Any one know of an application I can download that moniters internet usage such as sites visited ,time spent online etc.
I know about temp files and history and all that but I need something only I can access so it can't be deleted by my 14 year old lad when he's off school and I'm at work if you get my drift.
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Take the computer to work with you or hide a video camera behind him to see what he gets up too or put a password on your computer that will stop him :D

The files in

C:\windows\Temporary\CONTENT.IE5\index.dat
c:\windows\COOKIES\index.dat

Cannot be deleted unless you are an expert on a PC, using the PC delete history, etc... doesn't remove them neither can you delete them via explorer.

These files hold records of sites that been visted.

Using this app will reveal the contents...

http://www.exits.ro/

However, there are apps out there that can delete this information.

Thanks for that John.
Lots of Sheffield Forum results :o

I have just downloaded Second Sight from http://www.majorgeeks.com/, forgot I had it in my favourites.
It looks good if anyone else might need it.

It does this;

Second Sight is a full-featured Windows surveillance application that keeps a complete record of all activities on your computer. Business managers can use Second Sight to monitor employees' activities, and parents can use it to keep track of their childrens' Internet travels. With Second Sight, you can determine which computer user is making inappropriate or costly use of local and Internet resources. As the amount of Internet content increases daily, so does the potential for abuse.
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It's completely invisible on the pc, just sits there and logs everything.
I'm sure he's not up to anything untoward but you never know and i'd like to.

Right, I'm off now to sharpen me piece of 2be2:D

A concerned parent.

There's some software call Access Control that allows a parent to set times and hours that the PC is available to their child. e.g you can set it to be available for 4 hours a day maximum between the hours of 11am and 9pm. you can vary the times for each day of the week. You can also specify any programmes and restrict these individually such as iexplore.exe to limit internet use. When their time is up it gives a warning and then shuts down. It only works with Windows 98 though.