Thank you "Brink" for responding. I greatly appreciate it!! I am not as
"tech savvy" as my son (he's 15)
Even though I am listed as the
"administrator", he changes his account to administrator also, even after I
changed him to a standard user. I changed my password. Will this keep him
from changing his account back to an administrator account once I change him
to a standard account??? I appologize if I seem to be repeating >.<
thanks!!
Theresa
"Brink" wrote:
Quote:
> > artist4hire;752131 Wrote: Quote:
> > I am the administrator of my computer, however, my son keeps changing
> > his
> > user account to an administrator account. How do I stop my children
> > from
> > changing anything on my computer, besides locking it down? I want them
> > to be
> > able to use the computer but be protected as well as protecting certain
> > files
> > and features on my computer. I have Windows Vista. Thank you for your
> > time
> > and expertise.
>
> Hello Artist4hire,
>
> Be sure to have a strong password that they cannot guess created for
> each administrator account you have on the computer. They will not be
> able to change their account type without having to enter the
> administrator password first. Be sure to enable the built-in
> Administrator account and give it a password to prevent them from trying
> to use it as a backdoor to do this.
>
> How to create a password for a user account:
> User Account - Create Password
>
> How to enable the built-in Administrator account:
> Administrator Account
>
>
> In addition, you might check out Parental Controls to use on their
> Standard account to help control what they can use to. This tutorial
> will help show you how to.
>
> Parental Controls - Setup and Use
>
>
> Hope this helps you,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
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