internet.....

Hello Iam new to this so bear with me lol.
here is the problem,I got a new computer with windows xp and now everytime I go to search for something,as soon as I type the first letter in the serch box a whole bunch of sites other people searched for on my computer shows up in a drop down list,I have friends who use my computer while Iam not here and some of the sites they look at.........well lets just say I have kids and i dont want them clicking on these sites,Does anyone know how I can stop windows from remembering where anyone has been on the computer,I clear the history and it removes them from the address bar but not from any other search engine we use.I remember when I first got the puter there was a little box that popped up asking if I wanted to turn on something to make it remember now I dont know how to make it forget lol.
any help would be appreciated.
terri

 

Hi TerriM32
Welcome to the boards!
I'm not running XP at the moment, but wonder if you went up to tools, then internet options and under the content tab then the auto complete button, if you might be able to clear them out?

Daizy

 

Hi:

I'm not sure this will help but....

Tools / Internet Options / Advanced / Remove check at "Enable Personalized Favorites Menu ".

 

If you are not comfortable editing your system registry, then don't try this.

Otherwise, run the registry editor (regedit) and do a search on "typedurls ". There should be 2 of them. When you get to the first one, you'll see a list of every URL that's ever been typed into your IE address bar.

You can delete them one by one, or just delete the key typedurls, then be sure to re-create it.

 

Dos'nt answer all your question , but may give you a lead in the right direction .

http://www.uninets.net/~blaisdel/IE.html
http://www.uninets.net/~blaisdel/IE_2.html#ClearAutoComp

Software Secret: Cover Your Tracks
PROBLEM: When I use Internet Explorer's search function, terms I previously searched for appear
in a drop-down box on the left of my screen, underneath the box that I type my keywords in.
How can I protect my privacy and delete my previous entries?

SOLUTION: This feature, called Forms AutoComplete, is one of several options in Internet
Explorer that remember previous entries. (Other AutoComplete options save user names,
passwords, and Web addresses.)

To disable IE's memory for search terms and Web-based forms, choose Internet Options from the
Tools menu. In the resulting dialog box, click the Contents tab, click the AutoComplete button,
and then uncheck the Use AutoComplete for Forms box

To continue using the Forms AutoComplete feature but just clean up entries that could
compromise your privacy, use either of these techniques:

To erase all records of search text, open the AutoComplete dialog box and click Clear Forms in
the Clear AutoComplete History section. IE will remember future entries, but past entries
vanish into the ether.

To erase a single saved entry, double-click in the Search box to reveal the drop-down list of
saved Search terms. Use the arrow key to move the selection down through the list until the
entry you want to erase is highlighted. Then press Delete.
Really concerned about security? Install Microsoft's unofficial, unsupported Tweak UI utility
and run through the settings on the Paranoia tab. Options let you purge the contents of every
Windows list that has a memory.

 

Set up user accounts and it will store that information for each user instead of one account for everyone so you won't see other users addresses or searches only your own.