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Windows 7 Edition, Page 115

In Step 4, the command should be Eject, not Safely Remove. Apparently the menu changed between the pre-release version I used to write the book and the final release.

Internet Explorer History List Pruning

In the book I explain how to disable the History List. Alas, Internet Explorer still keeps "today's" visited pages in the list. So despite all the well-wishing, following the steps in the book does not utterly reset the history list to zero. Don't blame me! That's how Microsoft designed it.

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