How do you find history (eg.visited websites,downloads) on a vista when a persons deleted their History?
The easy and quick way to restore file and activity History is the System Restore feature. Since much history is saved into the Windows Registry, restoring it to a previous state will restore file and program History. Choose a date you would like the computer reverted to (see warnings.) Enjoy restored History. But the story doesn’t stop here! Perhaps System Restore was disabled by a user, or it is inappropriate to use it (see warnings). Well, let’s try another tactic. There are lesser known log files that Windows keeps, which are independent of both the Registry and individual Program logs. They are called “index.dat” files. Use the Windows Search Tool to find all occurrences of “index.dat” on your C: drive. On XP, click Start, and Search, then For Files & Folders, and All Files & Folders, now enter “index.dat” in the Filename field. Before searching: Limit the search to C: drive using the Look In drop-down. Check the following options using the More Advanced Options line: Search Syste
