internet history

GT60

Hi our son borrows the lappy of me and use's it for his homework on my account:o.
I am sure he is on the net but there is no trace in the history tab only the sites i have been on that day.
Is there anyway he can hide his internet use and still show my use?

Thanks

Ps i have now put an account on for him.;)

The_Grandmaster

He could either remove each site he has visited from the interet history or if you use firefox, remove the history for the past 1 hour (say) or using private browsing which won't store the history.

GT60

Thank you for that.

missile

Don't you hate it when you find out that your son is smarter than you?:o

GT60

missile wrote: »

Don't you hate it when you find out that your son is smarter than you?:o

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Not anymore i have put norton safety minder on the laptop now so i can trace his history
I have already got it on the pc.

nomoreheroes

So what are you going to achieve if you do find out he has been on the net except probably a big argument.
If you are that worried about it then presuming he would be connecting wirelessly as it is a laptop then turn off the wireless networking or the wireless router.

steve1980

GT60 wrote: »

norton safety minder

Oh God, run for the hills before it explodes!

fiddiwebb

I would have thought access to the net would be a requirment for homework these days anyway?

GT60

Going on the net is ok but going on !!!!!! etc

geordieracer

GT60 wrote: »

Going on the net is ok but going on !!!!!! etc

So use a blocker. Does he complete his homework though? If so then there shouldn't be a problem

blue70

If your son has an account presumably you mean that he has a seperate user account on windows?
If so I have done the same for my kids and all you need to do is activate the parental controls in Internet explorer (In Internet Options menu from memory) so he can't access anything you wouldn't want him to and then password protect your user account so he can't access the internet via your settings.

That way he can use the internet relatively safely and you don't have to mess about changing things around when you go on the internet.
Let me know if that doesn't make sense and I'll post precise instructions.