in private is turned on??

FirstTimer4Me

hiya

a webpage suddenly appeared stating "in private is turned on"

can anyone explain what it means and how it suddenly appreared?

ta for any help anyone can give.

juliescot

Are you using Firefox?

If so private browsing means that your cookies and history of that session are not stored.

You will find it under Tools

KingL

IE8 has got a version too.

FirstTimer4Me

juliescot wrote: »

Are you using Firefox?

thank you for your help no i have ie8

FirstTimer4Me

KingL wrote: »

IE8 has got a version too.

ta for the link i'm trying to understand it tho

ok i opened a new tab (google) then clicked on the right hand side safety then selected in private browsing

in private browsing opened up so do i now select another new tab (google is my home page) and carry on browsing

juliescot

FirstTimer4Me wrote: »

ta for the link i'm trying to understand it tho

ok i opened a new tab (google) then clicked on the right hand side safety then selected in private browsing

in private browsing opened up so do i now select another new tab (google is my home page) and carry on browsing

Can't help you with IE8 but it is something you can use or not use in FF

FirstTimer4Me

juliescot wrote: »

Can't help you with IE8 but it is something you can use or not use in FF

thanks for replying there's lots of people on here more knowledgble than me hopefully someone will be able to advise me.

isofa

FirstTimer4Me wrote: »

thanks for replying there's lots of people on here more knowledgble than me hopefully someone will be able to advise me.

You can browse normally or "in private" in IE8 (and other browsers).

It's up to you which you choose. But - "in private" doesn't store "private data", cookies, history and so forth. Normal browsing does, which is often useful for seeing where you've been, going back to your history, remembering site settings and so forth.

When you open IE it should open in the normal mode (unless you've changed the settings), to open an "in private" window, use the InPrivate Browsing option from the Tools menu or press Ctrl+Shift+P

That new window will all be "in private" the other window will be "normal" you can have multiple tabs in both.

FirstTimer4Me

isofa wrote: »

That new window will all be "in private" the other window will be "normal" you can have multiple tabs in both.

thank you i think i'm understanding it now so if i want "in private" i have to select in private for each tab i open otherwise the tab will be general?