I am computer illiterate and my wife a genius. I am thinking of planing our 5th year anniversary. The only problem is is that I have done this before. I planed a trip to NY,NY and a nice hotel for a week...And well she knew about it. My question is I know how to go to my history and delete that way but in her computer ways just messing around for her school,work ect.. she found the sites and purchasing of tickets and asked me therefore it was not a surprise. Someone told me about cookies but have no clue what the heck that is. I am not going as big this time sence we have a 2 year old now but I still don't want her to find out, at least till it happens. Thanks moderator's note: added a more descriptive title to topic
Go to 'my computer', click on 'change settings' click 'internet options', you will see the 'general tab', look to the middle of the page and click 'delete cookies', then when the 'hour glass' goes away you will know that it is done deleting. Hope this helps
Hi NewGrow, how very exciting. I have a great solution for you. If you download Google Chrome http://www.google.com/chrome it has a very good feature called Incognito Browsing. Basically if you start up the browser then hit Ctrl+Shift+N (or click the little wrench icon and then choose New Incognito Window) you will be able to browse without leaving a trace. It won't permanently store cookies or your history (it deletes them once you close the window). This is the safest, least messy way to go I'd say
There is also, if you wish to continue using Internet Explorer, a small free program called IE Privacy Keeper- when you first run it, it will ask you which cookies to keep, like passwords for this site, etc, and it can then, on shut-down, wipe all other browsing traces, cookies, spyware and malware, etc, including traces of pics and documents and websites visited. I have used it for years with no problems. It's easy to find with a Google search. Having said that, and being of sound mind, I use Firefox, not IE Explorer, GOM player not Windows Media Player and AbiWord not MSWord. Sorry 'bout that, Mr Gates.
