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Posted: **Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:42 pm**

Probably this could go in Misc Soft, but putting it here since it’s related to IE - XP SP1

In Internet Explorer General options (i.e. Tools --> Internet options menu) there’s a setting to specify the number of days to keep the pages in history. On my IE 6, surprisingly that option is disabled, i.e. I can’t change the number of days.
Any idea what can be done to enable the same?

It’s Win XP professional SP1 IE 6.0

Thanks…

Posted: **Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:58 pm**

Control Panel> Network and Internet connections> Internet Options

> General
> Temporary internet files

---> Settings
> Set to: Every visit to page

---> Days to keep pages in history
> Set to: 0-99 (Your choice)

Cactus

Posted: **Mon Oct 11, 2004 4:26 pm**

I'm not sure what Virus Scanning App your using but if it's McAfee there are known issues...

McAfee gave this solution to the bug where VirusScan 6 stops your Internet Explorer History file working. Hope it is of some help:

Open VirusScan console
Select "Pick a task..."
Select "Change my VirusScan settings"
Select "Configure VShield background scanning"
Select "Customise your VShield settings"

Select the "Internet Filter" icon from the icons down the left hand side On the "Detection" tab, in the 'Applet filters' section, remove the tick next to "ActiveX Controls".

I'm not sure if this applies to you or not but it's worth a look.

Cactus

Posted: **Mon Oct 11, 2004 6:58 pm**

Posted: **Mon Oct 11, 2004 9:15 pm**

Posted: **Wed Oct 13, 2004 9:28 am**

Great..it worked. I could change this days to keep value from registry.
Thanks..

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Disabled option 'days to keep pages in history'

Disabled option 'days to keep pages in history'