History of visited URLs
The browser history creates an audit trail that shows the user’s browsing patterns on the web. In Windows XP, the files are stored in the following locations:
C:\Documents and Settings\profile_name\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\index.dat
C:\Documents and Settings\profile_name\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHist01XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\index.dat. The MSHist files are of two types:
Daily MSHist files (ie, MSHist011998100819981009index.dat — one day between yyyymmddyyyymmdd dates)
Weekly MSHist files (ie, MSHist011998092819981005\index.dat — one week between yyyymmddyyyymmdd dates)