OK... I am an ordinary home computer user who occasionally needs advice and assistance...so why are answers in windows help written in IT speak that sounds like a foreign language? If I knew what all that stuff meant I wouldn't need help anyway!! So: the problem is this: when I first started surfing the net I told my computer, when prompted, to keep a list of all the sites visited...how do I remove things from this ever-growing list?

How to clear the History entries in Internet Explorer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=157729

You can also use Ccleaner which is a cool tool:

http://www.ccleaner.com/

If you want to clear out .dat files you can use this:

http://support.it-mate.co.uk/?mode=P...index.datsuite