Just like me, I pretty much don't want my history to be deleted at all because I can keep selectively visiting some sites without remembering the urls. Fiddling with the gpedit can be dangerous as some functions can be impeded.Tread carefully!
Bookmarking pages is a better method then relying on history which could conceivably disappear at any time. A Guy
Some people use it as "short term" bookmarks - say for a week or two. Favorites are for long term info. I cannot defend doing that, I'm just reporting what I've heard people tell me when I ask them if I can reset IE. I've also seen people that keep the history window pinned open. They refuse to use tabs, so every click is deeper down a path. The History listing lets them jump back to a place on that Z axis. The history in the forward/back arrows is not deep enough.
Some people start asking about this type of "history preservation" thing when they think that it is a practical way to monitor children or porn addicts. They eventually see that it does not work well for those purposes.
I go to the other extreme. I keep IE clear of cookies/data that can impact how a webpage is rendered. IE is where I test links before posting them. Especially ones that I've removed junk from.
@cicimi,
If monitoring another person is the goal, then there are too many places on the web detailing how to avoid being monitored. If this desire to preserve the history like they were bookmarks - then you are headed in the right direction. You need software (WinRAR or 7-Zip) to decompress the Enable Group Policy file.The W7 OS will not open it natively.
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