Question about history

[Sportsgirl]

Thanks, dummy; I'll give this a try. I appreciate your answer.

[CBMatt]

Ok - I respect you answer and appreciate your replies.

The above leads me to believe there is a way to do this ... if anyone is willing to help, I'd appreciate it. I have not evil intentions and I'm noticing, even though I'm new, that there are private messages here, so feel free if you're more comfortable that way. I'm serioulsy so computer illiterate that I didn't realize I was asking a sensitive question  :-/

It's not so much that it's a sensitive question...it's just a bit of a gray area.  Snooping/spying can be very problematic.  Maybe what you want to do is innocent, but someone else might come along and read certain information and think "Hey, I can totally use that against so-and-so!"  I think creating different user accounts is a good idea and if you follow along with the instructions, it should work just fine.

[Sportsgirl]

I definately understand what you are saying, Matt, and thanks again for your response.

Would anyone happen to know what the default setting is for the number of days something stays the Internet "history." My laptop is currently at "0," is that what it starts at, or was it manuallly changed?

Also, if I go under Internet Options/settings/view files and there is a cookie there from a Web site, are there other options for how it might have gotten there besides actually visiting that particular site?

Thanks, again, everyone for all your useful information - this technically-challenged girl has been learning a lot!

[2k_dummy]

The default setting is 9 days. It has been manually changed.

[Sportsgirl]

I definately understand what you are saying, Matt, and thanks again for your response.

Would anyone happen to know what the default setting is for the number of days something stays the Internet "history." My laptop is currently at "0," is that what it starts at, or was it manuallly changed?

Also, if I go under Internet Options/settings/view files and there is a cookie there from a Web site, are there other options for how it might have gotten there besides actually visiting that particular site?
Thanks, again, everyone for all your useful information - this technically-challenged girl has been learning a lot!

Thanks. that's what I figured about the history.

What about the question in red?

[CBMatt]

Cookies are often added by advertisements.  If you go to MySpace, you'll probably get cookies from four or five different servers when visiting a site.  However, the actual MySpace cookies, I assume, would only be added by the site itself.  Perhaps Cookie Central might be of some interest to you.

[2k_dummy]

I don't do board colors, so there is no question in red.

Yes, it is possible for a cookie from a domain different from the one visited to be set.

[Sportsgirl]

I'll check out cookie central, thanks.

Is it possible for a cookie to be in the files if you haven't accessed the Internet that day? For example, let's say there is a cookie from a Web site and it says: Last accessed 3/26 9:15 a.m.  Would the computer/Internet have had to be on at that time for it to say that?

[Rob Pomeroy]

Where does it say this - in Windows Explorer, or inside the cookie itself?

If there's a trust issue here by the way, I suspect use of the laptop may be the least of your worries.  On the other hand, if you would like simply to install some safeguards on your laptop, you have a lot of options.

Do you know what you would like to achieve, ultimately?

[txnovotny]

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