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  • Helevitia
    Super MURCer
    • Aug 1999
    • 6628

    #1

    AIM Question

    I need to check up on something my son wrote. How can I look at backlogged chats?

    Thanks,
    Dave
    Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.
  • Umfriend
    Crabby Smurf
    • Mar 2001
    • 7308

    #2
    Sry, no clue. What is AIM?
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    • Sasq
      Administrator
      • Jan 2001
      • 4633

      #3
      It's an instant messenger client.
      If he has history turned on, you should be able to view it, but you will need to be logged into the system as him - AIM, not the windows session.

      If he doesn't have history on, your probably out of luck
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      • SitFlyer
        Super MURCer
        • Aug 2002
        • 7178

        #4
        Originally posted by Umfriend
        Sry, no clue. What is AIM?
        It's what you do before you shoot

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        • Rakido
          Super MURCer
          • Feb 2000
          • 1313

          #5
          As Sasq said, if logging is turned off, you're out of luck.

          You can install aim loggers that ca'nt be switched off for the future, for example Parent Tools for AIM

          Google with "aim log", there are a lot of programs out there


          Rakido
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          • XHotKolaX
            MURCer
            • Sep 2000
            • 186

            #6
            Three ideas, assuming he had logger enabled.

            You can check in his 'my documents' folder.

            Another place it might be is somewhere in the 'application data' folder

            Then there's the actual 'AIM95' folder in 'Program Files'.

            But, I may be thinking of trillian/miranda/gaim.

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            • agallag
              Super MURCer
              • Aug 1999
              • 3201

              #7
              Install google desktop search. It logs AIM conversations.
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              • Helevitia
                Super MURCer
                • Aug 1999
                • 6628

                #8
                Originally posted by agallag
                Install google desktop search. It logs AIM conversations.
                Inteesting...thanks.

                And thanks to everyone else.

                I already saw what I wanted to see, but just wanted to see it again as proof.

                I didn't realize Google Desktop logged aim conversations. That is defintely the way to go.

                Dave
                Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

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                • Umfriend
                  Crabby Smurf
                  • Mar 2001
                  • 7308

                  #9
                  So, what stunt did the kid pull?
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                  • Helevitia
                    Super MURCer
                    • Aug 1999
                    • 6628

                    #10
                    He called me D I C K and a C U N T
                    Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

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                    • Jon P. Inghram
                      Super MURCer
                      • Oct 1999
                      • 3878

                      #11
                      So, essentally, he called you a hermaphrodite?

                      I suppose threating to chop his fingers off with a cigar cutter to keep him from abusing his on-line "freedom of speach" rights probably is out of the question...

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                      • Dilitante1
                        Administrator
                        • Aug 1999
                        • 1829

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Jon P. Inghram
                        So, essentally, he called you a hermaphrodite?

                        I suspect the child in question is in BIG trouble
                        Better to let one think you are a fool, than speak and prove it


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                        • Jon P. Inghram
                          Super MURCer
                          • Oct 1999
                          • 3878

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Dilitante1
                          I suspect the child in question is in BIG trouble
                          I think I'd have agree with that conclusion.

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                          • KvHagedorn
                            Super MURCer
                            • Aug 1999
                            • 10725

                            #14
                            I don't think he's exactly a child anymore.. what is he, Dave? 15? Sadly, that's about par for the course from a teenage guy trying to establish his own identity. I was worried he might be making drug deals or something from the way you were talking. Anyhow, I would still show him that if he thought I was a d i c k or c u n t before, he ain't seen nothing yet.

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                            • Helevitia
                              Super MURCer
                              • Aug 1999
                              • 6628

                              #15
                              I freaked out on him. He still IS in big trouble. He needed an attitude adjustment and schooling in the world of respect. He is 14, turning 15 in a couple of days.

                              I could go on but I won't.
                              Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

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