History

[ninjamonkey]

will deleting the index.dat file in internet temp files delete your history? is it safe to delete index.dat? will it make it so that i never have history, or will a new file just be made once i visit another site after deleting it?

[I.am]

You cant just delete index.dat and it will be recreated if you use programs to help you clean internet tracks. People mostly run the software once a month to clean index.dat

[SeK612]

Is there any way to turn the history off completly in IE (like some box to uncheck to stop it)?

[h1]

Set the meter to 0 days.

And even if you delete index.dat, it's not really gone, just like any other file.

http://www.encase.com

[ninjamonkey]

i just meant, would deleting it clear the history?
and if you delete it, will it be created again but with no files in it?

[h1]

It will delete History, IE prefs, Run / Find history, etc.

This is pretty drastic, if you don't want history to be on, set it to keep records for the past 0 days.