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Name: topgun1852
Date: April 10, 2004 at 11:51:41 Pacific
OS: Windows ME
CPU/Ram: AMD Duron 700 Mhz/64 MB
Comment:

I have Kazaa on my family computer, and have the filter password protected to prevent my children from accessing adult content. I recently discovered that my son found out what the password is by going into the registry and looking it up. I don't want to uninstall Kazaa, so is there any way to lock him out of that one registry folder?

Also, is there any way to add terms to the adult filter? There are some words I would like it to block that it doesn't.



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Response Number 1
Name: wesley_johnson66
Date: April 10, 2004 at 12:41:12 Pacific
Reply:

Type regedit in the run menu and bring up the registry editor. Now Click on and highlight any registry key or folder that you do not want to allow acces to. Then click Edit> Permissions and deny access to all user except your account. Then password protect Windows logon and let your son login under one of the restricted accounts.

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Response Number 2
Name: topgun1852
Date: April 10, 2004 at 17:21:54 Pacific
Reply:

I did as you said, but when I clicked on Edit, there was no Permissions there. Now what?


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Response Number 3
Name: bbqbeef
Date: April 10, 2004 at 21:23:38 Pacific
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topgun has winME, it doesn't work like winXP. I don't think it can be done in ME.


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Response Number 4
Name: wesley_johnson66
Date: April 10, 2004 at 23:26:18 Pacific
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Sorry, it is only for XP. Email me and I will send you a program that will fix your problem.

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Response Number 5
Name: CrazyOne
Date: April 10, 2004 at 23:42:27 Pacific
Reply:

topgun1852,

"I recently discovered that my son found out what the password is by going into the registry and looking it up."

Well, you could disable the registry tools. Here, is a file, to help you do it. Then put the file away, for safe keeping. Like on your EBD (Emergency Boot Disk). You might even want to make that file hidden. :-) Just a thought.

Might be useful, then again, maybe not.

Good Luck


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Response Number 6
Name: wesley_johnson66
Date: April 11, 2004 at 05:57:13 Pacific
Reply:

Albert,
Email me back with the correct return email address and I'll be happy to send it to you. The return email address you have listed in your email does not exsit.

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Response Number 7
Name: wesley_johnson66
Date: April 11, 2004 at 08:33:56 Pacific
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Albert,
I just emailed it with my pop3 account. Let me know if it comes through, if so it's a Hotmail problem with your address not your email address itself.

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