Objectionable Content

I have bought a new (used) computer and want to know if there is any way to find out if it was ever used to view pornographic web sites or has any objectional content on it. When I go to the IE (6SP1) History tool bar, it only has "Today" listed. Is there anyway to go further back? How about finding old files that might have been deleted? After a file is removed from the trash can, is it gone for good? I need to know this so that my nieces and nephews can not accidentally (or purposely) run into such information as they are computer wizzes! Thanks in advance.
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I'm stuck inside this thing!

If you don't have the detailed history of the machine you should erase the
disk and start over. It's not only objectionable material that you should be
concerned about, but viruses and trojans.
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html
W98 RESTORE DISK AND INSTALLATION PROCEDURES.
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"Paradoxdb3" wrote in message
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I have bought a new (used) computer and want to know if there is any way to
find out if it was ever used to view pornographic web sites or has any
objectional content on it. When I go to the IE (6SP1) History tool bar, it
only has "Today" listed. Is there anyway to go further back? How about
finding old files that might have been deleted? After a file is removed
from the trash can, is it gone for good? I need to know this so that my
nieces and nephews can not accidentally (or purposely) run into such
information as they are computer wizzes! Thanks in advance.
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I'm stuck inside this thing!

If you can connect to the net on this machine? Go to:
http://www.contentpurity.com/scanintro.htm

Click Start/Now button and follow instructions.
It will show anything including things that may have just
words like sex,porn,violence,etc. This is not a complete
scan but will give some direction. And it's free. What
should one expect.
-----Original Message-----
I have bought a new (used) computer and want to know if
there is any way to find out if it was ever used to view
pornographic web sites or has any objectional content on
it. When I go to the IE (6SP1) History tool bar, it only
has "Today" listed. Is there anyway to go further back?
How about finding old files that might have been deleted?
After a file is removed from the trash can, is it gone for
good? I need to know this so that my nieces and nephews
can not accidentally (or purposely) run into such
information as they are computer wizzes! Thanks in
advance.
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I'm stuck inside this thing!
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