Windows Vista Tips

Windows Vista Tips > Newsgroups > Windows Vista Administration > Parental Controls Question

Reply
Thread Tools Display Modes

Parental Controls Question

 
 
Disdamn
Guest
Posts: n/a

 
      09-13-2007
I have a young daughter who uses a vista ultimate PC.

I've set up parental controls, but I'm most concerned about Instant
Messaging, web cams, and IM chatting with strangers, etc...

I don't want to restrict her use of it, except for the logon hours allowed.
But I do want to use the Instant Message Tracking in the Activity Viewer.
She's using Windows Live Messenger, which I should assume be compatible with
this feature of Vista, yet the Activity Viewer for Instant Messaging is not
showing any tracking of IM's or Webcam usage.

If I log into her account and set the Keep records of conversations in
Messenger, there's nothing preventing her from turning this feature off when
she logs in.

Can anyone give me some ideas on how to take advantage of the Instant
Message tracking in the Activity Viewer, without allowing my daughter to
change the settings of her own Messenger profile to prevent this?
 
Reply With Quote
 
 
 
 
BB
Guest
Posts: n/a

 
      09-13-2007
I have the same problem

"Disdamn" wrote:

> I have a young daughter who uses a vista ultimate PC.
>
> I've set up parental controls, but I'm most concerned about Instant
> Messaging, web cams, and IM chatting with strangers, etc...
>
> I don't want to restrict her use of it, except for the logon hours allowed.
> But I do want to use the Instant Message Tracking in the Activity Viewer.
> She's using Windows Live Messenger, which I should assume be compatible with
> this feature of Vista, yet the Activity Viewer for Instant Messaging is not
> showing any tracking of IM's or Webcam usage.
>
> If I log into her account and set the Keep records of conversations in
> Messenger, there's nothing preventing her from turning this feature off when
> she logs in.
>
> Can anyone give me some ideas on how to take advantage of the Instant
> Message tracking in the Activity Viewer, without allowing my daughter to
> change the settings of her own Messenger profile to prevent this?

 
Reply With Quote
 
KE
Guest
Posts: n/a

 
      09-14-2007
I have the same problem, can anyone advise as to how the parental control can
be enabled to monitor windows live messenger activity.

"Disdamn" wrote:

> I have a young daughter who uses a vista ultimate PC.
>
> I've set up parental controls, but I'm most concerned about Instant
> Messaging, web cams, and IM chatting with strangers, etc...
>
> I don't want to restrict her use of it, except for the logon hours allowed.
> But I do want to use the Instant Message Tracking in the Activity Viewer.
> She's using Windows Live Messenger, which I should assume be compatible with
> this feature of Vista, yet the Activity Viewer for Instant Messaging is not
> showing any tracking of IM's or Webcam usage.
>
> If I log into her account and set the Keep records of conversations in
> Messenger, there's nothing preventing her from turning this feature off when
> she logs in.
>
> Can anyone give me some ideas on how to take advantage of the Instant
> Message tracking in the Activity Viewer, without allowing my daughter to
> change the settings of her own Messenger profile to prevent this?

 
Reply With Quote
 
makes me want a mac
Guest
Posts: n/a

 
      11-01-2007
Im trying to create a presentation to for these parental features, and I have
found absolutely nothing about this issue. I think Microsoft royally screwed
up here. I think it is rediculous that they can not even address this issue
in any forum, blog, or even this discussion group.

"KE" wrote:

> I have the same problem, can anyone advise as to how the parental control can
> be enabled to monitor windows live messenger activity.
>
> "Disdamn" wrote:
>
> > I have a young daughter who uses a vista ultimate PC.
> >
> > I've set up parental controls, but I'm most concerned about Instant
> > Messaging, web cams, and IM chatting with strangers, etc...
> >
> > I don't want to restrict her use of it, except for the logon hours allowed.
> > But I do want to use the Instant Message Tracking in the Activity Viewer.
> > She's using Windows Live Messenger, which I should assume be compatible with
> > this feature of Vista, yet the Activity Viewer for Instant Messaging is not
> > showing any tracking of IM's or Webcam usage.
> >
> > If I log into her account and set the Keep records of conversations in
> > Messenger, there's nothing preventing her from turning this feature off when
> > she logs in.
> >
> > Can anyone give me some ideas on how to take advantage of the Instant
> > Message tracking in the Activity Viewer, without allowing my daughter to
> > change the settings of her own Messenger profile to prevent this?

 
Reply With Quote
 
Jenne
Guest
Posts: n/a

 
      01-20-2008
I am having the same problem as well. i do not see any responses with
solutions, any one have any ideas?

"KE" wrote:

> I have the same problem, can anyone advise as to how the parental control can
> be enabled to monitor windows live messenger activity.
>
> "Disdamn" wrote:
>
> > I have a young daughter who uses a vista ultimate PC.
> >
> > I've set up parental controls, but I'm most concerned about Instant
> > Messaging, web cams, and IM chatting with strangers, etc...
> >
> > I don't want to restrict her use of it, except for the logon hours allowed.
> > But I do want to use the Instant Message Tracking in the Activity Viewer.
> > She's using Windows Live Messenger, which I should assume be compatible with
> > this feature of Vista, yet the Activity Viewer for Instant Messaging is not
> > showing any tracking of IM's or Webcam usage.
> >
> > If I log into her account and set the Keep records of conversations in
> > Messenger, there's nothing preventing her from turning this feature off when
> > she logs in.
> >
> > Can anyone give me some ideas on how to take advantage of the Instant
> > Message tracking in the Activity Viewer, without allowing my daughter to
> > change the settings of her own Messenger profile to prevent this?

 
Reply With Quote
 
 
 
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Question about Parental Controls... makingmoneynow Windows Vista General Discussion 8 04-30-2008 04:26 PM
Parental Controls question Bart Windows Vista Administration 1 04-26-2008 12:50 AM
Parental controls Rafia Windows Vista Administration 2 10-16-2007 08:19 PM
Parental Controls Zeusi Windows Vista General Discussion 0 03-01-2007 06:57 AM
Question about parental controls and possible suggestion. Silo Windows Vista Administration 0 06-18-2006 03:20 PM



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59