GOOGLE "REMEMBERS" SEARCHES. HOW TO KILL??? 1

[3008n1]

Google, only on one machine out of five, remembers about the last 30 searches. I have tried to delete what cookies I could find, and even have Ghost Serf, and told it to kill it, Google, still remembers the previous searches? I'm not sure what is different.

How to disable this? A left click brings up a drop down menu.

Thanks,


Tom

 

[BadFrog]

This ought to help you out, it worked for me =)

http://groups-beta.google.com/group...802d2826547/a8f6ec3f0189bf66#a8f6ec3f0189bf66

"Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy"
Albert Einstein

 

[bcastner]

Linney,

The Install On Demand (Other) or Install on Demand (Internet Explorer) and Automatically check for Internet Explorer updates options are turned on by default in all versions of Windows except Windows 2000 and Windows XP. These features are not available in Windows 2000 or Windows XP, but these options are present on the Advanced tab in the Internet Options dialog box in Windows 2000 and Windows XP."

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=222639

My read has always been that these option choices appear, but do nothing. They do mean something pre-Win2k, and pre-XP OS versions.

My understanding is that the orginal feature set was to update the javascript engine. There were attempts to exploit this a while ago, but were handled quickly by Hotfixes and service packs.

In the specific instance of XP SP2, the switches under Internet Properties, Advanced tab, just are ignored.

I have this interest in seeing regularly recommended "fixes" exposed as Myths.

It is a very tough and technical area, and at least on Tek-Tips we should make some effort to be "Myth" killers for the generally accepted advice often offered through the Web. In this instance, whatever you throw the option choices for in Internet Options is not going to make a whit of difference for the original poster.

 

[BadFrog]

If he follows the directions in the link I posted, it will resolve the issue he is having. For what its worth, Google remembers your searches whether you install their toolbar or not.

Go to tools, internet options, click on the content tab, then click the auto complete button, uncheck the forms box and then click the clear forms button.

Worked perfectly for me.

"Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy"
Albert Einstein

 

[bcastner]

BadFrog stated:

If he follows the directions in the link I posted, it will resolve the issue he is having. For what its worth, Google remembers your searches whether you install their toolbar or not.

This is just not true. The entries would require some permissions by the user, usually the Google toolbar. The entries are stored, and can be safely deleted, here:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System
Provider\S-1-5-21-839522115-1708537768-1343024091-1003\Data\e161255a-37c3-11
d2-bcaa-00c04fd929db\e161255a-37c3-11d2-bcaa-00c04fd929db\q:StringData]
"Behavior"=-
"Item Data"=-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System
Provider\S-1-5-21-839522115-1708537768-1343024091-1003\Data\e161255a-37c3-11
d2-bcaa-00c04fd929db\e161255a-37c3-11d2-bcaa-00c04fd929db\q:StringIndex]
"Behavior"=-
"Item Data"=-

Note: The S-1-5 ... portion of this string may be different on your machine.

 

[GEAK]

Sorry if this response is out of context (I might've misread the problem).

When you bring up the google search page and click on the text box to display past searches, you can manually delete them by hovering your mouse over the text and pressing delete on the keyboard.

I don't know if that removes it from where ever it was being stored (registry or otherwise) but it no longer appears in the drop list. It's a bit tedious to delete them all that way, but it seems to work.

 

[bcastner]

GEAK, yes you can do a manual edit. The question is why you have to do this; does Google "normally" save prior search requests.

My quibble with member BadFrog earlier is that something else had to have occured for these to be stored. I suspect
Forum member BadFrog identified behavior I had completely missed. From the Google help site: (And read IE6 when they discuss IE 5):

How do I stop my previous searches from appearing when I type in a new search term?

Fortunately (and unfortunately), this has nothing to do with Google. It's a feature of Internet Explorer 5.0, which is possible to disable using its menu. (You can verify this by going elsewhere on the web to fill out a form and then return to that same page on which you filled out the form.)

To disable this feature on Internet Explorer 5.0, go to the Tools menu; select Internet Options; select the Content tab. Within the Personal Information area, select AutoComplete. Click on Clear Forms. You can also uncheck the Forms box in this same window to keep this from occurring in the future.

Alternatively, you can delete individual entries from the history by using the Down arrow key to select a previous search, and then pressing Delete while an unwanted search is highlighted.

A Thousand apoligies, BadFrog.

 

[3008n1]

GEAK,
You did it--I can delete the growing list. I have to left click, but it did allow me to delete them. There is no toolbar that is gone. No drop down box either. I noticed the history by accident. Of course, one might ask if it was really deleted. Since we don't know why, where it is being stored, is deleted??? Nothing in the recycle bin.

I still have the problem of the "history" being created.

I will have some time later on to try what the others suggest. Not the end of the world, but now I am curious why this is happening, only on this machine....

WOW, look at the BUZZ I created--not intended....

Thanks to all,


Tom

 

[BadFrog]

@bcastner No worries mate. We are all here to help, I've been wrong before and I'll be wrong again and I don't take offense to yourself and others showing me the error of my ways. It just helps me to learn more.

@3008n1 if you read the quote in bcastner's last post it tells you how to keep the, "history" from being created.

Cheers!

"Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy"
Albert Einstein

 

[3008n1]

TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED:

(Internet Explorer) AUTO COMPLETE FORMS (MAYBE USER NAMES) was the problem. By un-checking the boxes, the phenomenon immediately went away. Now… I have to re-install the Google user toolbar (the horror). Not guilty after all—hmmm. I hope I can do it after beating Google to death with those programs

I really thank everyone for all your effort (an interesting problem). About thirty responses!




Tom