Teenage Probles

[kirothj]

Does anyone know an easy way to program something that would record the keystrokes on my computer? I know there are ones for sale but I would rather do it myself.

Is there a paticular language that would work best?

Please let me know.

gabriel.davison@comcast.net

[oracleguy]

If you were going to write one you'd probably need to write it in C/C++. I'm not sure how easy it would be to write either.

[Mhtml]

C++ definitely the way to go, but I'm biast. You'd want to investigate key hooks.

[TheShaner]

Unfortunately, no one here is going to teach you how to create a program to record key strokes, due to people with malicious intent.

If you're really attempting to keep your kid under control, you can always check cookies and history for your browser. Of course, if they're smart enough and never slip up, they know how to clean out the "bad" ones and leave the rest so it doesn't look suspicious that all of sudden all history and cookies are clean.

They are other parental blocks and ways to keep your teenager from doing no-nos on your computer. Recording keystrokes really would be quite a hassle to keep track of what your teenager does on your computer. You can mostly navigate your way on your computer without even touching a key, i.e. the mouse (unless you record the clicks, but you don't know where they've moved the mouse on the screen). Shoot, I can navigate with tab, arrow keys, and space bar, and you'd have no idea what i was doing and where i was going, lol.

Really, what you would want to do is record programs that have been installed, opened, etc., and browser history and such, which really has nothing to do with recording keystrokes.

So honestly, I'm having a hard time believing that this request is for "teenage problems". We've had lots of made up stories in attempts to learn how to create these kinds of programs (and I've only been here since Sept). I apologize if your request is legit. If it is, there are much better methods to keeping your teenager under wraps on your computer rather than creating a key logger program, hehe. Again, if you're actually serious about this, I apologize if I've sounded hard on you at all. I (we) just don't want others learning how to create programs for ill intent.

-Shane

[JamieR]

It'd be pretty hard to do if you're not a professional say C++ developer because of what's involved.

If you have teenagers which you need to monitor, god this sounds bad, I'm only 15 myself :D then look at Netbus - http://www.netbus.org/

Jamie :)

[Mhtml]

A professional? I disagree. I am far from being a professional programmer, and well frankly it's not that difficult a task. The windows API provides everything you need to do this without too much hassle at all. A fairly primitive program example could consist of less than 15 lines of code very easily.

[Velox Letum]

Despite the simplicity/complexity of this problem, it does sound like someone with malicious intent rather than a teenage problem.

[goughy000]

it sure does... if you had problems with your kid you wouldnt try and code your own program to do it, you would probably buy one or try and get one for free.

h4x0r?? :cool:

[Fad2]

There are numerous free ones. Do you want to make it yourself to gain the knowledge or are suspicious that the ones for download will "rigged".

[Spudhead]

Does anyone know an easy way to program something that would record the keystrokes on my computer?


A hidden video camera?

:thumbsup:

[Spookster]

And I wouldn't advise putting your email address in your post like that. Spambots will pick that up in no time.