Hi I was wondering if there was a program out there that would let me see what was downloaded and what sites were visited on my computer... because my family has wrecked computers before and then uses my computer when im not home...so for me to feel safe i would like to see what was done when i wasnt home... I know that I can have a cache in firefox but that wouldnt conceal what i did so any help is appriciated
Cut out the middle man and don't even allow them access to windows....set a BIOS password and set to enter it every time you boot up...noone gets in w/o your PW
See i would take out the middle man but then they complain that they cant get on and i get 100 phone calls a day because ive tried it already and they dont take no for an answer so im going to have to look into the monitoring software
You say the family uses your computer when you're not home, has wrecked your computer previously, and they won't take no for an answer. Hmmm. You really don't need monitoring software. If they use the computer and it's not wrecked - No harm. If they use the computer and it IS wrecked - What good is any software?? You really need to say NO and mean it. Or just buy a new machine as necessary! Seriously, you need to control it. Or make them buy their own machine - and you would still need to control yours. Don't mean to sound harsh - just calling it as I see it.
just get the free "returnil" program and it will let you program (schedule) it to put the computer in virtual mode when your not there. When in virtual mode the computer acts and runs the same, the only thing is that nothing is written to the hard drive. Everything is run in system memory. If a virus is downloaded or an important system file is deleted or the registry modified/wallpaper changed that only occurs in system memory and a simple reboot will return everything to normal. If a program is installed when in virtual mode that also will be deleted when rebooted. You can create a virtual partition where important information can be saved that will survive the reboot. It only protects the c: drive, which is the important drive in most cases. http://www.majorgeeks.com/Returnil_Virtual_System_Personal_Edition_d5702.html
haha thanks that sounds like some cool software to try out but i already put up a keylogger that runs in hidden mode and i just turn it on when i want to and it can never be detected..i also made it so it take screen shot every 10 or 15 minutes i forget and it logs everything that is being done on the computer...i dont have it saving to my computers hard drive i have it ftping over to a file hosting/website hosting server were i can few from anywere but i am very tempted to try the software you recommened
