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You're not -- it's been noted here in the forum, though not mentioned for some time. I'm not sure, but I think a fix is being worked on for future versions...

By "running" Internet Explorer, what I mean is activating or opening it (e.g. using it to surf to a web site), then closing it. My tests indicated on my system that once I did this, I was able to clear the Index.dat files by clearing history and cookies in Internet Options in the control...

To the best of my knowledge, doing as you say doesn't wipe the data, it merely deletes the files. You'd need to wipe unused space to eliminate the data from the deleted files still stored on the drive. Yes to both, for the most part. Even a single pass should be more than sufficient...

If you've already deleted the files, then clearing unused disk space will wipe the leftover data beyond the ability of any software recovery program to find. In fact, this process will generally wipe the data more securely than simply wiping the files alone (delete, then wipe all free space)...

There are ways to wipe all of the items you mention. If I may say so, you'd be better off using Firefox and an email client like Thunderbird or Eudora, rather than Internet Explorer and Outlook. The first two leave a lot less crap lying around. At least one of the items you mention (index.dat...

This actually doesn't seem that off-base for me. Perhaps this is a person who occasionally looks at legal porn, but doesn't want that fact known. Maybe he or she engages in political activity that wouldn't be appreciated by his or her associates or co-workers. Maybe we're talking about...

OK, try this: When you do a "clear unused space", click on the "options" button. In the new window that comes up, you should see several options for wiping patterns. Instead of selecting any of them, click the "New" button. In the new window that now comes up, enter a name for your...

Software like Encase is available to anyone with a little cash, or willingness to download illegal copies. For that matter, Winhex is available for free, and it includes many of the same features. Finally, there are file/data recovery programs out there, also available for free for anyone...

Re: How... That's interesting...you should just be able to keep clicking the "add" button to add additional passes...

The short answer is "no". Even one pass with Eraser will eliminate data beyond the ability of any file recovery software (including all forensic software) to recover. I've verified this personally using disk viewing and file-recovery stoftware: Eraser does what it says it does. The long...

Re: How... There are a couple of ways. First, when you "right click" on a drive in Explorer or under My Computer and select "erase unused space", you should see a dialogue box pop up with an "options" button. Click the options button, and you should be able to select from several eraser...

Re: Erasing In my opinion, yes. It's relevant in that both the swap file and hibernation file, if any, can contain the contents of files otherwise erased, or for that matter, the contents of memory (e.g. passwords, etc.). For this reason, I disabled hibernation on my computers and used...

Generally this is true, with some caveats. A lot depends upon who you're trying to stop from recovering the information, and how much that information is worth. For all intents and purposes, most people will be fine with one overwrite pass. One thing to watch out for, though: make sure...

What data is being left? One thing that might account for problems is the fact that some paths, like "%USERPROFILE%\locals~1\history\" are actually DOS paths, and the directory reference "locals~1" may be wrong on your system. It may actually be "locals~2", for example. You can...

By "usage track elimination", I'm referring to the software that I mentioned in my post above, e.g. MRU blaster and Spybot S&D (which will also get rid of spyware).

There are a couple of things to watch out for. First, Eraser may not be able to clear cluster tips (unused space at the ends of files) if the files that occupy them, such as NTUSER.DAT (registry files) are locked. Second, be sure you've actually deleted the information. Windows, and...

Here's another possibility -- a freeware tool that may be used to set up logoff/shutdown scripts in XP Home: http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptstopper.asp

Also, this link: link ...details a registry entry that allows you to set the "Maximum Wait Time" for scripts to infinite. I'm thinking that to run the scripts, you'd need to replace "C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\GroupPolicy\\Machine" with the path to the script, and replace "C:\\test.bat"...

OK, I found an interesting site that details what Group Policy editor does in Windows XP Pro. Evidently, all it does is create and set certain values in the Windows XP Registry. http://forums.freddyshouse.com/archive/ ... t-562.html Here's the interesting part:

OK, well, I'm still working on it. I'll post when I have something.