Temporary internet files not saving webpages - Help please!

[Steena]

I have Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit. I can see the history when going
through the star and then clicking history. It shows websites visited,
UNLESS the person who visited them has deleted them from the history. I want
to be able to monitor what my son is looking at, even if he knows how to
delete from history by right-clicking in IE.

Previously I had Windows XP, which would show the history by going through
tools, internet options, browsing history, settings, view files. Even if the
person had deleted the page from history while viewing, it would still show
up using the method I'm describing.

This doesn't work with Windows Vista. In fact, Windows Vista doesn't show
ANY webpages that have been visited at all if you go through tools, internet
options, browsing history, settings, view files. Is there some setting that
I need to change to make it show the webpages, or is Vista incapable of doing
this?

Thanks for any insight.

 

[gls858]

I have Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit. I can see the history when going
through the star and then clicking history. It shows websites visited,
UNLESS the person who visited them has deleted them from the history. I want
to be able to monitor what my son is looking at, even if he knows how to
delete from history by right-clicking in IE.

Previously I had Windows XP, which would show the history by going through
tools, internet options, browsing history, settings, view files. Even if the
person had deleted the page from history while viewing, it would still show
up using the method I'm describing.

This doesn't work with Windows Vista. In fact, Windows Vista doesn't show
ANY webpages that have been visited at all if you go through tools, internet
options, browsing history, settings, view files. Is there some setting that
I need to change to make it show the webpages, or is Vista incapable of doing
this?

Thanks for any insight.

In the long run you probably need to find a different method to monitor
usage. Many of the browser now have a "privacy mode" that allows a user
to surf without the history being recorded. Also assuming your son is of
average intelligence it's only a matter of time before he figures out
how to eliminate his tracks.

There are quite a number of programs out there to monitor web usage.

gls858

 

[Steena]

I understand, and I do intend to purchase such a program, just haven't got
around to doing it yet.

Are you saying that what I'm trying to do is not possible in Vista, even
though it was possible in XP? I'm just wondering if there's some setting I
need to change to make the webpages show up in History....so that I can see
them by going through tools, internet options, browsing history, settings,
view files. Not just to spy on my son, but to help myself if I'm trying to
find something that I've previously looked at. As I said before, it's not
saving ANY webpages. Every tutorial or "help" poage says that it saves the
webpages, but it doesn't, that I can see.

Anybody know?
Thanks!

 

[Steena]

If you are not seeing any files in the IE temporary files folder
then maybe they are being deleted on exit.
Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Security.
Check the setting of "Empty Temporary Internet files folder when browser is closed".

Dave, thanks for your reply.

It is not set to empty temporary internet files folder on exit. That box is
unchecked.

However, I did look again in the TIF folder, and it appears that the only
things that it is saving are images, and cookies, but no webpages.

Is there any setting that will change this, so that it saves the web pages
like it is supposed to? Somehow I need to tell it to save the webpages too!

THANKS