How to change your history settings for Internet Explorer

Is your computer slow or are you trying to find out what websites your child has been surfing? Maybe you can't remember that great website address that you found late last night? Either way maintaing your Internet history is a must to avoid future computer problems. This how to explains how to set the length of what is kept and what is not while you surf.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Computer
• Internet Explorer installed

1. Open A new web browser and find the word "Tools" in your tool bar.
2. If you click it then it should give you a drop down menu. Choose and click "Internet Options".
3. On the tab marked "General" there should be a section for "History".
4. Under this section there is a drop down that allows you to pick an amount of days to keep your history. If you are not tracking your child's internet surfing then I would choose no more then a day as these files can take up a lot of room.
5. Click "Apply" and then "OK" to save your changes and close the window.

Tips & Warnings

• To view your history press and hold the "Control" key and the "h" key while in a Internet Explorer window.
• There are other options to track history and this is not the best for a child monitor as most learn to delete their history in the most basic computer class. Check into Google Desktop or there is a piece of hardware (a wire) that you can connect between the main case and keyboard to log what keys are pushed.