PC Automatically Loads Previous Surfing Tabs

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The discussion revolves around the automatic loading of previous internet session tabs on a PC, exploring potential causes and implications. Participants touch on settings in web browsers, the influence of security software, and the behavior of cookies and server logins.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants mention that the behavior is related to browser settings in Chrome and Firefox that allow starting a previous session.
  • There is a suggestion that Norton Ghost may impose restrictions affecting web surfing, although this is not universally accepted.
  • One participant questions whether the session reload settings could cause issues with logging onto servers used in previous sessions, depending on cookie settings.
  • Another participant elaborates that if a page logs a user off automatically, the "start with previous session" option may lead to various outcomes, including being redirected or encountering errors.
  • Concerns are raised about browser history and cache management, with one participant noting the significant size of their Chrome history despite attempts to clear it.
  • There are humorous exchanges regarding data collection practices by browsers and the randomness of search queries as a means to disrupt algorithms.

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Participants express varying views on the causes of the automatic loading of tabs, with no clear consensus on the implications of browser settings, security software, or cookie behavior. The discussion includes both technical explanations and humorous asides, indicating a mix of serious inquiry and light-hearted banter.

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Some assumptions about browser behavior and user settings remain unverified, and the discussion does not resolve the technical complexities involved in session management and data handling.

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Hi All,
Just curious: every time I connect , go online, my PC automatically loads
all the tabs from my previous internet session. Why is it doing this?
Thanks.
 
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It is a setting in chrome and firefox: start previous session.
 
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I see, a restriction of sorts , of Norton Ghost, to web surfing. Thanks.
 
Would that, the settings to reload previous session, explain problems in that PC is trying to logon to server I used in previous session?
 
WWGD said:
Would that, the settings to reload previous session, explain problems in that PC is trying to logon to server I used in previous session?
I guess this depends on your and/or the cookie settings of the login page. If the page automatically logs you off, then the "start with previous session" option will either get you on the login page, wants you to resend the query information or might struggle to find the correct entry point, which might also depend on the programming code. Some webpages automatically redirect to their index page, if the information for specific pages isn't available anymore and others simply send a 404.
 
fresh_42 said:
I guess this depends on your and/or the cookie settings of the login page. If the page automatically logs you off, then the "start with previous session" option will either get you on the login page, wants you to resend the query information or might struggle to find the correct entry point, which might also depend on the programming code. Some webpages automatically redirect to their index page, if the information for specific pages isn't available anymore and others simply send a 404.
I log of at the end of each session, and then turn the machine off. So I imagine cache is emptied.
 
I wouldn't bet. I empty my Chrome history from time to time and it is always around 500 MB or more. Maybe it's different for FF, which I stopped using because it loaded everything in one process which soon got so large, that one had to regularly quit the program and restart it. As I've been annoyed long enough, I switched to Chrome, which has a better load distribution. The disadvantage (and also advantage) is, that it remembers basically everything. I know its mama is a huge data collector but I don't care. Shall they get happy with it.
 
fresh_42 said:
I wouldn't bet. I empty my Chrome history from time to time and it is always around 500 MB or more. Maybe it's different for FF, which I stopped using because it loaded everything in one process which soon got so large, that one had to regularly quit the program and restart it. As I've been annoyed long enough, I switched to Chrome, which has a better load distribution. The disadvantage (and also advantage) is, that it remembers basically everything. I know its mama is a huge data collector but I don't care. Shall they get happy with it.
You can always throw the data collection off by doing random searches when, e.g., you take a bathroom or otherwise break: Albanian Puppetry, 13th century Mongolian coins, then NASCAR, Kasperle guignol, etc. Let them fit that into any ML algorithm.
 
WWGD said:
You can always throw the data collection off by doing random searches when, e.g., you take a bathroom or otherwise break: Albanian Puppetry, 13th century Mongolian coins, then NASCAR, Kasperle guignol, etc. Let them fit that into any ML algorithm.
So it is you, who is responsible for the 83 hits I got for "underwater biathlon"?! :-p
 
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fresh_42 said:
So it is you, who is responsible for the 83 hits I got for "underwater biathlon"?!
Yes, as well as for my motto : " One is a Crowd".
 
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WWGD said:
Yes, as well as for my motto : " One is a Crowd".
You really shouldn't say this to a German ...
 
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fresh_42 said:
You really shouldn't say this to a German ...
Sorry, not getting the reference.
 
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WWGD said:
Yes, as well as for my motto : " One is a Crowd".
Reminds me on a pun I recently read:

My morning ritual.
I wake up and wished I was dead.
Then I drink a coffee and wished all others were.
 
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WWGD said:
Sorry, not getting the reference.
Crowd = Kraut
 
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fresh_42 said:
Crowd = Kraut
Wow, I thought I had the worse possible puns, but you beat me on that one.
 
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