History List Disappears

[John]

Running IE 6.0 SP1a on Windows XP - a few days ago my
History started automatically deleting itself at an
unknown frequency. Tried: 1) sfc /scannow, 2) Windows
Update to reinstall IE 6.0 after Regedit to set IsInstall
to 0; didn't work. What's going on with this app?

 

[H Leboeuf]

Tools/Internet Options/Advance tab.
Under Security
Empty Temporary Internet files when closing.

Is this set?

 

[john]

Henri,
No, "Empty Temp Internet files when closing" is not set.
This is really an odd problem. The History persists for
varying lengths of time during a single browsing session -
sometimes it remains after closing the browser and then
reopening it. Sometimes the expanded lists disappear as
I hide/redisplay the History list. I am starting to
think this may be a virus or trojan. I just finshed
reinstalling in-place Windows XP; IE6.0 was fine to start
with - it accumulated links properly for perhaps 20
sites. I closed and then reopened and eveything was
still there. I think I hid the list and then redisplayed
and eveything was gone.
I cannot get Dell (Inspiron 8500) to help other than the
standard stuff and Microsoft has put up so many
roadblocks that I can't figure out who to contact. Any
more ideas? Thanks, John

 

[Mike Burgess]

John,
Possibly your History folder is corrupt:
[XP\2K]
Log on as Administrator and delete the desired <username> folder(s).
[example]
"C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\HISTORY"
[more info]
How To: Delete the Internet Explorer Temporary Internet Files
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Note: McAfee AV with ActiveX controls enabled is known to cause History
problems.
Cannot View Internet Explorer 6 History By Date (XP)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=819257
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[Robert Aldwinckle]

I am starting to think this may be a virus or trojan.

Do you have a virus scanner? Actually a certain virus scanner
is known to interfere with History causing various symptoms.

 

[John]

Robert and Henri, Thanks for your attention. I disabled
McAfee 4.5.1 Corporate version scanner's ActiveX controls
and history is now retained. KB article 819257 was a
help but it is really a poor solution as vulnerability to
ActiveX programs is now present. John