Computer question?

Question

when someone deletes your history off your internet, how can you get it back or at least see where that person has gone on the computer? besides looking at the cookies, they dont tell you everything.

Answer 1

Try clicking the History button on your browser, or if you are using IE you can go into the registry. But beware, you should not make any changes while you're in the registry, as it can basically kill your computer if you make the wrong change.

Click Start, Run, type regedit and click OK.

If you are logged on to this person's account:

Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
Expand Software.
Expand Microsoft.
Expand Internet Explorer.
Open TypedURLs.

This will only display page names actually typed into the browser (not accessed through links), and if the history has been cleared, this will be empty.

Answer 2

Once a history is deleted, you really don't have much of a way to 'get it back'. Obviously the cookies file is one option but again, doesn't tell you everything. Another option is to 'dig through' the internet Cache folder. As you surf the web, each graphic image is stored in a folder as it is downloaded for viewing. This way, when you redisplay this page, the images are already at your PC and the system and redisplay it quicker. If you find this folder with Windows Explorer you can then 'browse through it' and possibly find what you are looking for. Generally this file is located at: C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files.

However, if what you are trying to do is determine where the other user(s) are surfing this won't give you a full nor acurate picture. What can be done is to establish 'user accounts' on the PC and the restrict this user so that they cannot delete history nor clear cache. But here's where I would approach this user... ask them why they feel the need to delete history. There is absolutely no need to. It takes up a very small amount of room and it doesn't slow down the system. Tell them .. don't delete history. If they continue... then point blank ask why and then restrict access to the system altogether if they fail to comply.

If this is a spouse or 'significant other' the obviously there are other issues going on and these won't be resolved by 'spying on them'.

Hope this helps and good luck!

Answer 3

Maybe if they deleted history they don't want you looking where they've gone???

Cookies give you very little information. If they didn't take the extra step to delete all internet files you can do a search for .jpg files on the C drive to find the folder where your internet connection stores files temporarily for easier viewing. Then go into that folder and sort by descending size. The largest files will be the images that were viewed as full size.

I did this with a company laptop that was handed down to me and found some very interesting pictures (lol). I never mentioned it to the previous owner as not to embarass him. I guess most people are curious about what you can see online once in awhile.

Answer 4

I am so sorry to say this to you, sweetheart, but once your history off the Internet is deleted, you don't get it back. It is the use of a computer software program called McAfee QuickClean.

Answer 5

If you have an undelete program installed on your PC and use it immediately after they have deleted the history, you may be able to recover some on the history files. But beyond that, there is no practical way of doing it.