find files and folders

[killerduckuk]

I have done something really stupid. To check see if i have had any porn on my pc i used the find files and folders thing, i then realised that what i have searched for can be view by all. How do i get rid of the history for this. I am using win95   . Please help me!!!!

[Calum]

i was confused until i read that you are using windows! See the solutions here, they should work for other files as well as index.dat ones.

I'm really not so sure about the history of your search. Maybe you could search the Microsoft help pages? actually, they no longer support win95 now i think about it...

To be honest (and i know it sounds cliched) i would consider upgrading to linux, although maybe you'll need to do some social engineering if you have other users on this machine of yours...

[LorKorub]

Here is a really quick way to get rid of porn in Window$ 95.

Go to START ---> SHUTDOWN and then check the "Restart in M$-DO$ Mode" box.  When you are at the command prompt, "type cd c:\"  and then "c:\" (by the way...why the fuck do you have to do that twice when you are at the C:\WINDOWS prompt?) and then "format c:" all without the quotes.

Then, hop in the car and cruise down to your local Wal-Mart where you can buy a copy of Mandrake Linux 8.0 for $19.99; it might actually be in the clearance bin now since 8.2 is out.  Purchase it, bring it home, pop in the first cd, and follow the instructions on your screen.

[dishawjp]

I use a batch file I wrote to clean out internet temporary files and other crud left on my computer's hard drive by Netscape and IE.  If you're interested, just copy the following .bat file and paste it into notepad.  Save it as a .bat file in a pathed directory and run it as needed.  You have to be in real DOS mode (F8 boot, command prompt only) for it to remove the index.dat files.  Better yet, if you need to run Windows, get a decent browser like OffbyOne that won't pollute your hard drive with a lot of crud.  You can check out my web page http://web2.lemoyne.edu/~dishawjp for more of my DOS .bat files.  Good luck.

@echo off
c:
cd \progra~1\netscape\users\default\cache
echo y | del .
cd ..
del cookies.txt
del netscape.hst
cd \windows
deltree /y cookies
cd tempor~1
deltree /y content.ie5
cd ..\history
deltree /y history.ie5
deltree /y mshist.ie5
cd \
cls
REM Jim Dishaw updated 4/10/02
echo Netscape Cache is Spent, Cookies are Cut and History made Historical!

[CIA Agent]

While you do mabye need to worry about Windows spying on us. If I understand you, there's a far more simpler solution to you problem, though It won't get rid of any secret files. If your problem is, when you open Search, you can see your previous search for porn, here's how you fix it. Right click on your task bar, click properties, then start menu programs, then clear. This will clear your search history, run history,and your document history.
      !!!!!Important, this tip will not fix the index.dat problem, Windows is still screwing you. This is just a quick fix so people won't be able to see what you search for, programs you ran, or document's you used from the start menu.!!!!!!!

[Master of Reality]

I got a better idea....

[Master of Reality]

or you could get a 40 GB hard drive, fill it full of porno, then host a website that gives access to all those files!!!        

[cocoamix]

There is a Control Panel called TweakUI that will do all sorts of keen stuff, including purging your search history. Unfortunately, it's hard to find sometimes at the M$ website. If you have problems finding it, I can e-mail you the .cpl

[foobar]

quote:Originally posted by Master of Reality / Bob:
I got a better idea....

I like your pictures  
I hope you mean 'burn windoze' and not 'burn your entire pc' ?

[sporkme]

quote:Originally posted by cocoamix:
There is a Control Panel called TweakUI that will do all sorts of keen stuff, including purging your search history. Unfortunately, it's hard to find sometimes at the M$ website. If you have problems finding it, I can e-mail you the .cpl

tweakui is on the windows cd, in the powertoy directory.  right click to install.

unfortunately, it does very little for your history

this will solve your privacy woes:

just add this exactly to your c:\autoexec.bat file (in text editor)

deltree/y c:\windows\history
deltree/y c:\windows\tempor~1
deltree/y c:\windows\cookies
deltree/y c:\windows\recent

save

"clear your history" from within internet properties

reboot

--and there is no trace whatsoever, especially once the massive swap has overwritten the free space you just created.  every time you boot your computer these files will be gone.

do try linux... read up on this site!  

bill gates is a dirty hoe bag, and the cum dumpster of a company he rides atop like a flaming chariot is actually the contents of my pet monkey's fucking bedpan after eating fifty cans of rotten spam AZHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHHH  DIE

have a nice day

[ June 27, 2002: Message edited by: sporkme / bob ]

[Calum]

i've tried tweakUI and it is shit. It will always fuck up some essential shit quite quickly and leave you needing a reinstall. The only, that's the only, mark you, the only good piece of software that M$ has ever brought out is regclean.exe, use it instead of TweakUI. System mechanic is a bit better than tweakui but not by much, don't use it to automatically clean out your registry for example. SiSoftSANDRA is a notch above the rest, and is very good if you know what you are actually doing with it.

Remember, kids, TweakUI is made by Microsoft! and as such it is EVIL! if you are going to use something evil, try this:

[voidmain]

No the best piece of software they have produced is fdisk/format.

[Master of Reality]

MS fdisk sucks. format.exe is good though.

[voidmain]

Actually format sucks too now that I think about it. It can only format FAT16/FAT32/NTFS.  That's a freakin' waste!

[sporkme]

duck if you come back and read this there are also some registry keys you need to delete.  they are posted by me in another thread somewhere.