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Thread ID: 40450	2003-12-08 09:19:00	how do I delete a hotmail account?	starfish (3019)	Press F1

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198452	2003-12-08 10:59:00	Well I could say that this is almost covered by Rule 4 (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz), but key loggers can also be used for educational purposes. I'm not the type of person to pass off doing dubious things with your computer as educational purposes, but please take into account that key loggers can be used dubiously, eg, to capture passwords as I mentioned. I recall that, back when I looked for key loggers, most free ones only worked after logon - that was why they were free. I'm not going to give you a hyperlink, but surely you can find something using Google. Oh, and, as I alluded to - using a key logger to find out passwords is one of those things that makes you feel bad simply because of the moral wrong in doing so. Unless you have no moral, of course.	agent (30)
198453	2003-12-08 11:03:00	I donot think this is Ethical. Even though "she is getting up to no good" I would not do it. Anyway whats to stop her opening another one. Educating the concerned party would be a better option and have a better outcome, no resetment	beama (111)
198454	2003-12-08 11:40:00	Another way of doing it that she wouldn't know about would be to put Hotmail in the hosts file. That way she wouldn't be able to log in to Hotmail full stop. I don't know what url Hotmail uses so this method may also block legit uses of the url. I have used this method many times before to stop kids going to sites they shouldn't. A good look at the history every now and agian can be well worth it.	mikebartnz (21)
198455	2003-12-08 12:03:00	My understanding is that the daughter is talking using MSN Messenger or such. In that case, adding loginnet.passport.com to the hosts file should do the trick. Unless it's loginnet.passport.net. Also, nexus.passport.com, and messenger.hotmail.com.	agent (30)
198456	2003-12-08 16:55:00	What the hell....you guys should really get your facts straight before posting jibberish. Of course you can delete the hotmail account. Find the passport services and delete the passport to the account. Ohh so easy.	aroc (3256)
198457	2003-12-08 20:15:00	Isn't that just the "passport" component of the hotmail account, not the hotmail account itself?	somebody (208)
198458	2003-12-08 20:21:00	Yes, and I thought you could only disable a passport if it wasn't a @hotmail.com address, seeing as Hotmail and Passport are so closely connected.	agent (30)
198459	2003-12-08 20:23:00	Thanks everyone for your help. I have now changed her password so she can't use it. She is only 12 and I set the hotmail account up for her so she can use it at her fathers house but warned her that if she didn't use it in a way that would be acceptable to her parents I would get rid of it. She has had her chances. Her father doesn't monitor what she is up to but her mum said she has about 300 contacts and is just talking about sex and using foul language when talking to her new 'friends' as you know teens don't often listen to their parents and she is going through a bad stage and this hotmail stuff is not helping. So her mum said enough is enough.	starfish (3019)
198460	2003-12-08 20:26:00	Fair point. It is also important for parents to educate children about staying safe on the internet, as the 300 or so contacts she has could be people her age, or paedophilles who live down the road.	somebody (208)
198461	2003-12-08 20:33:00	Exactly, that was what I was thinking too. When I set up the hotmail account I explained this to her and actually I believed I had almost scared her from wanting to chat to strangers as I told her they might say they are 16 year old nice boys but they infact could be prisoners for all we know. She seemed to take it all in - and does take me seriously but in fact her mum told me it went in one ear and out the other as her friends tell her it is not true. Man I am not looking forward to my son growing up and being a teen in this day and age!!!!	starfish (3019)
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