i got another computer a good few months ago .and when i turned it on i found he had left some undesirable things on the computer i have cleaned most of it off but is the a way i can clean the hard drive off things i do not want on my pc or have i just have to put up with it i do not understand computers verry mutch any help please

Stuff such as what?

Add/Remove programs will remove programs. Data files can be manually deleted.

Temporary files can be removed.

What type of stuff are you not able to remove?

stuff like web sites he has looked at still come up on my web search. not my google search i can deleat them but not the outher ones that come up on my task bar at the top search thanks

Auto Complete
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Turning off AutoComplete completely
If you don't like seeing your user names, passwords, and other information sitting in drop-down windows, tell Windows to stop by doing this:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Choose Internet Options from the Tools menu.
3. Click the Content tab.
4. Click the AutoComplete button.
5. Click to remove checkmarks from these items:

* Web addresses
* Forms
* User names and passwords on forms
* Prompt me to save passwords

6. Click the Clear Forms button.
7. Click the Clear Passwords button.
8. Click OK.

Deleting old entries from the Search Companion
But you're not through yet. Windows XP's Search Companion also includes an AutoComplete feature, so it can remember every file and phrase you've searched for. Here's how to turn it off, as well:

1. Choose Search from the Start menu.
2. Choose Change Preferences.
3. Choose Turn AutoComplete off.

Would it not be a lot easier to just run a fresh copy of XP on your computer?

If you have an XP disk to re install that is..

..and if you do have an XP disk you could also Format the hard drive,starting afresh -

BUT ONLY FORMAT IF YOU KNOW HOW...IT WILL ERASE YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM, ie, your current XP

you can easily clear the web browsing history. I'm assuming you use internet explorer so all you have to do is click on the tools tab and then click delete browsing history. Then a pop-up window will show up and give you more options about what to delete. I would just click delete all at the bottom and that should take care of the problem.