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October 30, 2008 1:44 PM Subscribe
Help me cover my trail in both Firefox and Explorer, please!
An acquaintance, with whom I have mutual friends, is coming to work on my computer tomorrow (help it run faster, etc). Problem is I don't want him to see where I've been on the internet, specifically blogs of mutual friends who don't want him to know they have blogs. (He's kind of snoopy, and I wouldn't be surprised if he checked to see where I go online.) I've been using both Firefox and Explorer, and want to clear them out so there's no record of sites I've visited. Can I do that, and if so, how?
Thanks in advance.
An acquaintance, with whom I have mutual friends, is coming to work on my computer tomorrow (help it run faster, etc). Problem is I don't want him to see where I've been on the internet, specifically blogs of mutual friends who don't want him to know they have blogs. (He's kind of snoopy, and I wouldn't be surprised if he checked to see where I go online.) I've been using both Firefox and Explorer, and want to clear them out so there's no record of sites I've visited. Can I do that, and if so, how?
Thanks in advance.
Make another user on the computer for him (and password protect your account if you haven't do so already) and have him log in as that user. That way he can't see where you've been and can't touch any aspect of your account (including browser histories).
posted by mrbarrett.com at 1:53 PM on October 30, 2008
posted by mrbarrett.com at 1:53 PM on October 30, 2008
"Make another user on the computer for him (and password protect your account if you haven't do so already) and have him log in as that user."
This is unlikely to be useful because a) if he's doing anything even remotely interesting he's going to need admin access and b) it's entirely possible that in addition to admin, he'll need access to the specific user account to troubleshoot problems that OP is having.
Mr. T has it right.
posted by toomuchpete at 2:04 PM on October 30, 2008
This is unlikely to be useful because a) if he's doing anything even remotely interesting he's going to need admin access and b) it's entirely possible that in addition to admin, he'll need access to the specific user account to troubleshoot problems that OP is having.
Mr. T has it right.
posted by toomuchpete at 2:04 PM on October 30, 2008
CCleaner will clear out all the temp files from IE, Firefox, and Chrome. Also gets rid of recent docs, windows temp files. Everything you want to get rid of and more.
Freeware http://www.ccleaner.com
posted by wrnealis at 2:06 PM on October 30, 2008
Freeware http://www.ccleaner.com
posted by wrnealis at 2:06 PM on October 30, 2008
Nthing CCleaner, definitely.
posted by desjardins at 2:14 PM on October 30, 2008
posted by desjardins at 2:14 PM on October 30, 2008
CCleaner is awesome.
Though weirdly I still see suggested URLs after running it - usually malformed urls or what I assume are search terms. Not sure what to do about those.
posted by Artw at 2:57 PM on October 30, 2008
Though weirdly I still see suggested URLs after running it - usually malformed urls or what I assume are search terms. Not sure what to do about those.
posted by Artw at 2:57 PM on October 30, 2008
curiosity_filter: Artw, which browser is that happening for?
posted by mandal at 2:55 AM on November 1, 2008
posted by mandal at 2:55 AM on November 1, 2008
mandal - That was IE6, turned out it was random stuff from Favourites.
posted by Artw at 10:39 AM on November 19, 2008
posted by Artw at 10:39 AM on November 19, 2008
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Firefox: Tools - Clear Private Data - choose what to get rid of
Explorer: Tools - Delete Browsing History - choose again.
posted by I_pity_the_fool at 1:52 PM on October 30, 2008