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Name: Polaris_Rider
Hi i have a small home network in my house and i was wondering if their is anyway i can check the other computers through my computer to see what they r doing or what sites they r on?
You will need to have a router with dhcp of course.....
You will need to know all the alloacated ip addresse's.
You will need the adminstrator password, if one is set up. Make sure each unit has full share set up...
Open the run box and type in the follwing.... \\192.141.125.101\C$ ( eg the ip addy will depend on what has been allocated ) and hit the enter key....
If all ok the next thing you should see is the other persons computer layout....
That will normaly work but bare in mind settings fire walls anty virus programs etc...
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dont know how old this is but to find the ip go on to there computer and type in "ipconfig" (minus the Quotations)in the command Prompt (Start > All Programs > Accesories > Command Prompt) in windows XP it works and in windows 2000 it works but it shows too many options :p but your running XP at leats you should as your in the windows XP forum but yah that should work
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dhcp - Dynamic Host Connection Protocol
A router with auto ip allocation...
What you can do also is jump ino the router and view all the IP address allocations in the router interface....
Which eliminates the need to run the ipconfig command.. To do this all yolu need to do is open a web browser type in the router ip address and presto...
If you dont know the router ip address, right mouse click the 2 computer screen icons at the bottom right hand corner of your task bar, select status, and when the popup box appears , clcik on the support tab, this will show you the computers IP address that you are aon and also the default gateway, which is the modems/routers ip address..
But what our friend wrote in post no4 is also correct...
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None of those things will help you monitor you computers from a remote location. Like you said, you wanted to actively watch what sites you users are browsing, and anything else they are doing on their computer.
Here is a much simpler, faster way to do it all from the computer you are on.
First of all you don't need the computers IP, all you need is the name, and DNS will do the rest of the work for you.
Second, if you want to get the IP address, open a command prompt and type:
ping computername.Third, to remotely monitor the activity of a computer you can use VNC, or Virtual Network Computing. Below is a link to the best VNC software you can get, for free.
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Vnc are good things but they require the other user to accept your connection request ovet the network....Other wise they will not connect..
If you wish to see what web sites they have been to you can do that by the IP and going into the Temp Internet Folders, it gives you a list of all web sites they have been to.
If they have set up the computer for the folders and temp cache to be cleaned out every time the browser is closed than you are stuffed.
The only other way is to access the idex.dat file which only MS will tell you how to do...
On the other hand the index.dat file can be deleted by booting in safe mode....
Best way to stop ppl going to web sites that you dont think are appropriate is by using a piece of software like websense or a site filter inbuilt in your anty virus program...just add a word to the filter like GUN and tell it to block any site with that word in it.
Setup the pass word so no one can change the settings and job done...
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Hostnames are the names of the computers that you want to monitor. To get these names, open up My Network Places, and all the computers in your Workgroup will be listed there (You can also view and browse all the shares on these computers).
Janos, false. With TightVNC, they don't have accept anything. As long as you have set up a session password, you be able to connect and view there desktop without them even knowing. The best part about it is you can view their desktops with any Java enabled web browser.
Here are some links to the documentation to help you get started.
Also you might want to check the FAQs for some help on common problems.
TightVNC FAQs
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tony !!
So i found out!!!
Was not familiar with tight !!! Seems to work a tad diff to winvnc and it seems to depend on network environment and configuration!!!
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Lol. TightVNC rocks compared to Win and Real.
Actually 2 minutes ago my teacher was just watching someone in the lab, which is exactly what Polaris_Rider needs.
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im trying ot get tightVNC to work but i cant does it have to be installed on both computer s to work??
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Yes, make sure you have the service started on both computers. Also make sure you installed both the server and viewer on all the computers. If your still confused look at the links I provided for you. They should help you out, if not post back and I will guide you through it.
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what do i type in for the VNC Server box in the tight vnc veiwer?? it says something about a host where do i find this??
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Okay, the host is the computer you are trying to connect to, this can either be the IP or the hostname. The hostname is the computer name that you gave to the computer. try that and see what happens.
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