Re: Lock Out a User in Win XP home?
From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 02/05/05
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Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 09:54:04 -0500
R Keck wrote:
> Running WindowsXP Home SP2 NTFS. Our daughter's computer is in her
> room. She is now grounded from her computer for a week. She is a
> restricted user. Is there not a way to lock her out? Temporarily
> disable her account? The lock feature of XP (non domain) is
> generally useless. Yes, it can lock a user's desktop, but I want to
> lock the PC where only an admin user can unlock it. No, I do not
> want to delete the account and probably lose all it's settings even
> after recreating using the same name.
>
> Why can't any other account be turned off like the guest account can
> be turned on and off?
Just curious...why do you think that disabling her account would be easier
than changing her password? If you aren't running a domain, you still have
to physically go to her computer & do something on it anyway.
>
> For now, I've changed her password, but this seems to be a not-so-good
> solution to a problem
Why not? Is this not working?
> ...that has to come up often this day in age when
> practically every kid has a PC in their room.
OT, but I personally think that's crazy. I wouldn't want a kid to have a
computer & broadband in their room, nor a TV, nor a dedicated phone line.
Kids/adolescents have plenty of other reasons to hole up in their rooms
anyway, scowling, and listening to the latest CD of Angry Misunderstood
Teenager Music. It's a rite of passage, but it doesn't need to be assisted
by providing a lot of toys in there! Just my $.02 - and no, I don't have
teenage kids, so take it for what it's worth. :)
>
> Furthermore, Microsoft should implement an allowed schedule of hours
> for restricted users that can be managed by an admin user ... like
> found in domain configurations, but at the PC level ... i.e. at 8:00
> pm, she is forcibly logged off and not allowed back on until 6:00 pm.
Some of the other replies list third party options that may help you. Note
that a smart kid will nearly always find a way to bypass whatever their
parents attempt to implement. Without decent "physical security", little
else is surefire.
>
> Thanks in advance
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