Q.Can someone tell that I've been to a particular Web site?

A. Yes. Most browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer save images from visited Web sites on your hard drive whether you click on them or not so that next time you visit you won't have to re-download the image. But this means that many megabytes of images of all types get saved to you hard drive. Put it this way, if you saw the image then it's on your hard drive.

Browsers also store visited web site addresses in the pulldown address bar. If switched on, the AutoComplete function will type out previously visited sites if you type the first few letters of the address. It's designed to save time, but if you have visited, lets say, "www.yummysexpots.com" and someone uses the computer after you and wants to go to Yahoo and they type in "www.y" the browser will auto-suggest www.yummysexpots.com, which you may not want.

To learn how to turn AutoComplete off, see further down the page for the question that addresses that problem specifically.

Q. How do I figure out which web browser I am using?

A. Start your web browser, the same one you used to visited the site. Click the "Help" menu at the top of your screen and then in the list that drops down click on "About" It may say "About Internet Explorer" or "About Netscape". Choose that option and the web browser's name and version will be displayed. Keep a note of it.

Q.I visited a search engine and now all the search terms I type in are saved and pop up each time I go back to the page. How do I clear it?

In Microsoft Internet Explorer, 5.5 and 6.0 click the Tools menu, then Internet Options then the Content tab then the AutoComplete button. Next click the Clear Forms button. Sometimes this doesn't work. If not, you have to clear your index.dat file. Here's how.

Q.The AutoComplete function is a pain. How do I turn it off?

A. In Internet Explorer 5 and later versions it can be turned off by going to the Tools menu and choosing Internet Options. Then choose the Content tab from the dialog box that pops up and click the "AutoComplete" button and uncheck the Web Addresses box and click "Ok". In Netscape 6, click the "Edit" menu and then "Preferences". Then select "Navigator" and click the arrow to the left til a list of suboptions appears. Then click "Smart Browsing" and uncheck "Enable Location Bar autocomplete". Then click "Ok".

To delete cookies using IE:
click TOOLS> then click INTERNET OPTIONS
in the center of that grey box that pos up, click delete cookies. This will delete all your cookies. If you don't want to delete all of them, you can also just delete specific ones by clicking "settings", then click "VIEW FILES"
A page will then pop up that lists all your cookies. Delete every one that has powysdomesticabuse.org in the name, there might be more than one.


To delete cookies using Netscape/Mozilla:
Click TOOLS> then click "cookie manager"
then click "Manage stored cookies"
A page will then pop up that lists all your cookies. Delete every one that has powysdomesticabuse.org in the name, there might be more than one.

To delete cookies using the AOL browser:
Go to Settings on your top toolbar, choose Preferences, then Internet Properties/WWW. Click the button that says Delete Cookies, and OK your way out.

If you do NOT want to delete all your cookies, click the Settings button (near the Delete Cookies button), then View Files, find the specific cookies, highlight individually and right-click/delete.

Viewing cookies on your hard drive

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x and 6.x users running Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 can delete and/or view cookies on the hard disk drive by opening the "C:\Document and Settings\<user>\cookies" folder, where <user> is the name of your account used to log onto the computer.

Other Internet Explorer users may locate the cookies in one of the below directories.

• Windows 95 / 98 users - C:\Windows\Cookies
• Windows NT users - C:\WinNT\Administrator\Cookies

Disabling cookies

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x users can disable or warn for cookies by clicking the "View" menu, "Options", "Advanced" and select "Never accept cookies" or "Warn me before accepting cookies".
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x users can disable cookies by clicking the "View" menu, "Internet Options", "Advanced" and select "Never accept cookies" or "Warn me before accepting cookies".
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x users can disable or manage their cookie settings by clicking the "View" menu, "Internet Options",  and selecting the "Privacy" tab.

Enabling cookies

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x users can enable cookies by clicking the "View" menu, "Options", "Advanced", and unselecting "Never accept cookies" or "Warn me before accepting cookies".
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x users can enable cookies by clicking the "View" menu, "Internet Options", Advanced" and unselecting "Never accept cookies" or "Warn me before accepting cookies".
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x users can enable or manage their cookie settings by clicking the "View" menu, "Internet Options",  and selecting the "Privacy" tab.

Mozilla Firefox users

Deleting cookies on your hard drive

Mozilla Firefox 1.0 users can delete the cookies on their hard disk drive by clicking the "Tools" menu, "Options", clicking the "Piracy" button, and under "Cookies" click the Clear button.

Disabling cookies

To disable Mozilla Firefox 1.0 cookies, click the "Tools" menu, "Options", clicking the "Piracy" button, and under "Cookies" uncheck the "Allow sites to set cookies" option.

Enabling cookies

To enable Mozilla Firefox 1.0 cookies, click the "Tools" menu, "Options", clicking the "Piracy" button, under "Cookies" check the "Allow sites to set cookies" option.

Netscape users

Deleting cookies on your hard drive

Netscape 7.x users can manage and delete cookies by clicking the "Tools" menu and then "Cookie Manager".

Disabling cookies

• Netscape 4.x users can disable cookies by clicking the "Edit" menu, "Preferences", "Advanced", and select "Warn before accepting cookies".
• Netscape 7.x users can disable cookies by clicking the "Tools" menu and then opening the  "Cookie Manager".

Enabling cookies

• Netscape 4.x users can enable cookies by clicking the "Edit" menu, "Preferences", "Advanced", and unselect "Warn before accepting cookies".
• Netscape 7.x users can enable cookies by clicking the "Tools" menu and then opening the "Cookie Manager"

Opera users

Opera users can manage, disable, and enable their cookies by clicking the "File" menu, "Preferences", and selecting "Privacy".