Hey all,
I've got a friend with a 17 year old who has become obsessed with being online. He literally spends 95% of his free conscious time staring at the computer. He is doing alot of IM'ing and snailmail has arrived from halfway across the country. When I asked how he knew the person who sent the letter he said from IM. I asked what the common interest that created this friendship was and he just said someone he knows online knows him.
I'd generally encourage friendships but I find it odd that no common interest or friend he knows from school is the cause for the friendship. It has me concerned since young people can be targeted by some very unsavory individuals out there.
So, what I'm looking for is an inexpensive (or free!) program that will allow me to set his acceptable logon hours. It should automatically log him off and refuse access during the hours that I configure it to. I'm using WindowsXP
I'd also like a program that will record and save all IM messages to a file for a certain length of time or till the file is manually deleted.
Any help or ideas are appreciated.
TIA
Xochi
I've got a friend with a 17 year old who has become obsessed with being online. He literally spends 95% of his free conscious time staring at the computer. He is doing alot of IM'ing and snailmail has arrived from halfway across the country. When I asked how he knew the person who sent the letter he said from IM. I asked what the common interest that created this friendship was and he just said someone he knows online knows him.
I'd generally encourage friendships but I find it odd that no common interest or friend he knows from school is the cause for the friendship. It has me concerned since young people can be targeted by some very unsavory individuals out there.
So, what I'm looking for is an inexpensive (or free!) program that will allow me to set his acceptable logon hours. It should automatically log him off and refuse access during the hours that I configure it to. I'm using WindowsXP
I'd also like a program that will record and save all IM messages to a file for a certain length of time or till the file is manually deleted.
Any help or ideas are appreciated.
TIA
Xochi