![]() |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Welcome to Windows Vista Forums. Our forum is dedicated to helping you find solutions with any problems, errors or issues you are experiencing with Windows Vista. The Vista forum also covers news and updates and has an extensive Windows Vista tutorial section that covers a wide range of tips and tricks. |
| |||||||
![]() |
| |
| | #1 (permalink) |
| | Parental Controls I have the reverse problem to fanny. I have a 15 year old son who I trust and want to have administrator access so he can load software etc etc. However I want to restrict him from the worst of the internet. I could do this with XP and Norton Internet Security. Vista & OneCare however won't let me do it. I make him a standard user just to control internet, and every 5 minutes he's asking me for an administrator password to fix something he can't do. If I give him administrator password and he can unblock internet controls. Is the only way I can deal with this to throw away OneCare and buy a third party internet control software with separate log in/password and make him an administrator?? |
My System Specs![]() |
| | #2 (permalink) |
| | Re: Parental Controls Byron wrote: > I have the reverse problem to fanny. I have a 15 year old son who I trust and > want to have administrator access so he can load software etc etc. However I > want to restrict him from the worst of the internet. I could do this with XP > and Norton Internet Security. > Vista & OneCare however won't let me do it. I make him a standard user just > to control internet, and every 5 minutes he's asking me for an administrator > password to fix something he can't do. If I give him administrator password > and he can unblock internet controls. > Is the only way I can deal with this to throw away OneCare and buy a third > party internet control software with separate log in/password and make him an > administrator?? > Next time please make a new post instead of inserting your question into a very old thread. You cannot have your cake and eat it too. ;-) Make your son a standard user (and both of you should be running as Standard users anyway). You can pick and choose which part of the Parental Controls you want to enable. You have to decide how much control you want to apply to your son's computing life and if you want a lot of control, you have to be there to "fix something he can't do". Sorry. OneCare has nothing to do with Parental Controls. OneCare is an all-in-one product covering antivirus, antispyware, antiphishing, a firewall, performance tuneups, backup & restore (information taken from its website). http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/default.htm I don't recommend it in any case. The antivirus has a very low catch rate and the "performance tuneups" are just plain dangerous (like all registry cleaners). Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
My System Specs![]() |
| | #3 (permalink) |
| | Re: Parental Controls Byron wrote: > I have the reverse problem to fanny. I have a 15 year old son who I trust and > want to have administrator access so he can load software etc etc. However I > want to restrict him from the worst of the internet. I could do this with XP > and Norton Internet Security. > Vista & OneCare however won't let me do it. I make him a standard user just > to control internet, and every 5 minutes he's asking me for an administrator > password to fix something he can't do. If I give him administrator password > and he can unblock internet controls. > Is the only way I can deal with this to throw away OneCare and buy a third > party internet control software with separate log in/password and make him an > administrator?? > If he's an administrator, he can simply disable third party software, do 'bad' things and then re-enable it. You can buy packages that have a 'password' but they can always be bypassed - usually trivially. It looks like Microsoft decided that no security is better than the illusion of security. (A fundamental change in their philosophy, but one that I agree with). Alun Harford |
My System Specs![]() |
| | #4 (permalink) |
| | Re: Parental Controls "Alun Harford" <devnull@alunharford.co.uk> wrote in message news:%23fOkLmVdHHA.1244@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Byron wrote: >> I have the reverse problem to fanny. I have a 15 year old son who I trust >> and want to have administrator access so he can load software etc etc. >> However I want to restrict him from the worst of the internet. I could do >> this with XP and Norton Internet Security. >> Vista & OneCare however won't let me do it. I make him a standard user >> just to control internet, and every 5 minutes he's asking me for an >> administrator password to fix something he can't do. If I give him >> administrator password and he can unblock internet controls. >> Is the only way I can deal with this to throw away OneCare and buy a >> third party internet control software with separate log in/password and >> make him an administrator?? >> > > If he's an administrator, he can simply disable third party software, do > 'bad' things and then re-enable it. You can buy packages that have a > 'password' but they can always be bypassed - usually trivially. > > It looks like Microsoft decided that no security is better than the > illusion of security. (A fundamental change in their philosophy, but one > that I agree with). > > Alun Harford One of the best packages can be found at kidswatch.org. Perfect? Probably not, but its better than most. |
My System Specs![]() |
![]() |
| Thread Tools | |
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Forum | |||
| Parental Controls | Vista General | |||
| Parental Controls | Vista account administration | |||
| Parental controls | Vista account administration | |||
| parental controls | Vista General | |||
| Parental Controls | Vista account administration | |||