Guest Molly Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 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
Guest nass Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 RE: Broswer History "Molly" wrote: > 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 ----- http://www.nasstec.co.uk
Guest Unknown Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Re: Broswer History Check control panel--internet options---browser history settings---at the bottom--history---time? "Molly" <Molly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5C8F2F5D-D46A-40B3-9EE8-31C425A2B7E4@microsoft.com... > 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
Guest Molly Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 RE: Broswer History These settings were correct. I changed them, tested & restored them but it still persist. Thanks -- Molly in Florida "nass" wrote: > > > "Molly" wrote: > > > 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 > ----- > http://www.nasstec.co.uk
Guest Unknown Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Re: Broswer History In internet options---browsing history settings--are you set to automatically with sufficient memory space? "Molly" <Molly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9361B2E5-0410-4A03-A985-05C0158C4475@microsoft.com... > These settings were correct. I changed them, tested & restored them but it > still persist. Thanks > -- > Molly in Florida > > > "nass" wrote: > >> >> >> "Molly" wrote: >> >> > 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 >> ----- >> http://www.nasstec.co.uk
Guest Molly Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Re: Broswer History 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 "Unknown" wrote: > In internet options---browsing history settings--are you set to > automatically with sufficient memory space? > "Molly" <Molly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:9361B2E5-0410-4A03-A985-05C0158C4475@microsoft.com... > > These settings were correct. I changed them, tested & restored them but it > > still persist. Thanks > > -- > > Molly in Florida > > > > > > "nass" wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> "Molly" wrote: > >> > >> > 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 > >> ----- > >> http://www.nasstec.co.uk > > >
Guest nass Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 RE: Broswer History > "nass" wrote: > > > > > > > "Molly" wrote: > > > > > 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 > > ----- > > http://www.nasstec.co.uk "Molly" wrote: > These settings were correct. I changed them, tested & restored them but it > still persist. Thanks > -- > Molly in Florida 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 ---- http://www.nasstec.co.uk
Guest Molly Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 RE: Broswer History 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 "nass" wrote: > > > "nass" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > "Molly" wrote: > > > > > > > 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 > > > ----- > > > http://www.nasstec.co.uk > > "Molly" wrote: > > > These settings were correct. I changed them, tested & restored them but it > > still persist. Thanks > > -- > > Molly in Florida > > 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 > ---- > http://www.nasstec.co.uk
Guest nass Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 RE: Broswer History 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 ------- http://www.nasstec.co.uk "Molly" wrote: > 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 > > > "nass" wrote: > > > > > > "nass" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Molly" wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > ----- > > > > http://www.nasstec.co.uk > > > > "Molly" wrote: > > > > > These settings were correct. I changed them, tested & restored them but it > > > still persist. Thanks > > > -- > > > Molly in Florida > > > > 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 > > ---- > > http://www.nasstec.co.uk
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