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technical help

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 9:19 am
by jonno
My work laptop is due to go for a service soon and i access this site and others with it.

My firms laid back but but avoid embarassment any pointers on how to cover my web tracks etc.

I know the obvious on like delete history etc but anymore especially how do you erase the explorer toolbar from sensing were youve looked at sites in the past.

Any help on this problem would be really apreciated.


Thanks

Re: technical help

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 12:45 pm
by Mart
Just to worry you Jonno. No matter what advice you get, if techies want to look into your innermost secrets they'll find them. Unless, of course, you remoce the hard drive. I'm an evil b*****d sometimes.

Mart

Re: technical help

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 12:55 pm
by jj
AFA I'm concerened, the only way to be SURE is to drop the HDD into a bath of hydrochloric (or preferably sulphuric) acid, or site the thing at the centre of a VERY hot bonfire........
Do a search here: this topic has been discussed (at length) before.

Re: technical help

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 2:31 pm
by jonno
Search under what topic?

Re: technical help

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 3:29 pm
by Mart


Looked up "History" and waded thro' posts. This has some relevant info. and, for the first time, used "copy" and "paste". Cor, never realised there was an easier way to post links.

Re: technical help

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 3:34 pm
by jj
This should give you a few clues:
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Re: technical help

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 3:35 pm
by jj
A learning curve for you both, then.......good 'ere, innit?

Re: technical help

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 5:03 pm
by Graham
use evidence eliminator, you can download trial version, do a search on google, it won't hide everything, but i'm sure it will be adequate for run of the mill company techies.

Re: technical help

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 5:52 pm
by joe king
get a new drive and install a new OS (while keeping the drive you use to browse separate),relatively cheap these 6MB removeable drives I think.

Format the drive in dos and re-install the drive with new OS

you are making backups (of important data) aren't you?