I'm a dad looking to police this computer and want to check what is being typed. I understand it is saved somewhere.
2006-10-21 13:33:50 · 3 answers · asked by jAY b 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Specifically Yahoo messenger. Oh, and everyone has a different sign-in on WindowsXP.
2006-10-21 13:47:09 · update #1
have you tried your cookies
2006-10-21 13:36:29 · answer #1 · answered by jennifer m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey Dad... Right-click the START button and click EXPLORE
Click PROGRAM FILES and find the messenger program you want to check (i.e. msn, yahoo) Inside that folder will be another folder with the messages logged. But ONLY if the program was previously set to save messages in the messenger's preferences. The BEST thing you can use is SSpro. You can download a trial and check it out. You install it on your computer and the only way for you to get to it (well I probally shouldn't say here...you'll see when you check it out)... It will record EVERY webpage, EVERY single thing typed in the address bar, EVERY thing typed on the keyboard, no matter what or where, it records it! Then when you check it, you can see 'snapshots' of webpages visited OR anything that was typed, including all messenger programs. It is a very useful tool. Good Luck :-)
2006-10-21 23:05:06 · answer #2 · answered by Army Of Machines (Wi-Semper-Fi)! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you give someone a diary and a pen, your inquisition as to what they put in the diary is wrong. This is no different from sneaking up on someone and listening to their conversation from behind a curtain. Trust the other people who use this computer. They are probably not criminals so they don't need police surveilance.
By the way, why do you have separate user accounts? It seems to me you want everyone's activities disclosed so just make one account for all users.
2006-10-22 01:16:39 · answer #3 · answered by SilverTonguedDevil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋