Hi, I am very new to this, I have a small home network set up, I think I have secured it the best I can against outside attacks, that is not the reason why I am here.

Is there a way to see what the kids are doing on any of the computers on my network, I just would like to check up on them when they think I am not looking.  Really what I am asking is, is there an easy(ish) way to look at say, what someone is doing on internet explorer or another browser in the same network.

Thanks for your time guys(and girls !

Yep...

Perfect Keylogger

http://www.blazingtools.com/bpk.html

They have a free version and a paid version. you can hide it from the kids and review what they are doing later.

I use parental controls in IE for my kids with a keylogger (they are 8 & 10 years old). I have a list of pages i let them use vie IE.

If you want to get more advanced you can man in the middle attack them (MITM) with Cain & Able but this will require more skills to understand.

Brian

for chats, you could just enable logging and go look later.

sicne its to protect kids, i doubt they'll notice if the keylogger has been added to the exclude list :-)

Hey Jamie,

Glad to see ya visiting us.  There are probably thousands of various keyloggers out there with varying features, some free and some to buy (which usually come with a 2+ week trial).

I think someone mentioned Spector Pro www.spectorsoft.com which is a great tool, easy to use, has a TON of features but pretty heafty price tag at over $100.  It may be overkill.  The other I would recommend you at least have a look at is BigBrother www.iambigbrother.org. It looks to do everything that you will need. It'll record all keystrokes, you'll know who they're chatting with and what about, will record all websites that they use their browser to visit, they're emails, social communities sites such as My Space, etc...  I think that one is $30.

Hope you find what you need.