computer question

[drizzt_fan14]

When you delete all the temporary internet files, and clear the history, is there anyway to still view those websites you were on? I'm trying to find this one I was visiting before, and I can't remember what it was called and I erased all the history and internet files. Can anyone help?

This is what I'm talking about if it helps.

 

[Scythe]

you deleted temp files, cookies ands history

sorry, but there is no way...


UNLESS

i dont know if its still the case, but there used to be a log file in older xp versions that stored everything...every program you installed (and dates) and (and this is why my acting interesting matter) every site youve visited

chances are thats gone too, though, as there was some heavy critisism on that


besides that....did you ever talk about it to someone over msn or aim? cuz thos programs *can* have a chatlog...


thats all i can think of....if it doesnt help...Ravi will



EDIT:

i just remembered

i once had the exact same problem as you... i solved it cuz it was a forum, and i remembered one (one, thats right 1) username of which i was pretty sure it was unique... i did a google search on his name, and found another forum with him as member...went to memberlist, sent him an email and he gave me the url... myabe (long shot but hey) you can do the same?

 

[drizzt_fan14]

okay, I'll try that.

What's a log file, btw? :huh:

 

[Scythe]

a log file is some sort of diary

for messenger software like AIM, its a text file which contains everything thats been said; it conains your conversations

for windows, it contains your actions, like at that time you installed that software, at that time you visited that website, etc...

 

[drizzt_fan14]

cool. How would I get to it?

 

[proof]

How about this. What was the website about?

 

[proof]

Originally posted by proof@Jan 7 2006, 09:10 AM
How about this. What was the website about?

It's OK to tell us if it was monkey porn. We don't judge here.

 

[Scythe]

Originally posted by drizzt_fan14@Jan 7 2006, 04:07 PM
cool. How would I get to it?

well.....eh....


theyre text files

(txt extension or log extension)....eh....the logs for messenger software is in program files or (more often) in your documents folder (possible in your received files folder)


the windows one...heres what i found

Will the real Big Brother please stand up - Bill Gates ??
I believe that Microsoft, the software company that dominates our computers today, is spying on us all. All of us, that is, that have Microsoft products installed on our computers and surely that would be at least 99% I should think. Here's some instances of what Mr Gates and his gang are up to (I'll just mention a few, unfortunately it seems there are plenty to choose from.)

Most of us probably use some version of Internet Explorer as our browser - after all it usually comes installed by default when you buy a computer today and many people just use it because it's there. The IE browser is quite user friendly and easy to use but, as I've discovered, it has a dark side. IE indexes every web page you visit, including every graphic, and stores it in a secret folder on your hard disc. Has anyone ever noticed sometimes, when surfing with IE, that the hard disc drive will occasionally whir for a minute or two for no apparent reason? Well, this is when the browser is busy indexing what you are doing! The folder it stores the files in cannot be accessed from windows because it is totally invisible. It can, however, be accessed in DOS mode, (not the DOS in windows, you have to reboot in DOS proper.)

I was shocked when I went into DOS and found a folder that I knew nothing about, containing some 650 MEGS of files, which was in fact my surfing history of about 18 months since I got my current computer! Needless to say, I deleted it there and then using the DELTREE command (luckily I could still remember a few things about DOS.)

Anyone here use Outlook Express for their email? This does a similar nasty to IE - every email you send or receive along with all attachments is automatically stored in another secret folder!

Then there's Microsoft Word, the very popular word processor that also often comes ready-installed, or bundled with computers. What does this do? Yep - you've guessed - it secretly saves all your Word documents in yet ANOTHER secret file.

Then of course, there's the Windows operating System itself. Many of the little programs it runs have little built-in spying devices it seems - there really is no escape from this with a Windows system and the later the version, the worse it gets.

Why is Microsoft doing this you may ask? Well I can only hazard a guess, but maybe the FBI or some agency has persuaded Uncle Bill to put these little programs in place on his software to make it easier to keep us under surveillance - after all his company dominates the world in the software market and also, of course, has a huge presence on the internet.

There are plenty of alternatives to using Microsoft products of course. I've ditched Outlook Express and I now use Eudora. I still use IE because I'm used to it but I just go and delete the hidden files every now and then, but Netscape and Opera are good alternatives. It's even possible to dump the Windows operating system altogether and use Linux.

I would think that Mr Woodchuck and Cwohardy know quite a bit on what I'm talking about here! I know there is some good software available, such as Historykill, to combat this problem so maybe they can advise.

Here's a web site I found a while ago that told me where to look for the hidden files in DOS. The webmaster of this site is fighting a campaign against all things Microsoft. The entire site makes for interesting and disturbing reading, but if you want to get straight to the part that explains where the hidden files are and how to get rid of them, click on "Microsoft's Really Hidden Files", written by The Riddler, a friend of the webmaster. Sorry about the profanity in the URL btw but believe me, these guys ares deadly serious (and they know what they're talking about.)

now thats all i could find with a quick search....

it gave a link to http://www.-%--%--%--%-microsoft.com/ saying that site told you where to find the log but the sites down now (bill just cant take critisicm can he?)

....


....


ok im gonna be honest; i got nothing

so...now we know there is a log, just not where...so now ravi might be able to take over?......ravi?......RAVI????...

ok lets scold microsoft for violating our privacy till ravi arrives

 

[drizzt_fan14]

okay; Darn you Microsoft!! *shakes fist in air*

 

[dascoot]

Originally posted by drizzt_fan14@Jan 7 2006, 09:51 AM
okay; Darn you Microsoft!! *shakes fist in air*

:lol: :lol: Too cute.

 

[Scythe]

Originally posted by dascoot@Jan 7 2006, 05:47 PM
:lol: :lol: Too cute.

is there such a thing? :huh:

 

[dascoot]

No, she's just created a paradox.

 

[drizzt_fan14]

:huh:

 

[Scythe]

Originally posted by drizzt_fan14@Jan 7 2006, 06:38 PM
:huh:

seconded :huh:

 

[Bloodlessr]

 

[Scythe]

Originally posted by Bloodlessr@Jan 8 2006, 01:20 AM

ok now im completely stomped

 

[drizzt_fan14]

:lol:

 

[Scythe]

no seriously

i dont get it anymore

 

[drizzt_fan14]

me neither. This thread's getting weird.

 

[dascoot]

Originally posted by Scythe+Jan 7 2006, 10:54 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Scythe @ Jan 7 2006, 10:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-dascoot@Jan 7 2006, 05:47 PM
:lol: :lol: Too cute.

is there such a thing? :huh: [/b][/quote]
I said she was too cute. He asked if it was possible to be too cute. I said that no it wasn't. So therefore by BEING too cute, Staci was doing something previously thought impossible, ergo creating a paradox.