for those of us who have some hsitory in PC's.

The history files are mostly .dll extensions, which means that with the proper access and command propmpts the files can be uploaded to the net. One good program to read them is Spider, I lost the source URL for it.

It works, I can open it up and see every website visited by this sytem since the last reformat/reload.

Microsoft's excuse for this is "It speeds your browsing."

I think it is more like their 'Palladin' software, an attempt to gain even more domination of the market

Thats why a good firewall that prevents incoming and outgoing traffic is vital. (ZoneAlarm, Freedom, Tiny Personal Firewall)

And another reason that tonight before I go to bed, I am starting a download of LINUX.

And a warning, some programs that will wipe those history files, will also cripple your system.