Windows Live Messenger x Vista Parental Controls (A big issue)

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?

The version installed here is 2008 (build 8.5.1288.816).

Hi Thiago,

We have a solution for you although it's in BETA at the moment. You can find
the details over here:
http://messengersays.spaces.live.com...9E!28852.entry

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
AA - MSFT


"Thiago Dias" 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?
>
> The version installed here is 2008 (build 8.5.1288.816).

I tried out the above solution but even me as Parent it allow me to access
the Internet (Really impossible).

Also I created a hotmail account only to that and use my wife's hotmail
account, both of them as parents.

If you have another sugestion, please I really want control what my
daugther's activities over the Messenger.

best regards,

Thiago Dias.

"AA - MSFT" wrote:

> Hi Thiago,
>
> We have a solution for you although it's in BETA at the moment. You can find
> the details over here:
> http://messengersays.spaces.live.com...9E!28852.entry
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Thanks,
> AA - MSFT
>
>
> "Thiago Dias" 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?
> >
> > The version installed here is 2008 (build 8.5.1288.816).