The need to return to a previously viewed site or certain pages of a site can be caused by a variety of reasons. Internet Explorer 9 has a special mechanism for doing this called "History".
Necessary
Internet Explorer 9
Instructions
Step 1
Click the Star icon in the Internet Explorer 9 Control Panel.
Step 2
Select the "Journal" menu item.
Step 3
Configure the "Log" according to the desired parameters.
Step 4
Select View by Date to display the visited pages by calendar day.
Step 5
Select Browse By Site to display the pages visited without sorting by date of visit.
Step 6
Select "View By Traffic" to display the regularity of page visits.
Step 7
Select View by Visit Order to display an accurate surfing history.
Step 8
Select Log Search to open a dialog box that allows you to set arbitrary sorting options.
Step 9
Use the search in "History" from the address bar of your browser.
Step 10
Use the offline feature "Journal" without an Internet connection. To do this, press the ALT key, select "File" in the control panel of Internet Explorer 9 and apply the "Work Offline" option.
Step 11
Go back to the Star menu and select Internet Options.
Step 12
Specify the "Browsing history" section.
Step 13
Click the Delete button to manually clear the page history entries.
Step 14
Uncheck the Save Favorite Sites Data box to clear your Favorites data.
Step 15
Select the checkbox next to Temporary Internet Files to delete temporary data that takes up a lot of hard disk space.
Step 16
Use the Options button to select other Journal options.
Step 17
Set the storage time for temporary files in the "How many days to keep pages in the log" line in the "Temporary Files and Log Settings" window. The default is 20 days.
Step 18
Select the desired options for the remaining partitions in the Temporary Files and Log Options window.
Step 19
Confirm your choice with the OK button.
The web browser log is now ready to be viewed.
