Solved Unusual IE8 Explorer History Entries

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Mike Philip

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I am new to W7 and have noticed my IE Explorer history contains quite a few odd entries that are usually bracketed as follows { }. Within the { } are a seemingly random set of numbers and letters divided by dashes. For example {1234-AB12-YZ456789AB etc.}. Any ideas on what these are ?
 

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64 bit Home Premium
Do you use any kind of third-party system cleaners, and did you ever clear your IE history this way before?

I would imagine that these are history entries that Windows/IE "forgot" about, meaning they're missing from the index.dat file...so the history no longer knows how to display them with their actual date/time and the link.

That's just an educated guess, but it's probably a harmless anomaly. Try clearing your history (properly, from the Internet Options control panel) and then observing if this happens again later on.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom-built
OS
Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz
Motherboard
Asus PL5D2
Memory
4GB DDR2-667 (4x1GB in dual-channel config)
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GeForce 9800 GT
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Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer P236H
Screen Resolution
1920x1200 (DVI)
Hard Drives
OCZ SSD Vertex Plus 60GB SATA (Firmware 3.55), 64MB cache
Hitachi HD321KJ SATA, 320GB, 7200rpm, 16MB cache
PSU
Antec TruePower 2.0
Case
Cooler Master Centurion
Cooling
Too many fans
Keyboard
Standard
Mouse
Microsoft wireless optical mouse
Internet Speed
AT&T U-verse (18mbit/sec)
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
Other devices:
Compaq CQ-60 laptop
Google Nexus 7 (2012) tablet
Nvidia SHIELD tablet (US/LTE)
Hardkernel ODROID-XU single-board computer (Samsung Exynos 5420)
I have cleared history as you have said before and do not use any third party cleaners. I wondered if they were tracking cookies.? There seem to be a large number of them.
 

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OS
64 bit Home Premium
Some programs use IE to render HTML pages within the application (Outlook, for example), and then these pages show in the history of IE. It could be something like that, perhaps?
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
CreepinJesus Mk. IV
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel Core i5-2500 3.3GHz
Motherboard
Asus P8H67-M PRO
Memory
8GB DDR3 1333MHz
Graphics Card(s)
On-board
Sound Card
On-board
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster BX2250 22.5" LED-backlit LCD
Screen Resolution
1920 * 1080
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility 3 120GB, SATA-III
PSU
Thermaltake Toughpower Grand TPG-650M
Case
Lian-Li PC-A04
Cooling
Standard fans. They blow.
Keyboard
Logitech K360
Mouse
Generic Logitech from the bargain-bin by the checkout
Internet Speed
Over 9000! ...Mbps.
Other Info
Chocolate digestives are my favourite biscuit.
Aha, Creepin, you could well be right. I use Outlook a lot and quite a few emails require me to right click to download embedded pictures. It is quite likely that. I will check and see specifically if they appear fter such downloads. Thanks for the lead.
 

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64 bit Home Premium
Indeed Crepin,
I reckon you have solved my problem. I opened an email with such pictures, then went to a regular IE favourites site, then another email, then another site etc. and, sure enough, between eack known site, where I had opened an email, there were some of those strange history references. Many thanks - it had me worried.
 

My Computer

OS
64 bit Home Premium
Didn't even think of that! Good catch CreepinJesus :thumbsup:
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom-built
OS
Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz
Motherboard
Asus PL5D2
Memory
4GB DDR2-667 (4x1GB in dual-channel config)
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GeForce 9800 GT
Sound Card
Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer P236H
Screen Resolution
1920x1200 (DVI)
Hard Drives
OCZ SSD Vertex Plus 60GB SATA (Firmware 3.55), 64MB cache
Hitachi HD321KJ SATA, 320GB, 7200rpm, 16MB cache
PSU
Antec TruePower 2.0
Case
Cooler Master Centurion
Cooling
Too many fans
Keyboard
Standard
Mouse
Microsoft wireless optical mouse
Internet Speed
AT&T U-verse (18mbit/sec)
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
Other devices:
Compaq CQ-60 laptop
Google Nexus 7 (2012) tablet
Nvidia SHIELD tablet (US/LTE)
Hardkernel ODROID-XU single-board computer (Samsung Exynos 5420)
Yay :) Glad I could help!
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
CreepinJesus Mk. IV
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel Core i5-2500 3.3GHz
Motherboard
Asus P8H67-M PRO
Memory
8GB DDR3 1333MHz
Graphics Card(s)
On-board
Sound Card
On-board
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster BX2250 22.5" LED-backlit LCD
Screen Resolution
1920 * 1080
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility 3 120GB, SATA-III
PSU
Thermaltake Toughpower Grand TPG-650M
Case
Lian-Li PC-A04
Cooling
Standard fans. They blow.
Keyboard
Logitech K360
Mouse
Generic Logitech from the bargain-bin by the checkout
Internet Speed
Over 9000! ...Mbps.
Other Info
Chocolate digestives are my favourite biscuit.

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
CreepinJesus Mk. IV
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel Core i5-2500 3.3GHz
Motherboard
Asus P8H67-M PRO
Memory
8GB DDR3 1333MHz
Graphics Card(s)
On-board
Sound Card
On-board
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster BX2250 22.5" LED-backlit LCD
Screen Resolution
1920 * 1080
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility 3 120GB, SATA-III
PSU
Thermaltake Toughpower Grand TPG-650M
Case
Lian-Li PC-A04
Cooling
Standard fans. They blow.
Keyboard
Logitech K360
Mouse
Generic Logitech from the bargain-bin by the checkout
Internet Speed
Over 9000! ...Mbps.
Other Info
Chocolate digestives are my favourite biscuit.
Corazon said:
Didn't even think of that! Good catch CreepinJesus :thumbsup:
Click to expand...
Made me take a look at his system specs. Interesting mouse, PSU, cooling (I have the same fan), and other info.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
OQO 2+
OS
Windows 8 Pro w/MC 32-bit
CPU
Intel Atom 1.86 GHz
Motherboard
OQO 2+
Memory
2 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel GMA 500
Sound Card
IDT
Monitor(s) Displays
LCD
Screen Resolution
800 x 480 (portable) 1280 x 1024 (docked)
Hard Drives
64 GB SSD
PSU
9 Ah Battery (portable) or OQO Brick (docked)
Case
Shirt Pocket Sized
Cooling
Tiny Fan
Keyboard
Slide out (portable) DiNovo Edge (docked)
Mouse
Eraser head (portable) Logitech Bluetooth (docked)
Internet Speed
WWAN or 802.11G (portable) T1 (docked)
Browser
IE 10
Other Info
DVD-RW OQO Docking Station
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