Overactive grand son.

[David Tyndall]

My grandson is three years old and loves to play
his "Reader Rabbit" learning games on his mothers
computer. Papa has built him his own PC. Now for problem,
how to keep him out of places he doesn't belong. I set
his user account to limmited,but he still opens
everything on the computer that he can. Is there any
software program that will let him on the computer in a
very tightly controlled manner so as not to allow access
to anything but his "Reader Rabbit". He loves to move the
desktop icons around, open control panel, and add and
remove programs all by his little self.
PS:I spent over $1,000.00 so he can be on his own
computer, not to keep him off of the computer.

 

[R]

| My grandson is three years old and loves to play
| his "Reader Rabbit" learning games on his mothers
| computer. Papa has built him his own PC. Now for problem,
| how to keep him out of places he doesn't belong. I set
| his user account to limmited,but he still opens
| everything on the computer that he can. Is there any
| software program that will let him on the computer in a
| very tightly controlled manner so as not to allow access
| to anything but his "Reader Rabbit". He loves to move the
| desktop icons around, open control panel, and add and
| remove programs all by his little self.
| PS:I spent over $1,000.00 so he can be on his own
| computer, not to keep him off of the computer.

I set up a computer for my grandchildren with similar needs. Use Hide
Desktop Icons to cut down on some problems. Then make a Toolbar with Icons
to all the CD's he will be using. You can usually find an icon in the
AutoPlay install to use as the shortcut. Use the large mouse pointer and a
large font, with large icons. Take all the shortcuts off his Start\Programs.
I did this with Windows ME, so I didn't have the choice of setting
permissions. My guess would be that you will get the most limited access for
him by using the Guest permissions. TweakUI will let you set one logon as
the default, but you can still get to Admin by using Shift during loading,
or ctrl-alt-del 2x's, or Switch User.

If there's a way to click where they shouldn't they will, so XP Permissions
should help a lot.
Good luck,
R

 

[Keith Miller]

It might be easier to get some imaging software and save an image of the hard drive with everything
working. Then he can play all he wants, learn a lot in the process, & you can restore it easily.

Keith

 

[David]

My grandson is three years old and loves to play
his "Reader Rabbit" learning games on his mothers
computer. Papa has built him his own PC. Now for problem,
how to keep him out of places he doesn't belong. I set
his user account to limmited,but he still opens
everything on the computer that he can. Is there any
software program that will let him on the computer in a
very tightly controlled manner so as not to allow access
to anything but his "Reader Rabbit". He loves to move the
desktop icons around, open control panel, and add and
remove programs all by his little self.
PS:I spent over $1,000.00 so he can be on his own
computer, not to keep him off of the computer.

If you have XP Pro ( Possibly on XP Home alos ) You can go to Start>
Run..type in gpedit and hit OK. Then goto User Configuration>
Administative Templates. There you will fid lots of options you can
configure such remove "Run" from the start menu. Make sure you set a
Restore Point in case things go sideways on.

Also, Right-Click on the start button and select Explore All Users. and
remove any shorts cuts that you don't want him to have access to from
/Documents and Settings/Allusers/ and ?Documents and Settings/Grandkid/
and put shorts you do want him to access under /Documents and
Settings/Grandkid/.

And, Finally, Read "Help and Support" on how to set file permissions.

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David

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[Stickems]

Let your grandson play. He is learning by playing.

 

[j0hann0]

Hi
you could use a program like "deepfreeze" , or something similar....
http://www.deepfreezeusa.com/
when running you can do all you do on a system, but on restart the system is
back to where it was in its original settings... this can be a nuisance on
"normal" pc's, as your retrieved email, saved documents, and so on are
gone... but this could be a usefull program in this case, you can even let
it only apply to say the "c-drive" ( or parttion ) ...
internet cafes sometimes use similar programs...
seems an option to consider i think


greets Johan, the Netherland

 

[David]

Let your grandson play. He is learning by playing.

Yeah! Just think of all the cuss words he can learn when he deletes the
family finiancial records! Or, the pictures from Aunt Besty's fourth
wedding.

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David

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Graphic violence is advised"