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whistlinggypsy

can some of the more informed help with this little problem, every time i log on and right click too enter my username a list of 12 names appears, 1 is my username, 1 is my misspelt username, 9 are names i have never heard of and one is strangely enough peejay. Question

I have no idea why these extra names appear, i have not entered them nor do i know how to remove them, so any ideas please Exclamation

Bob

twooks

I assume you log out each time you quit, why don't you simply stay logged on????? or is it a daft question? in which case apologies - but I do ask a lot of daft questions over time Embarassed

presumably you have a form of auto-complete, so the system is trying to be helpful and give you options to save you typing everything in, and since peejay is just naturally helpful - it puts him in for good measure Razz

whistlinggypsy

twooks, i do stay logged in while i am in the house but when i go out i always log off and shut down for saftey.

Bob

nukeadmin · Site Admin

any names that show up in that list are browser stored lists of things you have typed in before in similar named boxes (its called autocomplete in IE)

to delete them in IE you move your cursor over them and hit the delete button when they are highlighted Smile

TonyHunt

I never log out and Im always still there when I shutdown and comeback.

whistlinggypsy

Thanks nuke all cleared up,

Tony, I thought that if you did not log out of a programme it was open to nasty peeps doing naughty things, please correct me if this is not the case.

twooks

Invicta

I have the mhf site stored in my favourites. So easy just to click on!

As far as security is concerned, my computer is set to return to my user page after being idle for 5 minutes. All I have to do then is type in my password and hey ho all my files that have been hidden are back for my eyes alone.

I have been very busy putting passwords on all the user accounts on the other computer in the house, known only to me of course. This follows my grandson coming in last weekend while I was away and downloading loads of games and other potentially risky virus infiltrating stuff off the internet. He is going to have such a shock when he comes in on Thursday night on his way to Scouts!!! His mother has now done the same on the computer he uses at home.

Is it just my grandsons or are other teenage boys drawn like a magnet to the internet as soon as they walk through the door?!