Internet Options

[Don]

I'm not much on the computer thing, but why wouldn't I be
able to remove the history of visited sites? I went to
internet options, clicked "clear history". Now,
everything was cleared from my drop down box, but when I
started typing in web sites, the addresses from
previously visited sites were shown as I typed in the web
address.

How can I remove this stuff.

 

[J.]

You need to go into internet options under the content tab
and you need to turn auto-complete off. The website will
no longer pop up when you begin to type.

 

[Jon Kennedy]

Autocomplete works off the index.dat file in Windows\History. You'll have to delete it from DOS to reset it:

Win9x only-
Boot to DOS
Go to C:\Windows
type -- smartdrv -- <enter> - gets rid of all that disk thrashing
type -- deltree history -- <enter and y to verify> - to clear History
type -- deltree tempor~1 -- <enter and y to verify> - to clear TIF - while you're at it
Reboot

Windows 2000/XP - log on as Administrator, go to the profile in question using Windows Explorer and manually delete the History folder.

See this article for more information:
Error Message Typing Address in Address Box or in Open Box
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];221085