My son has figured out how to delete his history on the computer. How can i still check on what he is viewing?

Question

Is there away to go back and check history if it has been deleted? I think he only deletes what he knows is wrong. How can i check without putting strict limits on what our computor will allow you to see?

Answer 1

there is software you can buy to track every click and keystroke

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Answer 2

With IE open clik Tools/internet options/settings, in the second part of the screen that shows browsing history/ then view files. This shows all the cookies for websites that have been visited. If those are deleted then you should tighten up security on his account bu using the content advisor found in IE.

Answer 3

You can check the cookies or temporary internet files but i think there is an easier way. Yet an easier way i think to check where someone has been is go to your internet browser. Either it be Netscape, Explorer or FireFox. It has to be the same one your son uses. Then just go into the internet address bar and beting to type www.____ start off with a and go through to z and see what sites pop up below. There isn't a way to delete those.

Answer 4

Go to your Start menu. Click on All Programs. Click on Accessories and then look for System Tools. Go to Disc Clean up and click on Temporary Folders/Files. Click to open and review. This will give you a page by page of what's been viewed. You can then click to delete these files -- saving you valuable space on your hard drive and conceivably speeding your system up too. You REALLY should do this about once a month just to clean house.

Answer 5

You will need a program that can reload the deleted data known as undelete. There are many, but I would recommend Tune-Up Utilities which has this feature included.

Answer 6

Check the tempory internet folder in windows

Answer 7

No there isn't, there might be a way to make it so you cannot delete your history but i do not know

Answer 8

i don't think there is any way to view the deleted history..

Answer 9

ok, you may think what I'm about to say is stupid, but you should trust your son more. if you are certain he is looking at bad things, simply take away his computer privileges.(no computer for a month or somthing .

Answer 10

If there are no measures already in place, then no,you really can't, but there are anumber of different ways you cantrack his usage moving forward.