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Guest
Does anyone know how I can lock IE's setting to prevent deleting history?
J
Jan Il
Hi patriot 
Not sure there is a way to LOCK the History, but, perhaps there's a problem
if the History is not working. Try the following and see if it helps:
In order to enable the Autocomplete, do the following:
Go to Tools | Internet Options | Click the Content tab. Click the button
that says Autocomplete. Check Web Addresses and all other items you want
used with Autocomplete. Click OK
On the General tab look for the section on History. Set the Day to keep
pages in history to how many days you want to keep pages in the History.
or..........................
Addresses Are Not Resolved When the AutoComplete Feature Is Enabled
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q230592#kb1
Work through the possible solutions at
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers4.htm#autocomplete
Then see:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1585442,00.asp
Keep in mind that the Auto-Complete feature can be disabled by the webmaster
INFO: Disabling AutoComplete with Internet Information Services and ASP
Hint: View Source for a webpage should reveal the AutoComplete property. If
set to OFF, that site has intentionally turned Off the AutoComplete feature
for security.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...r/dhtml/reference/properties/autocomplete.asp
also.....
If you have McAfee AV running:
McAfee gave this solution to the bug where VirusScan 6 stops your Internet
Explorer History file working. Hope it is of some help:
Open VirusScan console
Select "Pick a task..."
Select "Change my VirusScan settings"
Select "Configure VShield background scanning"
Select "Customise your VShield settings"
Select the "Internet Filter" icon from the icons down the left hand side On
the "Detection" tab, in the 'Applet filters' section, remove the tick next
to "ActiveX Controls".
or..............
Run regedit and navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER|Software|Microsoft|Internet Explorer|Main
and insure that Save_Session_History_On_Exit is marked YES and not NO. (I
just checked mine, and it is set to NO by default).
Also try slipping down to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER|Software|Microsoft|Internet Explorer|TypedURLs
or.............
It could be that the History folder has become damaged or corrupted, try
deleting the folder, then reboot and a new one will be created.
To create a new History Forlder
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers_8.htm#deltree
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm (XP systems)
Or try installing TweakUI.
http://www.aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#tweakui
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For XP follow the instructions at Mike Burgess' site as the process and
paths differ from W98:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
To delete the History folder and index.dat (XP)
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"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Instructions below courtesy of Henri Leboeuf:
Reconfigure Windows Explorer to show Hidden Files:
Open the Windows Explorer Folder Options - View [tab]:
Scroll down to the "Files and Folders" section.
Select: "Display the contents of system folders".
Scroll down to the "Hidden Files and Folders" section.
Select: "Show hidden files and folders", Ok the prompt
Uncheck: "Hide file extensions for known file types"
Uncheck: "Hide protected operating system files" Ok the Prompt, click Apply
Click the "Apply to all Folders" button. Close Windows Explorer.
==============
You may also have to go to Safe Mode to delete files/folders.
A Description of the Safe Mode Boot Options in Windows XP
This article discusses the several Safe Boot options that Windows supports.
These options load a minimal set of drivers. You can use these options to
start Windows so that you can modify the registry or load or remove drivers.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315222 (XP 11/5/2003)
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.
Hope this helps
Jan
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Not sure there is a way to LOCK the History, but, perhaps there's a problem
if the History is not working. Try the following and see if it helps:
In order to enable the Autocomplete, do the following:
Go to Tools | Internet Options | Click the Content tab. Click the button
that says Autocomplete. Check Web Addresses and all other items you want
used with Autocomplete. Click OK
On the General tab look for the section on History. Set the Day to keep
pages in history to how many days you want to keep pages in the History.
or..........................
Addresses Are Not Resolved When the AutoComplete Feature Is Enabled
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q230592#kb1
Work through the possible solutions at
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers4.htm#autocomplete
Then see:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1585442,00.asp
Keep in mind that the Auto-Complete feature can be disabled by the webmaster
INFO: Disabling AutoComplete with Internet Information Services and ASP
Hint: View Source for a webpage should reveal the AutoComplete property. If
set to OFF, that site has intentionally turned Off the AutoComplete feature
for security.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...r/dhtml/reference/properties/autocomplete.asp
also.....
If you have McAfee AV running:
McAfee gave this solution to the bug where VirusScan 6 stops your Internet
Explorer History file working. Hope it is of some help:
Open VirusScan console
Select "Pick a task..."
Select "Change my VirusScan settings"
Select "Configure VShield background scanning"
Select "Customise your VShield settings"
Select the "Internet Filter" icon from the icons down the left hand side On
the "Detection" tab, in the 'Applet filters' section, remove the tick next
to "ActiveX Controls".
or..............
Run regedit and navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER|Software|Microsoft|Internet Explorer|Main
and insure that Save_Session_History_On_Exit is marked YES and not NO. (I
just checked mine, and it is set to NO by default).
Also try slipping down to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER|Software|Microsoft|Internet Explorer|TypedURLs
or.............
It could be that the History folder has become damaged or corrupted, try
deleting the folder, then reboot and a new one will be created.
To create a new History Forlder
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers_8.htm#deltree
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm (XP systems)
Or try installing TweakUI.
http://www.aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#tweakui
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For XP follow the instructions at Mike Burgess' site as the process and
paths differ from W98:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
To delete the History folder and index.dat (XP)
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"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Instructions below courtesy of Henri Leboeuf:
Reconfigure Windows Explorer to show Hidden Files:
Open the Windows Explorer Folder Options - View [tab]:
Scroll down to the "Files and Folders" section.
Select: "Display the contents of system folders".
Scroll down to the "Hidden Files and Folders" section.
Select: "Show hidden files and folders", Ok the prompt
Uncheck: "Hide file extensions for known file types"
Uncheck: "Hide protected operating system files" Ok the Prompt, click Apply
Click the "Apply to all Folders" button. Close Windows Explorer.
==============
You may also have to go to Safe Mode to delete files/folders.
A Description of the Safe Mode Boot Options in Windows XP
This article discusses the several Safe Boot options that Windows supports.
These options load a minimal set of drivers. You can use these options to
start Windows so that you can modify the registry or load or remove drivers.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315222 (XP 11/5/2003)
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
If these steps do not resolve your problem, 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.
Please reply to the newsgroup so others may benefit.
Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other readers.
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