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L. DeFoor - 29 Sep 2008 23:34 GMT
Does anyone know of a piece of software which will allow me to (with admin
permissions) access all the sites a computer has visited - or what is stored
on the PC.

We have a solution going forward, but I have a business need to check the
history files of about 10 of my PC's which have about 3-7 users on each?

Thanks!
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> Does anyone know of a piece of software which will allow me to (with admin
> permissions) access all the sites a computer has visited - or what is
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> Thanks!
kalyan - 15 Oct 2008 11:33 GMT
Hi

     use winspy http://www.acesoft.net/wssetup.exe

     It will resolve your problem.Internet history is available on
Index.dat file.

     Index.dat file--What is Index.dat file ?

Index.dat are files hidden on your computer that contain all of the Web
sites that you have ever visited. Every URL, and every Web page is listed
there. Not only that but all of the email that has been sent or received
through Outlook or Outlook Express is also being logged. The file names and
locations depend on what version of Internet Explorer you have. If you are
running IE version 4.0 or above, the file name is "index.dat".  Microsoft
has not supplied an adequate explanation as to what these files are for or
why they have been hidden so well.

According to Microsoft, these files are used to cache visited Web sites to
help speed up the loading of Web pages in Internet Explorer. Obviously this
cannot be the case because when you clear the Temporary Internet Files the
"index.dat" files remain behind and continue to grow. If you delete or clear
the Temporary Internet Files, there is absolutely no need to index the URL
cache because those files no longer exist.

On Windows Vista Computer, index.dat files are located :

\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\index.dat
\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\low\index.dat
\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5\index.dat
C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\Content.IE5\index.dat

On Windows 2000 and Windows XP  there are several "index.dat" files in these
locations:

\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Cookies\index.dat

\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local
Settings\History\History.IE5\index.dat

\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local
Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHist012001123120020101\index.dat
\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local
Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHist012002010720020114\index.dat

\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local Internet
Files\Content.IE5\index.dat

On a Windows 9x computer these files are located in the following locations:
\WINDOWS\Cookies\index.dat
\WINDOWS\History\index.dat
\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\index.dat
\WINDOWS\Cookies\index.dat
\WINDOWS\History\index.dat
\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\index.dat

Index.dat files can be very hard to find. If you are in Windows, even with
"Show hidden files and folders" enabled, index.dat files are not visible and
cannot be found if you do a search for index.dat files. The reason that
these files are so invisible is that they are not just hidden, they have
been designated as "system" files. System files and folders are treated
differently in DOS and Windows and are effectively cloaked from casual
searches.

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Kalyan

> Does anyone know of a piece of software which will allow me to (with admin
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> Thanks!
 
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