Parental controls - CHILDREN RESET!

If you want to be really sure, smash the computer to bits, then even
physical access to it, it won't help them break in to reset the parental
controls. Totally foolproof. Sometimes the cure is worst than the disease.
:-)

-- Larry Maturo

"K. Donovan" <K. Donovan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How do you keep your children from going inon their own accouint and
> resetting the parental controls you have set up?

"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 12:34:25 -0700, "Kerry Brown"
> <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote:
>
>>You are right. With physical access a determined person can get access. In
>>this case we are talking about a family situation. If the precautions I
>>indicated aren't enough to keep the kids from hacking into the computer
>>the
>>family has far deeper problems than securing computer access.
>
> Oh please... any kid that's grown up in the era of computers can get
> past any parental control in oh, about five minutes tops. Usually way
> less. If he/she can't, he for sure has a buddy that can.
>


Of course you can't stop them with technology. That's not the point. The
point is you set some rules that have consequences. If the rules are broken
you remove physical access or use some other method of enforcing the rules.
The only reason for setting passwords and possibly disabling booting from
removable drives is so the kids understand that you don't want them to do
this. It isn't to actually stop them.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca

"K. Donovan" <K. Donovan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1DE70FD7-FCD2-4A73-B762-37FBAA4C93FB@microsoft.com...
> How do you keep your children from going inon their own accouint and
> resetting the parental controls you have set up?


Your account:

Is an 'Administrators' account
And it has a password which only you know.

Their accounts:

Are 'Standard Users' accounts
Which may or may not have passwords - 'doesn't matter.

Also:

The built-in account "Administrator" is disabled - you can make sure by
running the "net" command from a command prompt while in logged in with your
account:

Start > All Programs > Accessories > right-click on Command Prompt and
select "Run as administrator'

At the Command Prompt type:

net user administrator /active:no

hit Enter

Saucy