Finding Old Version of Web Page In Internet Cache

[Guest]

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]

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.

 

[Guest]

<<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]

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.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

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?

 

[Guest]

<<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.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

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.

 

[HeyBub]

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.

 

[Alias]

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.