Try this: MS Knowledge Base actually has an article that
helped me resolve this issue. KB #819257 - it seems that
XP must use a new method for maintaining History
involving Active-X. If your virus scan s/w filters
Active-X controls I guess History cannot be recalled or
is never maintained after a session. I any event, I
turned off Active-X filtering and History is now alive
and well. Another user posted a similar issue a week or
two ago. They also didn't like the idea of NOT filtering
Active-X controls. I'm using a corporate McAfee 4.5.1
scan engine and think someone should come up with
something better than turning this filter on. I am going
to send e-mail to McAfee about other alternatives -
actually, perhaps, MS ought to use their noggin a bit
better when using such powerful tools as Active-X but I
am not programmer.