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Protecting PC from nephews messing
Name: AdRock Date: July 28, 2005 at 04:24:36 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon XP 2000
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My nephew keeps messing with his computer with stuff he doesn't understand and is causing problems. I don't know what he is doing but this is the third time I've had t sort his computer out. Is there any way I can stop him changing settings and causing damage to his operating system. I don't know how he managed it but whenever My Computer is clikced on an error report opens. It is the same with IE. Can I hide the control panel from him but still be able to access it if I need to at some point?
Name: spence Date: July 28, 2005 at 04:41:21 Pacific
Reply:
Try " Fortres 101 V5.0 " This is what we use at our school to block kids from destroying stuff.
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Response Number 2
Name: spence Date: July 28, 2005 at 04:41:56 Pacific
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www.fortres.com
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Response Number 3
Name: najitech Date: July 28, 2005 at 05:26:08 Pacific
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You sound like a caring uncle who is willing to help his nephew when needed. However, maybe you ought to tell him that if he doesn't heed your warning and it happens again, he will have to fix it himself!
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Response Number 4
Name: bob819 Date: July 28, 2005 at 06:07:57 Pacific
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M$ have a program used by commercial organisations to limit log on activity. It is called GPEDIT.MSC but be careful, it is a very powerful tool and if you click in the wrong place it is the equivalent of locking yourself in the bedroom and throwing the key out the window!(s) MSKB have lots of info on it. Rgds.
Bob Mitchell.
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Response Number 5
Name: Rich Mentzel Date: July 28, 2005 at 06:08:33 Pacific
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Amen Daniel...that approach helps both parties involved!
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