Master of Windows tuning history traces disappear

Source: Internet
Author: User

When we use the computer, the operating system will record some of the user's operations, such as the input of the site domain name, search keywords, run records, played audio and video files. What are the benefits of documenting these operations? When users enter the "www.sina.com" in the address bar of IE browser, they will not need to enter the complete domain name when they want to visit the website, as long as they enter a letter "s", the Drop-down list shows the various domain names which are related to "s". Use the arrow keys or the mouse to select directly (see Figure 1).

Figure 1

IE browser also has an important "autocomplete" function, similar to the record URL, it can record the user entered in the form of a variety of content, such as search keywords, forum user name, ID number, mobile phone number, etc., and then enter a character in the corresponding position, The browser prompts you for the first character you have entered with the same full content, even if you don't need to enter a character, just double-click the text box to see everything you've entered in the past (Figure 2).

Figure 2

In addition to using a browser to surf the Internet, other operations in the system have a similar history, click on the Start menu, and then select "Recently used items" to see what's inside. Yes, just a few of the files you've opened recently, just click on the filename to quickly open them, regardless of which folder they are in. Similarly, the audio and video files played by the player can also be found in the corresponding player. These conveniences allow users to use the computer more instant noodles, but in the use of these convenient features, you also think about their possible problems and security problems? Have you ever considered that they reveal their privacy? If you choose to remember your username and password when you log in to the mailbox, although the convenience of their own, but will also facilitate the ulterior motives of the people, once the mailbox is stolen, confidential content of the message will be leaked, to individuals, the company to bring immeasurable losses; if the online bank accounts are stolen, it is directly facing the loss of property, the consequences of unimaginable! Perhaps you will find this problem easy to solve, the history is not only in the various files or registry, to find out to remove it, the fact is really so simple? All right, let's do it.

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