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Solved! My son always removes the battery from his laptop will that hide the history

No, but its not good for the hard drive. To delete History you have to go under tools or options and select delete history.
 
Solution
Improperly shutting down any PC is asking for file system corruption. Worst case scenario, your son corrupts the OS and you have to re-install or repair it.