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COMPUTER HARDWARE QUIZ
Computer hardware questions and answers
HOW DO CLEAR INTERNET HISTORY
How do I clear my Internet browser history?
Question
How do I clear my Internet browser history?
Answers
As you browse the Internet, each of the items you view are saved locally on your hard drive. This helps web pages you visit frequently load faster by loading the files from you hard drive instead of having to downloading the web page again. To conserve hard drive space or to help keep their Internet browsing private, users may find it necessary to delete their Internet History, below is how to do this.
Tip: If you clear your Internet browser history often you may also want to consider browsing in incognito mode.
Tip: In the Address bar press the shortcut key Shift + Delto individually delete items from your address bar.
Microsoft Internet Explorer users
Mozilla Firefox users
Google Chrome users
Opera users
Safari users
Netscape Navigator users
Mozilla Firefox users
Google Chrome users
Opera users
Safari users
Netscape Navigator users
Tip: Users running Internet Explorer 7.0 and above will need to press the Alt key in order to access the file menu to get access to options such as File, Tools, etc.
Viewing History
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and above users can view their history files by clicking the "Tools" menu, "Internet Options", clicking the "Settings" button under the Browsing history, and then clicking the "View Files" button.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x users can view their history files by clicking the "Tools" menu, "Internet Options", clicking the "Settings" button, and then clicking the "View Files" button.
Deleting History
Press CTRL + Shift + DEL to open the Clear Browsing History window.
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- Microsoft Windows users running Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and above can delete their history files by clicking the "Tools" menu, "Internet Options", and clicking the "Delete Files" or "Delete" button. Users also have the option of automatically deleting files each time the close the browser window by clicking the "Advanced" tab and checking "Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed" under the "Security" section.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x users on an Apple Macintosh can delete the history by clicking the "Hard Drive" icon, "System", "Preferences", "Explorer", and moving the history file into the trash.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 and lower users can delete their history by clicking the "View" menu, "Options", open the tab "Advanced", click the "Settings" tab, and click the "Empty Folder" button.
Viewing History
Press Ctrl + H to open the left-side history bar.
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Click History at the top of the window.
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Users using earlier versions of Mozilla Firefox can also view their history by clicking "Go" and clicking "History."
Deleting History
Press CTRL + Shift + DEL to open the Clear All History window.
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Mozilla Firefox users can clear their history by clicking the "Tools" menu, "Options", clicking the "Privacy" button, and under "History" click the "Clear" or "Clear Now" button.
Tip: If you don't see the File, Edit, View menu press the Alt key.
Viewing History
Press Ctrl + H to open the left-side history bar.
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Click on the "wrench" or "Menu" icon, which is located near the top-right side of the browser window and then clickHistory.
Deleting History
Press CTRL + Shift + DEL to open the Clear Browsing Data Window.
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- Click on the "wrench" or "Menu" icon, which is located near the top-right side of the browser window.
- Move your mouse over Tools, then select Clear browsing data...
- Select the amount of time you want to go back to delete in your history. You can choose from the past hour, the past day, the past week, the last four weeks, and the beginning of time.
- Select the types of history you would like to delete. You can choose as many as you like from this list: Clear browsing history, Clear download history, Empty the cache, Delete cookies and other site and plug-in data, Clear saved passwords, and Clear saved Autofill form data.
- Click the Clear browsing data button. This will clear the selected types of Internet history for the chosen time period.
Viewing History
Click Help and then About. Within the About Opera window you'll see the full path to where the cached files are stored. Browse to that file path to view cached files.
Deleting History
Opera users can delete their history by clicking the "File" menu, "Preferences", "History", and click "Empty now" button. In addition, users can check "Empty on exit" if they wish for this task to occur each time they exit the browser.
Viewing History
Press Ctrl + H to open the left-side history bar.
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Click on the "gear" icon , which is located near the top-right side of the browser window and then click History.
Deleting History
- Click on the "gear" icon , which is located near the top-right side of the browser window.
- Click the Reset Safari... link to get the below window. Leave everything checked if you want to clear everything out or just keep Clear history checked to clear the history. Once your options have been selected click the Reset button.
Viewing History
- Microsoft Windows users can view history by first opening Netscape and click the "Edit" menu, "Preferences", "History", and view the location where Netscape is storing your files. Next, open this folder within Explorer.
Deleting History
- Netscape users can delete their history files by clicking the "Edit" menu, "Preferences", "History", and click the "Clear History" button.
Additional information
- How can I clear my browsing history on exit?
- How do I view, edit, and disable Google search History?
- See the cache and history definitions for further information about each of these terms.
TOP 10 KEYBOARD SHORTCUT KEY
Top 10 keyboard shortcuts everyone should know
Using keyboard shortcuts can greatly increase your productivity, reduce repetitive strain, and help keep you focused. For example, highlighting text with the keyboard and pressing Ctrl + C is much faster than taking your hand from the keyboard, highlighting the text using the mouse, clicking copy from the file menu, and then putting your hand back in place on the keyboard. Below are our top 10 keyboard shortcuts we recommend everyone memorize and use.
Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert
Copy the highlighted text or selected item.
Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert
Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + Y
Undo any change. For example, if you cut text, pressing this will undo it. This can also often be pressed multiple times to undo multiple changes. Pressing Ctrl + Y would redo the undo.
Ctrl + F
Open the Find in any program. This includes your Internet browser to find text on the current page.
Alt + Tab or Alt + Esc
Quickly switch between open programs moving forward.
Tip: Press Ctrl + Tab to switch between tabs in a program.
Tip: Adding the Shift key to Alt + Tab or Ctrl + Tab will move backwards. For example, if you are pressing Alt + Tab and pass the program you want to switch to, press Alt + Shift + Tab to move backwards to that program.
Tip: Windows Vista and 7 users can also press the Windows Key + Tab to switch through open programs in a full screenshot of the Window.
Ctrl + Back space and Ctrl + Left or Right arrow
Pressing Ctrl + Backspace will delete a full word at a time instead of a single character.
Holding down the Ctrl key while pressing the left or right arrow will move the cursor one word at a time instead of one character at a time. If you wanted to highlight one word at a time you can hold down Ctrl + Shift and then press the left or right arrow key to move one word at a time in that direction while highlighting each word.
Ctrl + S
While working on a document or other file in almost every program pressing Ctrl + S will save that file. This shortcut key should be used frequently anytime you're working on anything important.
Ctrl + Home or Ctrl + End
Move the cursor to the beginning or end of a document.
Ctrl + P
Print the page being viewed. For example, the document in Microsoft Word or the web page in your Internet browser.
Page Up, Space bar, and Page Down
Pressing either the page up or page down key will move that page one page at a time in that direction. When browsing the Internet pressing the space bar will also move the page down one page at a time. If you press Shift and the Space bar the page will go up a page at a time.
Tip: If you are using the space bar to go down one page at a time press the Shift key and space bar to go up one page at a time.
KEYBOARD FUNCTION USE
What are the F1 through F12 keys?
Question
What are the F1 through F12 keys?
Answer
Commonly known as "function keys", F1 through F12 may have a variety of different uses or no use at all. Depending on the installed operating system and the software program currently open will change how each of these keys operate. A program is capable of not only using each of the function keys, but also combining the function keys with the ALT or CTRL key, for example, Microsoft Windows users can press ALT + F4 to close the program currently active.
Below is a short-listing of some of the common functions of the functions keys. As mentioned above not all programs support function keys and may perform different tasks then those mentioned below. If you are looking for more specific shortcut keys and function key examples we suggest seeing our shortcut key page.
F1
- Almost always used as the help key, almost every program will open the help screen when this key is pressed.
- Enter CMOS Setup.
- Windows Key + F1 would open the Microsoft Windows help and support center.
- Open the Task Pane.
F2
- In Windows renames a highlighted icon, file, or folder in all versions of Windows.
- Alt + Ctrl + F2 opens document window in Microsoft Word.
- Ctrl + F2 displays the print preview window in Microsoft Word.
- Quickly rename a selected file or folder.
- Enter CMOS Setup.
F3
- Often opens a search feature for many programs including Microsoft Windows when at the Windows Desktop..
- In MS-DOS or Windows command line F3 will repeat the last command.
- Shift + F3 will change the text in Microsoft Word from upper to lower case or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.
- Windows Key + F3 opens the Advanced find window in Microsoft Outlook.
- Open Mission Control on an Apple computer running Mac OS X.
F4
- Open find window in Windows 95 to XP.
- Open the address bar in Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer.
- Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
- Alt + F4 will close the program window currently active in Microsoft Windows.
- Ctrl + F4 will close the open window within the current active window in Microsoft Windows.
F5
- In all modern Internet browsers pressing F5 will refresh or reload the page or document window.
- Open the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word.
- Starts a slideshow in PowerPoint.
F6
- Move the cursor to the Address bar in Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and most other Internet browsers.
- Ctrl + Shift + F6 opens to another open Microsoft Word document.
F7
- Commonly used to spell check and grammar check a document in Microsoft programs such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, etc.
- Shift + F7 runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted.
- Turns on Caret browsing in Mozilla Firefox.
F8
- Function key used to enter the Windows startup menu, commonly used to access Windows Safe Mode.
F9
- Opens the Measurements toolbar in Quark 5.0.
- With Mac OS 10.3 or later shows all open Windows.
- Using the Fn key and F9 at the same time will open Mission Control on an Apple computer running Mac OS X.
F10
- In Microsoft Windows activates the menu bar of an open application.
- Shift + F10 is the same as right-clicking on a highlighted icon, file, or Internet link.
- Access the hidden recovery partition on HP and Sony computers.
- Enter CMOS Setup.
- With Mac OS 10.3 or later shows all open Windows for active program.
F11
- Full-screen mode in all modern Internet browsers.
- Ctrl + F11 as computer is starting to access the hidden recovery partition on many Dell computers.
- Access the hidden recovery partition on eMachines, Gateway, and Lenovo computers.
- With Mac OS 10.4 or later hides all open windows and shows theDesktop.
F12
- Open the Save as window in Microsoft Word.
- Shift + F12 save the Microsoft Word document.
- Ctrl + Shift + F12 prints a document in Microsoft Word.
- Preview a page in Microsoft Expression Web
- Open Firebug.
- With an Apple running Mac OS 10.4 or later F12 will show or hides the Dashboard.
F13 - F24
Early IBM computers also had keyboards with F13 through F24 keys. However, because these keyboards are no longer used they are not listed on this page.
Additional information
- Computer keyboard keys and explanations.
- Computer keyboard shortcuts
- See the function keys definition for further information about this term and related terms.
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