Windows XP knows a lot a can tell a lot about you. It can tell about your passwords, visited web pages, downloaded files, installed files, and deleted applications. Luckily, hiding all that information is not as hard as it seems.

If you are one of those people who just copy their secret passwords inintoxchange buffer while online, you should break that habit immediately. Here is why. The thing is that some web pages can read what is in that buffer, although that happens only if you are using the Internet Explorer browser.

Let’s see how it happens on a simple example. You are entering a couple of words or phrases in the Microsoft Word program and then copying them by using the “Ctrl+C” combination on your keyboard. Then, open your Internet Explorer and go to www.novnet.org/pub/ie-clipboard-test/ie-clipboard-test.html. There you will see the contents of your buffer. However, in Internet Explorer 7, this website can access to buffer only with your agreement. But if you are using all the previous versions of that browser, the copied text will appear right away.
The secret of that website is in a JavaScript module, which copies your text from the exchange buffer and shows it.

The best option is to start using Firefox or Opera

The other program that can tell more about you is X-Ways Trace. It shows what websites you have visited and how much time you have spent there, and even what files you have downloaded. To know what spies can see, you just need to use this program (www.x-ways.net). It gives all information about your behavior on a particular website.

Moreover, you can get the list of all hided system files and the whole net configuration of any computer. You have to write down these two commands (dir/q/s/a:h/t: a % a%systemroot%^^c:\result.txt ipconfig/all^^c:result.txt) in a file with resolution bat and open it. Then open the file C:\result.txt and all data will be in it.
There are many other things and other ways to know about yourself or someone else by using your Windows XP.