Re: XP User Accounts

ok here's what u can try. first change ur admin password to something not
guessable by ur child lol! now basically a limited user can gain admin
access thru many ways but can also be restricted too in doin so.

first make sure your operating system resides on ntfs and not fat32 if ur on
fat32 use the convert command from dos to convert ur presnt partition to
ntfs without loosing data. this will add more security to ur system. type
convert/? in cmd to know how to.

now if there is an inherient admin account (builtin admin account) as so is
with many accounts and u are just another admin and not on built in account
u need to disable it or enable password go to control panel user accounts
and password protect it else anyont can do a alt ctrl del during start up
and login to admin account just by entering user name since no password.

the ntfs file system enable addin security also gives u the option of
restricting files to certain user like u can restrict the limited user from
writing into a certain os directory. with these settings enabled and
resetting his account back to limited user there is very little the user can
do or try to do to gain access. good luck

hope this helps...,

Umesh Thota
www.windowsworkshop.com


"mikesal0902" <mikesal0902@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C95D8DA8-243F-4FA5-A0FB-184285DFFEB0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I establish myself as Admin level and my children as Limited access. My 14
year old found a way to not only change this, but my User login password
as
well. How can he do this and what can I do to prevent it.


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