Hi everyone
I have XP Pro SP2 with IE6. There's The Administrator plus two other accounts, one with Administrative privileges and another with Limited privileges.
It's known that MS have some superhidden files and folders that monitor internet activity and it's difficult to get rid of them. They can't be viewed normally in Windows Explorer but they can be accessed from:
c:\windows\explorer /e,c:\documents and settings\<username>\local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5
This works for username's own account and an account with lower privileges can be accessed from one with higher privileges.
I tried the same trick for history.ie5 (when logged on as <username>) -
c:\windows\explorer /e,c:\documents and settings\<username>\local settings\history\history.ie5
but it doesn't show the folder (it goes to username's Desktop). I used the command screen to check that it's present with contents and it certainly is.
I went into the account with Administrative privileges and checked the account with Limited privileges and the history.ie5 folder and contents are revealed. However, it won't demonstrate it's own history.ie5! I assume that I'd have to go into a different account with Administrative privileges (for me, it would be The Administrator) to see these history.ie5 contents.
Has anyone else seen this bizarre behaviour? It's possible to see one's own content.ie5 but history.ie5 has to be viewed from an account with higher privileges.
I guess it's rather academic as it seems that MS don't want users to have access to these folders but, like many here, *I* like to know what's happening on *my* laptop!
Thanks for your time.
I have XP Pro SP2 with IE6. There's The Administrator plus two other accounts, one with Administrative privileges and another with Limited privileges.
It's known that MS have some superhidden files and folders that monitor internet activity and it's difficult to get rid of them. They can't be viewed normally in Windows Explorer but they can be accessed from:
c:\windows\explorer /e,c:\documents and settings\<username>\local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5
This works for username's own account and an account with lower privileges can be accessed from one with higher privileges.
I tried the same trick for history.ie5 (when logged on as <username>) -
c:\windows\explorer /e,c:\documents and settings\<username>\local settings\history\history.ie5
but it doesn't show the folder (it goes to username's Desktop). I used the command screen to check that it's present with contents and it certainly is.
I went into the account with Administrative privileges and checked the account with Limited privileges and the history.ie5 folder and contents are revealed. However, it won't demonstrate it's own history.ie5! I assume that I'd have to go into a different account with Administrative privileges (for me, it would be The Administrator) to see these history.ie5 contents.
Has anyone else seen this bizarre behaviour? It's possible to see one's own content.ie5 but history.ie5 has to be viewed from an account with higher privileges.
I guess it's rather academic as it seems that MS don't want users to have access to these folders but, like many here, *I* like to know what's happening on *my* laptop!
Thanks for your time.
