Re: Internet History Fills in Only 8 Weeks

Hi Bram :-)

The History is part of the Cache, as is the Temporary Internet Files,
Cookies, etc. When the cache becomes corrupted, as it can, it can affect
the other functions.

Index.dat - What is it

See:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
Jeff Davis, Software Design Engineer di IE Team:
"Index.dat: Part I - What is index.dat?".
http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffdav/archive/2004/11/18/266027.aspx
"Index.dat: Part II - What are they used for?"
http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffdav/archive/2004/11/18/266045.aspx
"Index.dat Part III - How do I delete index.dat?"
http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffdav/archive/2004/11/19/266977.aspx.

If the suggestions I have provided don't work then try the following:

First, disable your AV:

How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378
SP2 section:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378#XSLTH3130121123120121120120

The section: Windows XP and Windows XP SP1: Edit the registry and install
Internet
Explorer 6 works on earlier versions of Windows.
You will need to uninstall WinXP SP2 from Control Panel -> Add/Remove
Programs and then reinstall Service Pack 2. Follow the information here:

How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 2 from your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/875350

Be sure to visit Windows Update site and let it scan for all needed updates
and service packs afterward.

Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
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Dear Jan,

Hello (again?) and thank you for reading, and responding to, my post.

I'll try deleting the index.dat and having it be recreated as, who knows,
maybe it did get corrupted. (I must admit a little bit of doubt with that
as
I've experienced History files filling up before their time in the past,
which led me to use the 1143MB setting, which was higher than I originally
had -- maybe 573MB or so -- yet it didn't stop this from happening...)

However, I want you to know that I regularly do delete the Temporary
Internet Files from within IE (Tools, Internet Options, Delete Files...),
yet
that has not had any impact on this issue (full History that stops
recording
the pages/sites I visit) in my experience.

I'm wondering, would you (or anyone else reading this) please know of
something within the settings, file sizes, or registry, for example, that
I
may need to either review or adjust as a way to remedy this as well?

Thanks again.

Sincerely,
Bram Weiser

"Jan Il" wrote:

Hi Bram :-)

Try the following and see if it helps:

Clearing the Temporary Internet Cache -
Safely Delete the Temporary Internet Files
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
Note: Any links listed in your Favorites (including any pages you saved
for
offline viewing) will not be deleted when the History is cleared
normally.
Therefore, you must also check the box next to Delete offline files on
the
dialog box as well when you clear the Temp Files to be sure all files are
deleted

If TIF is much larger than 50 MB, IE starts to slow down because it's
actually faster to get the information from the Internet than to find it
in
TIF. In addition, you start losing the ability to save pictures as
anything
but a BMP and you lose the ability to View | Source. Unfortunately, as
far
as I know IE still by default grabs some percentage of the drive for TIF
and
for large drives this is way too much. 50 MB seems to be about the best.

If you don't need to keep the Temp files:
Go to Tools>Internet Options?Advanced tab
Scroll down to the Security section
Check the box next to "Empty Temprary Internet Files folder when browser
is
closed"
Click OK and close.

This will automatically clear the TIF's each time you close IE

Also...your Cache or Index.dat file may be corrupted, to delete and let
Windows create a new one follow the steps below:
To delete the History folder and index.dat (XP)
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Log on as Administrator and delete the desired <username> folder and
reboot.
(or log on as another user that has Administrator privileges)
Example: "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\HISTORY"

Description of the Internet Explorer CACHE
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers3.htm#Cache

Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
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Hello,

(Please note: This is a cross-post of something I'd previously posted
in
WindowsXP.General, but that hasn't received any responses as yet, so my
apologies if you're seeing it twice. I'm hoping that posting it here
might
generate some relevant answers, please.)

I'm running Windows XP on a PC with 23GB of available space on my hard
drive. Also, I've set the Temporary Internet Files Folder to 1715MB.
(That
was a recent move from 1143MB as an attempt to solve this very same
problem,
but it didn't seem to help.)

For some reason, even given all of this space for it to occupy, my
Internet
History has stopped recording the sites/pages I visit, and after only 8
weeks. (I'd set it to record for 30 weeks, but, apparently, no
matter...)

At the start of the period, I'd Cleared my History because, then, too,
it
was acting in a similar way, refusing to record site visits after it
got
"full".

Why is it getting full so soon, and what can I do about it? Is there a
registry setting, for example, that could be tweaked? Is there
something
else to explain this? Is there something else I can do?

Please let me, and anyone else who reads this, know, and thank you very
much.

Sincerely,
Bram Weiser





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