What is InPrivate Browsing?

InPrivate browsing enables you to surf the web without leaving a trail in Internet Explorer. This helps prevent anyone else who might be using your computer from seeing what sites you visited and what you looked at on the web. You can start InPrivate browsing from the New Tab page or the Safety button.

When you start InPrivate browsing, Internet Explorer opens a new browser window. The protection that InPrivate browsing provides is in effect only during the time that you use that window. You can open as many tabs as you want in that window, and they will all be protected by InPrivate browsing. However, if you open another browser window, that window will not be protected by InPrivate browsing. To end your InPrivate browsing session, close the browser window.

While you are surfing the web using InPrivate browsing, Internet Explorer stores some information such as cookies and temporary Internet files, so the web pages you visit will work correctly. However, at the end of your InPrivate browsing session, this information is discarded. The following table describes which information InPrivate browsing discards when you close the browser and how it is affected during your browsing session:


Information                   How it is affected by InPrivate Browsing

Cookies                      Kept in memory so pages work correctly, but cleared when you close the browser.

Temporary                     Stored on disk so pages work correctly, but deleted when you close the browser.

Internet Files

Webpage history             This information is not stored.

Form data and                 This information is not stored. 

passwords

Anti-phishing                Temporary information is encrypted and stored so pages work correctly

cache

Address bar and             This information is not stored. 

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Automatic Crash            ACR can restore a tab when it crashes in a session, but if the whole window

Restore (ACR)              crashes, data is deleted and the window cannot be restored.


Document Object            The DOM storage is a kind of "super cookie" web developers can use to retain

Model (DOM) storage      information. Like regular cookies, they are not kept after the window is closed.

When to trust a website

Knowing when to trust a website depends in part on who publishes the website, what information they want, and what you want from the site.

If you are not familiar with a website or it does not have a privacy certification seal, it might not necessarily mean that you cannot trust it. Ask reliable friends or colleagues about the site. Search for references to the site on the Internet to see if a source, such as a magazine or company that you do trust, has referred to it. Read the website's privacy statements or other disclosures (but keep in mind that the site might not necessarily abide by them).

A website might not be trustworthy if:

• The site is referred to you through an e‑mail message from someone you don't know.
• The site offers objectionable content, such as pornography or illegal materials.
• The site makes offers that seem too good to be true, indicating a possible scam or the sale of illegal or pirated products.
• You are lured to the site by a bait and switch scheme, in which the product or service is not what you were expecting.
• You are asked for a credit card as a verification of identity or for personal information that does not seem necessary.
• You are asked to provide a credit card number without proof that the transaction is secure. 

Tablet PC Input Panel Password Security

The password security settings in Tablet PC Input Panel can provide increased security when you use a tablet pen to enter your password.

When the password security level is High or Medium-High, Input Panel automatically switches to the touch keyboard and doesn't show the pointer or highlight which keys you tap when you enter a password. Password security settings are activated in Input Panel when you move the pointer to a password box.

The Input Panel password security settings are grouped into five levels:

High

Medium-High

Medium

Medium-Low

Low

By default, the password security level for Input Panel is set to Medium-High.

To change your password security level

1.Tap to open Tablet PC Input Panel.

2.Tap Tools, and then tap Options.

3.Tap the Advanced tab, move the slider to the level you want, and then tap OK.

Warning

If you lower your password security level, anyone who can see your screen might be able to see your password.

The following table shows the password security settings for each level.

	High	Medium-High	Medium	Medium-Low	Low
Automatically switches to the touch keyboard when you enter a password	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Lets you switch to the writing pad when you enter a password	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Shows the pointer and the keys that are tapped on the touch keyboard when you enter a password	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes