Dumb question

[Smashed]

I know absolutely nothing about computers,forgive the stupidity

Ok-whenever I start writing an address in the Address Bar a box opens up underneath showing all of the previous addresses I've visited.

How do I turn the bloody thing off - it's driving me mad!!!

 

[KoichCPA]

I find it handy, so don't ask me

 

[Lord Tim]

You can't... Even if you delete your history and clear your temporary internet files, it always comes back...!

The ONLY way to really get rid of it is to log on in MS DOS mode (if you're using XP, you need a boot disk and a good understanding of command line codes) and you need to delete certain .DAT files... which are incidentally hidden until you un-hide them...

Bill Gates certainly didn't make it easy to do this, believe me!

 

[KoichCPA]

it's quite handy

 

[Lord Tim]

It is until your mother, who uses the machine, notices you've been to a bunch of Japanese hardcore Bukkake sites... HAHAHAHA!

 

[KoichCPA]

My mother likes Bukkake so thats not a worry timmah

 

[KoichCPA]

why are you such a no name stealth ninja anyway`

 

[Lord Tim]

It's to set my self apart from you common people... HAHAHA!

 

[KoichCPA]

I am far from common exuse me

 

[Smashed]

Thanks for clearing that up Tim - the only word I understood was bukkake!

 

[Lord Tim]

HAHAHAHA! Well stick with what you know and you can't go wrong!

 

[Spiff]

I used to have this problem but I just changed an option in the Options section of IE. Can't remember which though.

 

[Spiff]

Of course, I'm just assuming you're using IE. How obnoxious of me!

This might work, if you're using IE:

Go to Tools, then Internet Options

Go to the 'Advanced' tab.

Scroll down until you find 'Use inline AutoComplete for Web addresses' and uncheck the box. If it's already unchecked then... hmm.

Click on OK. See what that does. Don't come crying to me if it still doesn't work, OK? OK???

 

[Smashed]

Tried it Spiffo,but it was unchecked.Any other thoughts?

 

[spawn]

Tools --> Internet Options --> Clear History

Dont know if that will help, but try it

 

[Spiff]

Well, it *can* be done because it used to happen on mine but I fixed it, without going into files and stuff like Timbo said.

 

[Lord Tim]

I've never managed to get it working successfully myself. You can delete what you like and it may not *look* like it's still on your machine but believe me, it is!

I can't remember the site I saw it on but there was a huge investigation into these hidden files on your drive that are absolutely unnecessary to make Windows work... People are questioning exactly why they're there and why it's so hard to delete them...

 

[phlogiston]

Yeah, you can futz around with deleting files and all that shit I spose, or you could just do this:

http://www.mydesktophelp.com/tips/ie33.htm

It's still a little more complicated than a checkbox though...

 

[Lord Tim]

Good tip!

But be aware that no matter how much stuff you delete, that info is ALWAYS on your hard drive in those hidden index.dat files in your History and Temp Internet Files and you *can't* delete them from within Windows...

Not that it makes any difference to this problem at all, but it's still kinda annoying...!

 

[phlogiston]

Better tip: Use Phoenix. Better browser, more privacy.