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.

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:

>
> artist4hire;752131 Wrote:

> > 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
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> them.*
> '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:19:00 -0700, artist4hire
<artist4hire@xxxxxx> wrote:

>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.

On your regular account, but what on the built-in Admin account? If
you've not set a password for that, he can easily access it and do
whatever he wishes.

References to the built-in account were in Brink's reply and are in
the quoted material below.


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:
>

>>
>> artist4hire;752131 Wrote:

>> > 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
>>
>> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
>> them.*
>> '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com)
>> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>>