1) Know your web browsers, make sure the web history is being saved by doing the following:
a. Microsoft Explorer -
i. Open up the web browser
ii. Click on “Tools” top left corner of the screen
iii. Click on “Internet Options”
iv. There will be a History box where you can change how long you want your history saved. This saves all the sites someone goes to with that browser
(You can also set Explorer to filter out certain websites by clicking on the “Content Tab”, located in “Internet Options”. You will see “Content Advisor”, click “Enable”, and the “Contact Advisor” window will open.)
b. Netscape -
i. Open up the web browser
ii. Click on “Edit” top left screen
iii. Click on “Preferences”
iv. Click on “Navigator” and click on the “History” tab
v. There will be a History box where you can change how long you want your history saved. This saves all the sites someone goes to with that browser
c. Firefox -
i. Open up the web browser
ii. Click on “Tools” top left screen
iii. Click on “Options”
iv. Click on “Privacy”
v. The history box will be on the right already highlighted
(Websites that are visited are both saved in your history and sometimes on your location bar. The location bar is where the address to the website your visited shows up in. To the far right there is a down arrow that lists some of these sites.)
2) Know your chat software
a. Yahoo -
i. Click on “Messenger”
ii. Click on “Connection Preferences”
iii. Click on “Archive”
iv. Click on “Chat”
b. MSN Messenger
i. Click on “Tools”
ii. Click on “Options”
iii. Click on “Messages”
iv. Look under “Message History”
v. Make sure the box “Automatically keep a history of my conversations” is checked
3) Sites that your children may visit
a. www.clubzone.com
b. www.myspace.com
c. http://chat.yahoo.com
d. http://messenger.msn.com
e. www.limewire.com
f. http://gogloom.com
g. http://www.lingo2word.com/translate.php
4) How to set up Administrator accounts and user accounts for Windows XP
a. If you set up a basic user account this will limit control on what your children can download and access
i. Assign all users of your computer (except you) as having limited access.
ii. Click on your start menu
iii. Click on “Control Panel”
iv. Click on “User Accounts”
v. Here you will see all the users accounts listed and their access level
vi. If you choose to remove one of these accounts, just click on one and follow the prompts
vii. You will always need at least one account labeled as “Administrator”
viii. Click on ‘Create a new account”
ix. Assign a name to the account
x. Click on “Limited”, your finished
xi. Add a password (not recommended unless you know what your children’s passwords are) Click on the user’s accounts and follow the prompt.
