Re: PASSWORDS

Trace wrote:
I'm tring to stop my teenage daughter setting up new accounts on my
computer, so she can't keep making herself an administator and
going on websites that I've "blocked."
Can I put a password on the computer before anyone logs on?
If anyone out there knows, can they e-mail me in detail about how I
go about this.
I'm a parent tearing my hair out.....as she keeps putting me on a
"limited account" and changing my password!

BIOS password.
Padlock the computer closed as well and make sure it is set to boot from the
hard disk drive first.

(How you get into the BIOS will depend on the computer. Turn it off, turn
it on - see what key it tells you to press to get into "System Setup" or
"System BIOS" or something like that.)

Also - if you create a limited account for everyone else in Windows XP -
password protect all administrative level accounts, have the BIOS password,
the bootup password (also in the BIOS) and set the system to boot from hard
disk drive first only - it will be difficult (but not impossible, given time
and physical access/freedom with the machine) for her to do anything.

You could also just be the parent who yanks the computer away and puts it
out of her reach physically.

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