Re: Does XP track your data?

From: Lester Stiefel (les7206_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:29:46 -0500

Drew Cooper [MSFT] wrote:
> If you're running XP Pro, "cipher /w" at the cmdline does a decent job of
> this.

   There are two DOD wipe programs I know of -- Possibly more.

My Favorite is Norton (in with their Sysworks), and one I
just dl'd from tucows is called bcwipe (for bestcrypt) from
best data systems.
Look on PCmag ZDnet/Cnet , and on other shareware sites such
as tucows. You can find one as low as $19 US but these are
not often good. Bestdata bestcrypt wiper is about 39 USD and
sounds like it will do a decent job.

  One other item is that you need to clean out the registry
what files were handled as well. These places are "comdlg32"
,copyMoveTo, and RecentFiles lists along with StreamMRU.
In the righ pane of these keys is the data. Item such as
1,2,3 or a,b,c can be deleted. The MRUlist or MRUlistEx
values remain but are opened in dialog and the contents of
the list are removed. MRUlistEx must end in 4 par of F's in
order to function. All other number/letter pairs are erased
by pressing/holding del key on the keyboard.

   When theses keys and their subkeys are cleaned, the
database is then expunged of any record that the system had
of what files were handled.

   No records and files that are trashed to where no-one can
retrieve them is the key to a clean system. 

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  • Re: Does XP track your data?
    ... just dl'd from tucows is called bcwipe (for bestcrypt) from ... In the righ pane of these keys is the data. ... The MRUlist or MRUlistEx ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: Does XP track your data?
    ... just dl'd from tucows is called bcwipe (for bestcrypt) from ... In the righ pane of these keys is the data. ... The MRUlist or MRUlistEx ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
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