Re: Finding out where someone has been on the computer

From: Phrank (no email)
Date: 09/05/04 

Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 22:45:44 -0400

Thanks for the advice, but I truly understand the problems in my
relationship with my son. The computer is already in a common area,
and my son already knows that I am monitoring. I don't want to go
into the details of our relationship; it's not overly great, but I
guarantee I'm not a pushover. The problem I have with this computer
being in the common area is with schedules. My wife is a nurse and
works nights, I work days and go to school in the evenings, and my son
is oftentimes here when we're not. My wife just plain forgets to log
off when I had the password setup going, so that proved simply to be a
lot of work and effort on my part and no problem whatsoever for my
son.

Back to my original question, I'm not looking for any addon software
are hardware, I was simply wondering if there was a log or something
somewhere in Windows that would still give me a clue or a hint that
the computer was even used at a given time. Temporary Internet Files
folder is the best place, but if that gets 'cleaned' then the only
thing I have to go on is the fact that it's empty, and I'm the only
one using the computer that takes care of that stuff. But it doesn't
give me a time that it was emptied (as far as I know). However, there
are still subfolders in the Content.IE folder, and those have
associated times. Are those times the last time that something was
entered into that folder? Again, is there anything existing in
Windows that would give me a clue as to when someone was on the
computer? Thanks

Frank

On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 16:40:36 -0700, "Kevin" <kevincf@excite.com> wrote:

>You don't need any software or hardware to fix your problem. Move your
>computer into a common area, like the living room or kitchen, and let your
>headstrong teenager know that you will be monitoring their computer access.
>If they don't like that idea, inform them that they are not living in a
>democracy but rather in a dictatorship. Your word is absolute law. Period.
>If that fails, try beating them repeatedly with a length of rubber hose,
>tying them up and locking them in the basement for days at a time without
>food or water and telling all their friends that they are gay. That usually
>gets their attention.
>
><Phrank> wrote in message news:qsfjj0tj2efi3koil42pm9k00r5oaktlgn@4ax.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> Aside from the Temporary Internet Files folder, is there a way that
>> one can determine where someone has been on a computer, or even if
>> someone has been using the computer? Unfortunately, I've got a
>> somewhat computer savvy and rebellious teenager, and I need to be able
>> to find out this information (I've tried various password protection
>> in the past, but other members of the family don't adhere to it very
>> well at all and leave everything open and logged on all the time
>> anyway, so that doesn't work for us.) I'd appreciate any ideas and
>> suggestions. Thanks.
>>
>> Frank
>

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