Help with MSN ?

scotslass_3

A good friend of mine has a problem teenager that she is seriously concerned about. She wants a way to check on the msn chat that her daughter is on all the time, in order to check that she is safe. Is there a way of reviewing their chat, without the daughter knowing?

Fran

If you open msn messenger go to file/view message history and you can see a record of conversations if you have decided to keep them. I can't find where to do that though! Have a look through all the options.

Soulistic

Depends on the version of MSN that you are running. But, from what I know, the new MSN versions allow you to keep all your history, and they ask you whether you want to enable this option when it is first installed. If not, then, to enable it, you would need to login to your daughters account, provided you have her sign in information, and do the following to enable it (i'm using MSN 7.5, so, the steps might be a little different for other versions):

1. Click Tools
2. Click Options
3. Select "Messages" from the side tree view
4. Put a check mark in "Automatically keep a history of conversations"
5. You could put the conversations in another folder instead of the default (the default folder is in My Documents under "My Chat Logs" or something to that affect)
6. Select Okay.

So, from now on, any conversations your daughter makes will be captured by MSN and put into either the default My Documents directory, or the directory that you specified in step 5 above.

I'm sure there are other tools available for you to do this. If I find anything, I'll post it here!

matty_c608

There is a Messenger Plus Addon for MSN Messenger that allows you to track the logs,without a File Limit Size.

MSN on it's own will limit each log file size and delete them when full.

Also, turning off the logs withing MSN Messenger is very easy.

However the Plus Plugin allows you to Encrypt them (Requires password to view them), Save them on a Network (For viewing on another system on the network), and password the preferences so chld will not delete them.

The plugin is FREE, but contains OPTIONAL spyware. Careful to choose NOT TO INSTALL SPYWARE when installing the program!

https://www.msgplus.net

HTH

Matt.

scotslass_3

Many thanks eveyone, I will pass these tips on and hopefully it will reassure her.


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sahun

I do not believe that you should really be giving help on how to invade a poor girl's private space, because as i am a growing teenager i know how important my privacy is and i found my mum reading my conversations i would go mental because of all the private information that i give out to friends.
I completely disagree with the mother wanting to destroy her trust that she has in her daughter by reading the 'private messages' (as they are so called).

intel

sahun wrote:

I do not believe that you should really be giving help on how to invade a poor girl's private space, because as i am a growing teenager i know how important my privacy is and i found my mum reading my conversations i would go mental because of all the private information that i give out to friends.
I completely disagree with the mother wanting to destroy her trust that she has in her daughter by reading the 'private messages' (as they are so called).

Tell that to the 30 year old rapist who says hes a 12 year old.

It for there own good and parental protection.

sahun

ok i understand your point, BUT on msn messenger it is hard for people that you do not know to get your hotmail adress, therefore meaning that she "should" only be talking to her friends (i.e from school/clubs/family friends, etc.) unless she has been giving out her hotmail to people she does not know, or in chat rooms where anyone can see what your typing.

Rikki

sahun wrote:

I do not believe that you should really be giving help on how to invade a poor girl's private space, because as i am a growing teenager i know how important my privacy is and i found my mum reading my conversations i would go mental because of all the private information that i give out to friends.
I completely disagree with the mother wanting to destroy her trust that she has in her daughter by reading the 'private messages' (as they are so called).

I agree with you, but it depends on the level of trust between the child and the parent.

Talk to your daughter and express your concerns.

barjam_2

my boys use msn (so do i) i have saved folders in my documents specifically saving their conversations (unawares to them) i dont think its sneaky they are children and as a mother i need to monitor their chat, :rolleyes:

sahun

Just a quick question how old is this 'problem teenager'?

obviously it does matter the age of the child, but there has to be some age that a child/teenager becomes "trustworthy", this word i use loosely because there are different levels of trust, and would also depend on the maturity of the child (mentally not physically)

I jst hope that my mother doesn't moniter my chat, and that i am 'trustworthy', but i do know that she often follows me round forums on here, MSE.