settings move the Temp
folder to another location and note the path down.
Click [OK] to apply the changes and close the IE properties and Reboot your
machine.
Repeat the steps above to access the IE properties and reverse the changes
for the Temp folder back to the default location, does it help?.
HTH.
nass

 

[Guest]

Hi molly,
Try this first:
go through these cleaning steps to see or get a clear opinion on how
clean your machine is:
= Click Start >> Control Panel>>Network and Internet Connections >> Double
click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Taps:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced.
Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
[ ] Disable script Debugging (internet Explorer) <= check this box
[ ] Disable Script Debugging (Other) <= check this box

Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
culprit and update it or remove it.
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

2.... And also for malware from here:
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
http://www.safer-networking.org ; for Spybot S&D

Run a scan from here on-line:
http://www.sophos.com
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym
Download Avast Cleaner from here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html
Lots of tools to download and disinfect your machine:
http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/site/Downloads/browseFreeRemovalTool/
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5

Run disk cleanup and Defrag in safe mode then run this command:
sfc /scannow click [OK] you may need your XP CD installation media to
perform this operation and see if the computer will behave okay and keep
track with the history.

Open a run command and type in:
regedit.exe click [OK] and locate this Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Internet
Settings\UrlHistory =
[ON] DaysToKeep REG_DWORD 0x00000040 (40)

How to reinstall or repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318378
How to Uninstall Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/293907

How to uninstall Internet Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927177
HTH.
nass
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www.nasstec.co.uk

Thanks for the info. nass, I tried it as you laid it out but to no avial.
I'm wondering if I need to remove IE, & reinstall it. Do you see a pbm with
that ??
--
Molly in Florida

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After about an hour of idel time, my IE addrs bar drow down window of sites I
have visited is deleted. Ihave set autocomp. reset temp files & cookies.
Any ideas if this is a selection choice?
--
Molly in Florida

Make sure these setting are correct:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General tab, set the History days to 60 days to keep.

Click on Advanced and uncheck this check box:
[ ] Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.
Click [OK], Reboot your machine, does this help?.
HTH.
nass

These settings were correct. I changed them, tested & restored them but it
still persist. Thanks

Hi Molly,
Try this:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .
Click on General Tab then click on Settings under Browsing History.
On the Settings on the Temp Internet Files and His Settings move the Temp
folder to another location and note the path down.
Click [OK] to apply the changes and close the IE properties and Reboot your
machine.
Repeat the steps above to access the IE properties and reverse the changes
for the Temp folder back to the default location, does it help?.
HTH.
nass