Guys give me some tips. I have a 2 year old that keeps going on our main PC and messing with the settings. He's a curious little bugger:) His account is restricted but still he changes my firewall settings, display settings, opens photoshop and messes it up... you name it, lol. Is anybody aware of a program that can limit what he does? It's really annoying having to fix something everytime he logs off the thing.

Yes, the program is called an "Xbox" ;) You have a smart 2 yr old!! Must take after Janelle? :lol: (joking my brother) :)

I would be tempted to try msconfig (and disable services on his profile) and see if I can stop them from loading. If he can't see them, he can't click them.

There isn't much you can do as far as him changing settings within programs, in most cases if you can access it, you can change properties, etc.

However, to make sure you system doesn't get messed with you can put him into the Guest account.

You may already know but if not here's how:
Right click on My Computer and select Manage > Local users and groups > Users > double click on his account name > Member Of tab > Add then type in Guests and select check names. Remove any other groups he may be in, by default he's most likely an administrator but Guest has many more restrictions.

by default he's most likely an administrator but Guest has many more restrictions.


2 year olds as administrators sounds like this place. lol if you got him an x box how would he get it away from janelle?

Dunno mate. I'm currently having a similar problem myself.

I have programs installed in my profile but then when the wife uses the P.C., she clicks on all the default settings when she uses the programs and undoes them.

Sometimes she clicks because she does want it that way, other times she just clicks the O,K, button to make the window go away !

:maddance:

Thanx for the tips Serg & Eric:) His account is already a guest account, so I can't change that. If I disable services in msconfig, they apply to all accounts... so I don't want that either. Unless I'm doing it wrong, lol:dunno:

I did however find a program to help me out. Mondy, check out my post here (http://www.guitarblast.com/showthread.php/children-control-1-6634.html?p=66647).

If you are running XP Pro you can dig around in Group Policies, it's a world of it's own in Windows and takes some learning but it's good stuff. Have a peak at it and see for yourself.

Click on Start > Run and type in MMC then File > add/remove snap-in > Add > Group Policy Object Editor leave at default name or call it something else and there you have it, a new set of toys for you OS. Careful though, it can be a little misleading on some of the policies but it gives you something to play with. :)

Thanx Eric. I love new toys:) I've never used this before... looks a little confusing, lol, but I'll figure it out.

That's just a glance into the world of windows administration and the options on what you can do with policies both for users and computers is endless really, all with the built in interface. On Windows servers it's a more enhanced version of these tools and with Active Directory and group policy objects (GPO) you can control virtually every aspect of how a computer or user logs in and what they can and can't access. All without 3rd party tools.

That's just a glance into the world of windows administration and the options on what you can do with policies both for users and computers is endless really, all with the built in interface. On Windows servers it's a more enhanced version of these tools and with Active Directory and group policy objects (GPO) you can control virtually every aspect of how a computer or user logs in and what they can and can't access. All without 3rd party tools.

Lol, someday when I have the time I'll sit down and learn this shit... but I don't think we have enough tylenol in the house. For now, I'm happy with 3rd party tools:D

Lol, someday when I have the time I'll sit down and learn this shit... but I don't think we have enough tylenol in the house. For now, I'm happy with 3rd party tools:D
I have taken nearly all the certification courses and I still get confused so I couldn't blame you for downloading a simple little check box tool. :toothless: