Re: Question about download blockers and Parental Controls...

From: Malke (notreally_at_invalid.com)
Date: 10/01/05 

Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 05:11:01 -0700

Patrick Dickey wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I received an e-mail the other evening from a person with a
> question
> about download blockers. She has a teen-aged step-son along with a
> couple of younger children, and wants something to put on the computer
> to prevent the teenager from downloading things to the computer. The
> only issue is, she and her husband don't want to have to use a
> password or anything to be able to download things.
> Their computer is a newer Dell, with Windows XP Home Edition on it.
> So, what they're looking for is something to prevent limited users
> from downloading files/programs (without a password, preferably) while
> allowing Computer Administrators to still download files/programs
> without having to type a password or anything like that.
> Also, given the circumstances (the computer is located in the
> basement where the teenager and their 7 year old daughter sleep, and
> the adult's work schedules), if the download controller comes bundled
> with a
> decent Parental Controls program, they would like that too.
> Otherwise, they're mainly concerned with the download controller.
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I'm also crossposting this
> to a couple of other newsgroups where it applies somewhat as well.
>

Hi, Patrick. Possibly the new Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit might
work for them. However, I don't see how they can work this without
using passwords. Here's a link to the Toolkit:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/faq.mspx

Malke 

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