One you erase your browsing history, do websites visited still stay in some hidden files on your computer????? What about images? I was surprised to find some old images on a fax/photos viewer program.
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Well yes they still do. Even if you completely delete everything out of your system, the only way to completely get rid of those naughty sites is to blow up the hard drive. ------ Just kidding. But, noticed that when CIA and FBI informants lose classified information, they always have to destroy the hard drive. The reason for this is because an experienced computer guy or girl can take your hard drive, open it up and scan the groves where the reader touches the drive. I remember vaguely of the deatils since i learned this in class but, go to the Start Menu and right click it. Click Explore. Find your Temporary Internet folder and delete all the things you don't eant to be seen. That is the file you are looking for and its not a hidden file. Like i said i couldn't give you the directory for this information b/c it has been a while. \n\nAND STAY OFF THOSE NAUGHTY SITES!!!!!\nESPECIALLY IF YOUR A MINOR!!!!!
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Yes, images and cookies are placed on your computer when surfing. Your best bet is to start with Windows Help...it will tell you how to delete your cookies and files...
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There are a lot of bits and pieces left when you delete files. You also have hidden files in seemingly empty folders. Cookies are files too. Delete all internet files and cookies before you scan. Run cleanup program to get rid of them before you scan.
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Have you visited the sites recently?  Even if you've cleared history, if you still have a set number of days to keep something in the history, it will still be there.  Set the number of days to zero.  Also, have you tried clearing your cache?  this is seperate from the history or cookies.  \n\nYou might also want to make sure you clear all forms.  if you are also getting your previous serches appearing when you attempt to use search engines, this may be your problem.\n\nAlso, what are you running?  IE, firefox, are you working from an AOL browser?  that might make a little bit of difference.
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what do mean by memory? Do u mean past websites u have been to showing up when u type in the address bar? if u go to tools and then internet options and when the new window appears you need to clear the history and should do it.\n\nHope this helps!
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Are Deleted Files Completely Erased?\n\nA common misconception when deleting files is that they are completely removed from the hard drive. However, users should be aware that highly sensitive data can still be retrieved from a hard drive even after the files have been deleted because the data is not really gone. Files that are moved to the recycle bin (on PCs) or the trash can (on Macs) stay in those folders until the user empties the recycle bin or trash can. Once they have been deleted from those folders, they are still located in the hard drive and can be retrieved with the right software.\n\nAny time that a file is deleted from a hard drive, it is not erased. What is erased is the bit of information that points to the location of the file on the hard drive. The operating system uses these pointers to build the directory tree structure (the file allocation table), which consists of the pointers for every other file on the hard drive. When the pointer is erased, the file essentially becomes invisible to the operating system. The file still exists; the operating system just doesn't know how to find it. It is, however, relatively easy to retrieve deleted files with the right software.\n\nThe only way to completely erase a file with no trace is to overwrite the data. The operating system will eventually overwrite files that have no pointers in the directory tree structure, so the longer an unpointed file remains in the hard drive the greater the probability that it has been overwritten. There are also many "file erasing" software products currently on the market that will automatically permanently erase files by overwriting them. \n\nhttp://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/2002/Erasing_Deleted_Files.asp\n\n\ndeleting files is not actually a good term to use. When you delete a file for example:\n\nFilename.txt\nthe file name changes so it may look like this:\n12lename.txt\nThe change of the file name hides it from you and leaves it on the computer. Often a disk ustitility can shread this information which means that it is overwritten a bunch of times causeing the file to become harder to recover. \n\nSo say I had a deleted file like \n\nFilename \n\nI would overwrite the file with 00000000 more than one time. \n\nMy example is easier for me to understand... LOL
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are you scared of something? If you don't know how to clear the history...don't go to porn sites.\n\nBusted and now the parents will take the computer away
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The only way i could think off hand to solve this problem would be 1) Clear you history and temporary internet files whenever you are done using the computer.  2) Switch to a browser like firefox.  Firefox will let you clear all data when you close the browser.  I think IE might have a similar feature but i couldn't find it in the few minutes i took looking through its settings.
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It might but you can always clear your history when u go to your history icon. Then you can clear all of it, or find the spefic  file you're looking for.\n\nAND------------------[IMPORTANT]\nYou can go to "Tools" on the toolbar and go to "Internet Options". Then from there you can "Clear History" and/or "Delete Cookies" which does pretty much the same as clearing the history.
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The only way to completely clear a history from most technology is to delete the entire hard drive and start over. \n\nNow, with the government's technology, I believe that even after you do this, they are able to retrieve any information they need. I would advise to not try and mess with the government. \n\nBut if you are only trying to fool your parents, etc, this should suffice. Unless they are computer experts, they will not be able to know where you have gone on the internet. However, they will be able to tell that you have erased the hard drive. \n\nGood luck...I think you might really need it.
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Not sure I understand your question, but you go to Tool - Internet Options and click "Clear History" to clean out the visited URL history
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hiding something?\n\nTools>Internet Options>History>Clear History\n\nNot enough...\nTools>Internet Options>Temporary Internet Files>Delete Cookies and Delete Files\n\nThis should be good for most.\nIf they know more than this ... you are hit.
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pretty impossible.the temporary internet files help you view the webpages.Its not possible to view anything or play games or media files if no temporary internet files were stored in your computer.You can disable storing th history of webpages viewed by making the count of last number of pages stored by computer 0.For making your computer faster, you can increase the RAM,upgrade your PC,uninstall useless programs,use CCleaner to clean up cache memory and temp files,install later versions of directX.
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open windows explorer......tools........folder options........View........Do not Show Hidden Files....Apply........ok.........and your done........
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I use a CCLEANER daily.  It can delete temporary Windows and IE files, as well as detect and remove useless/old/unused registry keys and entries.  The software is free and is updated regularly.  I highly recommend it, even if it's not exactly what you're looking for in this post.  It's just a good day-to-day maintenance application to have.
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normally all the webpages viewed will be stored in "temporary internet files". u can check that. else u can use some softwares like 'net granny' which will prevent ur child from viewing unwanted sites or u can ask ur network provider.
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Within My Computer, go to the following folder:\n\nC:&#92;Documents and Settings&#92;<user name goes here>&#92;Local Settings&#92;History\n\nYou will see several "Date" folders "Today", "Yesterday", "Last Week", etc.  this holds both internet history as well as "My Computer" history.\n\nIn fact, "My Computer" is the name of one of the folders under each "Date" folder, which shows what programs were run.\n\nThis set of folders is available under each login name under "Documents and Settings"/<User>