how can you check to see if your kids are looking at porn on the internet if they delete history?
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If they have My Spaces you might be able to tell from there. Or you can check if they have Yahoo 360 Profile. These sites usually keep track of recently visited websites. You might also want to ask this in computers or internet. Kids these days know alot more about the computers than we parents do.There probably is some way to get it off your harddrive but I'm not familiar enough with that to talk you through it. Sorry,hope you get some decent answers that will resolve this for you. Also I suggest setting parental controls on your computer too. This prevents them from accessing sites that you don't want them to have access to.  Only you would know the password to reset it.  Zoya
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If you are tring to hide this from your parents, then that should work. Unless their is a Net Logger of some sorts installed on the PC. I would also suggest making sure you select delete all off line files also.  Now if it is the government that is taking a peek. They will be able to find out your surfing history. This is ture because once you delete your cache and cookies. The files are still their you just cannot see them with out a data recovery service of some sorts. I hope this answers your question. I would recomend if your hiding this from your parents to just download a third party browser like firefox. That way if you forget to clear history, cookies etc.... your parents will not think to use firefox they will be checking Internet Explorer.  Good luck
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I know your problem, I've been facing this problem with my younger brother..\n\nI'll guess that you are using windows explorer, so if your son deleted history, he can do that using two ways\n\n1-clicking the history button on the toolbar, then when the history appears on the left, he may right click any history day and then chooses 'delete',\nif he deletes history like this, you can know some sites that he visited, by going to the address bar, deleting all what is written on it, writing one letter, then the browser will show you all the URL visited and starting with this letter, then you can erase this letter and try another letter and so on\n\n2-go to tools--> Internet options and then delete history, then history was deleted already, you can check cookies and temporary internet files stored on your PC.(if he do not remove them.)\n\nto view cookies and temperory files , from Internet explorer go to Tools -->Internet options --> general Tab , click 'settings' button, then choose 'view files', every file in the Temporary Internet Files directory will have the Internet Address shown beside it. and you can view any html file or see pictures in that directory, pictures can tell what kind of sites were visited.\nso you can know what are the sites visited by ur son,\n\nif you are afraid that your son watches Adult content sites, you can restrict sites that he can browse using a blocking application, you may download one from here http://weblocker.fameleads.com/ \n\nthis application also provides you with the complete history log of accissing the Internet, parents are the only one who can delete the history.
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Been looking at porn, huh?\n\nOkay.  Within Internet Explorer, click Tools.\nThen click "Internet Options..."\nNear the bottom, there is a button "Clear History."\nClick that.\n\nDone.
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if you cannot answer that yourself and are worried about being tracked you probably shouldn't be looking at porn anyways.\n\nyou have to delete your history, cookies and your most recently viewed documents
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1)Check the drop down menu on the explorer address bar.\n2)Check Explorer history.\n3)Check temporary net files\n4)Download a spyware programme and monitor his or her activities.
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I was going to suggest that you always be in same room as child when she is on-line, that way you can monitor where she is going much better.  Do know of Nanny Watch and other filters that parents  use also, but once kids get a little older they usually have how to get around them figured out.  It's sad that little ones have to be exposed to such things when they are truly only looking up things that interest them then get on some porn page that just because it has the word directs them there.  These machines aren't that great afterall.
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yes the pages u view r stored in other than ur history i.e. in temporary internet files. to viw them goto c: then documents and setting then click on ur user name then make sure u can view hidden files then click on local setting then finally on temporary internet files. well to delete them click on tools in ur internet explorer then click on internet options then on delete cookie, delete file and check the box delete all offline contents then clear history. and in mozilla firefox click on tools then on delete all private data check all boxes and then click on ok. hope this will solve ur prob.
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if its on internet explorer.. go to Tools>Options and select "clear history" and click OK.
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Clicking on your history button is one way of checking but if you are really computor savy,( or not ) go into tools, internet options,settings,view files or view folders. But be careful what you open.
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You would find signs of it and by the way porn is usually hard on a computer, not sure why but very unhealthy computerwise.  There are ways to look at the history of where you computer has been and porn sites have cookie like things that they leave on a computer.  Someone with half a brain could find evidence of it if you need it.\nWhat if it is then?  I don't know who other is; but, it sounds like they should not viewing porn.  Well, it is hard to be more specific when one, I don't know your computer skills and two, others remains undefined.
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This sounds like bad deeds.\nWhy would they be protective of what they do if they are right?\nLet's hope they did not go to the "junk" sites.\n\nI agree with other answers before me. I just want to add some.\n\n1. If they reach access to such sites through the URL toolbar, scroll down to check or type each letter one by one to see the URL visited starting with the letter typed. \n\nEx. \na------answers.yahoo.. (example URL visited)\nb------blogger..\nc------c..something\n\nYou will see a scrolling window popping out when you type whatever letter.\n\n2. Try going to search engine that they use regularly and check whether there are visited links.\n\nVisited links are usually bolded and darker that the colour of invisited links.\nTry the search index.\n\nEx.\nYahoo! Buzz Index\nAsk Top Searches\n\n3. If you have Yahoo! or MSN or Google toolbar, refer to the search history on the toolbar.\n\n\nTake time to spend quality time with your children. Tighten the bond of family love.\nBy that, they will learn to love you and stop doing anything that may hurt or cause uneasiness to you and to them also.\n\nShould they be seeking "the thing", tell them that it is not worthy.\n\nTell them that if they are still into it, they are sure to regret when they have grown up.\n\n\nOh, I have to warn you of links consisted of images.\nThey somehow hide the footprints of people visiting to whatever Websites.\n\nIf you need more help, feel free to contact me.\n\n\n\nNo wonder why a lot of people have been asking how to erase search history again and again.\n<Sigh> Kids. Most of them.
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check your internet history at the top of your computer screen
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don't search for porn in the first place.  If you're in Internet Exploiter for Windows, go to the "Tools" menu, "Internet Options...", and delete all files, delete all cookies, and clear history.  If you're using Firefox, Mozilla, or Opera like you should be, then go to the preferences pane and "Clear recent searches" or "Clear search history" or something like that.
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Trying to solve a mystery? Wondering what others in the household may have been up to on the computer?\nThere are programs that track what people are looking at on their computers and you can see what others in the family have been doing on the computer.\nGo to www.cnet.com and look at downloads. There may be one there. Used very commonly in companies where employees work on computers, to see if they are goofing off.
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probably u wont be able to retrieve the history since the chances for successfully recovering this data is so low, that it is effectively zero.\n\nits not that its impossible but its extremely difficult to do so and u got to be really good on the comp. to get it.\n\nthe "History" directory is marked "invisible" by default, so it's likely that you won't find it by default.\n\nThe easiest way is to simply recover the contents of that directory, including all subdirectories, from a recent backup. If you've been making regular backups of your full system, as recommended, then you can simply use your backup utility to restore only those directories, after which you should be able to restart IE and have the old history restored.\n\nbut if u ask me personally i'd suggest you to go in for programs that block adult sites for kids as spyware nanny etc., You Can Also Control THE SITES in IE itself by restricting sites .\n\nto do this go to "TOOLS" in the Menu bar of IE and then Click on "INTERNET OPTIONS" click "SECURITY " tab, then\n"RESTRICTED SITES"
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try this freeware http://www.internet-history-eraser.com/