Guest MSRX92 Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 Back in the old days of Window 95 and 98 there was a way to find stored copies of visited webpages. Is there a way to do this on Windows XP? I am hoping to find a copy of a webpage I visted--I want to see how it looked last week, not today. It has been so long since I've done this, I don't even remember for sure how I did it on 95 & 98. I don't think the files were in the Temporary Internet Files, but somewhere else? I'm thinking they were something weird like an RSS file or something, not an HTML. I'd appreciate any help anyone can give. Thank you.
Guest poatt Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 RE: Finding Old Version of Web Page In Internet Cache You can create a seperate file. And when at a website you can click on "File/save as" and put in the created file. There it will be saved as it looked when you saved it and not have anything to do with IE or it's cache. It will preserve the window as seen when saved. Make sure page is fully loaded and done before saveing. "MSRX92" wrote: > Back in the old days of Window 95 and 98 there was a way to find stored > copies of visited webpages. Is there a way to do this on Windows XP? I am > hoping to find a copy of a webpage I visted--I want to see how it looked last > week, not today. It has been so long since I've done this, I don't even > remember for sure how I did it on 95 & 98. I don't think the files were in > the Temporary Internet Files, but somewhere else? I'm thinking they were > something weird like an RSS file or something, not an HTML. I'd appreciate > any help anyone can give. Thank you.
Guest MSRX92 Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 RE: Finding Old Version of Web Page In Internet Cache <<You can create a seperate file. And when at a website you can click on "File/save as" and put in the created file. There it will be saved as it looked when you saved it and not have anything to do with IE or it's cache. It will preserve the window as seen when saved. Make sure page is fully loaded and done before saveing.>> That will be helpful in the future, but I'm hoping there is a way to get a page that has already been changed out of my history. If I look under my history, the webpage is listed, but when I go to the Temporary Internet Files, it is not there. I'm sure a copy of the old page is saved somewhere on my computer, I just don't know how to find it (doing a search of the webpage does not turn it up.)
Guest poatt Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 RE: Finding Old Version of Web Page In Internet Cache Probly not. Lets say you have your IE history set for 20 days. If the saved website is over 20days old the system/IE would have deleted it. You may be able to open an older webpage,as it was, if you select it from IE history without the PC being connected to the internet. If tried with internet connection open it will just load the current/changed page. "MSRX92" wrote: > <<You can create a seperate file. And when at a website you can click on > "File/save as" and put in the created file. There it will be saved as it > looked when you saved it and not have anything to do with IE or it's cache. > It will preserve the window as seen when saved. Make sure page is fully > loaded and done before saveing.>> > > That will be helpful in the future, but I'm hoping there is a way to get a > page that has already been changed out of my history. If I look under my > history, the webpage is listed, but when I go to the Temporary Internet > Files, it is not there. I'm sure a copy of the old page is saved somewhere on > my computer, I just don't know how to find it (doing a search of the webpage > does not turn it up.) >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 Re: Finding Old Version of Web Page In Internet Cache It has to be in the Temporary Internet Files. If you can't find it there, then it may have been pushed out due to the size restriction on your TIF folder. Are you sure you're looking at the right TIF folder? The one under your username in Docs & Settings? Just in case, do you have Folder Options set to show both Hidden files and Protected Operating System files? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "MSRX92" <MSRX92@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:773BC63B-F998-42B7-8E04-C4400D73AAC3@microsoft.com... > <<You can create a seperate file. And when at a website you can click on > "File/save as" and put in the created file. There it will be saved as it > looked when you saved it and not have anything to do with IE or it's > cache. > It will preserve the window as seen when saved. Make sure page is fully > loaded and done before saveing.>> > > That will be helpful in the future, but I'm hoping there is a way to get a > page that has already been changed out of my history. If I look under my > history, the webpage is listed, but when I go to the Temporary Internet > Files, it is not there. I'm sure a copy of the old page is saved somewhere > on > my computer, I just don't know how to find it (doing a search of the > webpage > does not turn it up.) >
Guest MSRX92 Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: Finding Old Version of Web Page In Internet Cache <<It has to be in the Temporary Internet Files. If you can't find it there, then it may have been pushed out due to the size restriction on your TIF folder. Are you sure you're looking at the right TIF folder? The one under your username in Docs & Settings? Just in case, do you have Folder Options set to show both Hidden files and Protected Operating System files?>> Thank you! I had checked to show hidden files, but had "protected operating sytem files" hidden, when I unchecked that, viola a whole ton of files appeared. I was then able to find the webpage I was looking for, in spite of it saying it had been last accessed 08/15/07, it appears it has been overwritten by an updated version. But at least I understand more about how XP is working.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: Finding Old Version of Web Page In Internet Cache Suggest that you leave Hidden Files showing, but hide the Protected OS files. It can be a PITA during normal operations. Also, if you haven't already, uncheck the "Hide Extensions..." item. Sorry you lost the version you wanted. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "MSRX92" <MSRX92@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:670DEF51-0D78-4383-B785-DA207B52299C@microsoft.com... > <<It has to be in the Temporary Internet Files. If you can't find it > there, > then it may have been pushed out due to the size restriction on your TIF > folder. Are you sure you're looking at the right TIF folder? The one under > your username in Docs & Settings? Just in case, do you have Folder Options > set to show both Hidden files and Protected Operating System files?>> > > Thank you! I had checked to show hidden files, but had "protected > operating > sytem files" hidden, when I unchecked that, viola a whole ton of files > appeared. I was then able to find the webpage I was looking for, in spite > of > it saying it had been last accessed 08/15/07, it appears it has been > overwritten by an updated version. > But at least I understand more about how XP is working.
Guest HeyBub Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: Finding Old Version of Web Page In Internet Cache MSRX92 wrote: > Back in the old days of Window 95 and 98 there was a way to find > stored copies of visited webpages. Is there a way to do this on > Windows XP? I am hoping to find a copy of a webpage I visted--I want > to see how it looked last week, not today. It has been so long since > I've done this, I don't even remember for sure how I did it on 95 & > 98. I don't think the files were in the Temporary Internet Files, but > somewhere else? I'm thinking they were something weird like an RSS > file or something, not an HTML. I'd appreciate any help anyone can > give. Thank you. Find the (current) page via a Google search. Click "Cached" - they might have it.
Guest Alias Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: Finding Old Version of Web Page In Internet Cache MSRX92 wrote: > Back in the old days of Window 95 and 98 there was a way to find stored > copies of visited webpages. Is there a way to do this on Windows XP? I am > hoping to find a copy of a webpage I visted--I want to see how it looked last > week, not today. It has been so long since I've done this, I don't even > remember for sure how I did it on 95 & 98. I don't think the files were in > the Temporary Internet Files, but somewhere else? I'm thinking they were > something weird like an RSS file or something, not an HTML. I'd appreciate > any help anyone can give. Thank you. This web site will show you the evolution from when the web site was first uploaded to now for any and all web sites: http://www.archive.org/web/web.php So, there's no need to keep your temp files for that purpose. -- Alias To email me, remove shoes
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