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

From: Malke (notreally_at_invalid.com)
Date: 10/02/05 

Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 06:51:55 -0700

Patrick Dickey wrote:

>>
>> 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
>
> I'll have to check this out more. Thanks Malke. I should point out
> that each user account is password protected. When I referred to
> passwords in my OP, I should have clarified that she tried to use the
> MSN Premium Parental Controls, but that required her and the other
> Administrator to enter a password in order to go to certain sites (and
> download files) even though they don't have Parental Controls on their
> accounts.
>
> So, if the only password required is the one to get into their User
> Account, then this is almost perfect. It's just passwords to bypass
> the blockers, that she's trying to avoid here.
>

I d/led the beta of the Toolkit a while ago and it looked pretty good. I
didn't play with it much since I don't have a need for it here. Having
a Mom who is a tech is a great deterrent to kid misbehavior, but even
better is that my boys understand what can happen when you don't
practice Safe Hex. They see it every day on clients' machines.

>From my quick look at the Toolkit, it isn't a password-protected blocker
but rather a way to control the environment just like Group Policy does
on XP Pro or in a domain.

Cheers,

Malke 

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