Clean out credit card number?

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Laurel

I was very surprised today to have my credit card number show up as a "most
recently used" entry while ordering something on line. I'd gotten used to
my city, state, e-mail, etc., but had never before seen this. Where is such
info stored? I want to clean it out. I don't want my credit card number
stored anywhere on my computer.

TIA - LAS
 
Hi Laurel :-)

Try the following and see if it helps:

Clear out temporary files and delete cookies.
http://www.pchell.com/support/privacy.shtml

To delete ALL Addresses in the Drop Down list, go here and
download and install Mike Burgess' DelTypedURL.inf at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

See below for Selective Delete

You can also get DelSearchMRU.inf at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/DelSearchMRU.inf

Note: this does not remove entries entered via AutoComplete. To remove
hidden AutoComplete entries in History:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm#AutoComplete

IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure that ALL instances of IE6 are CLOSED before
you do the install of this (these) .inf files. Otherwise the "old" entries
will just be re-written back to the Registry when you close IE.

A nice alternative just for selective or all Address (not Search) history
maintenance is EditURLs, here:
http://www.aandrc.com/editurls/
Here also, you must close ALL instances of IE6 for the deletions to "take".

Recommended


If the above does not work:

To delete the History folder and index.dat (XP)
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm



Log on as Administrator and delete the desired <username> folder and reboot.
(or log on as another user that has Administrator privileges)
Example: "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\HISTORY"

or.......

History Eraser - Free

http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm will delete the
History folder in Windows 9x,2K, XP.

If these steps do not resolve your problem, or you need help with the above,
please post back to this thread with the details and any error messages.

Hope this helps

Jan :)
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

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Jan Il said:
Hi Laurel :-)

Try the following and see if it helps:

Clear out temporary files and delete cookies.
http://www.pchell.com/support/privacy.shtml

To delete ALL Addresses in the Drop Down list, go here and
download and install Mike Burgess' DelTypedURL.inf at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

See below for Selective Delete

You can also get DelSearchMRU.inf at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/DelSearchMRU.inf

Note: this does not remove entries entered via AutoComplete. To remove
hidden AutoComplete entries in History:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm#AutoComplete

IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure that ALL instances of IE6 are CLOSED before
you do the install of this (these) .inf files. Otherwise the "old" entries
will just be re-written back to the Registry when you close IE.

A nice alternative just for selective or all Address (not Search) history
maintenance is EditURLs, here:
http://www.aandrc.com/editurls/
Here also, you must close ALL instances of IE6 for the deletions to "take".

Recommended


If the above does not work:

To delete the History folder and index.dat (XP)
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm



Log on as Administrator and delete the desired <username> folder and reboot.
(or log on as another user that has Administrator privileges)
Example: "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\HISTORY"

or.......

History Eraser - Free

http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm will delete the
History folder in Windows 9x,2K, XP.

If these steps do not resolve your problem, or you need help with the above,
please post back to this thread with the details and any error messages.

Hope this helps

Jan :)
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other readers.
How to make a good newsgroup post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm










Try using a password manager such as Norton Password Manager. It securely keeps credit dard numbers, passwords and addresses ready to use without having to type them in every time you use them.
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