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[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Hi,
I have a son who is ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
he is 15yrs old.
His computer has Win XP Pro installed (Legal), and hard disk is only
10gig. Have tried to tell him to stop downloading every thing in
sight.

He gets into every thing, downloading games visiting porn sites and
downloading music.
He has even forced my to password protect the Bios

I have two questions:

1/ I want to limit what he can download (need examples of how it
can be done)

2/ I also want to set internet explorer so that he can not visit
certain sites(eg porn)

I will be setting up his own account on PC and need it to be
impossible (or at least as hard) for him to get into things i do not
want him in.

Thanks

Garry

There are a lot of tools in XP to accomplish this.

In IE, you can use the Content Advisor. For other restrictions, MVP Doug
Knox has created a slick little utility that easily restricts access to just
about any program you wish, plus much, much more. Very intuitive, easy to
use and it works on XP Pro as well as XP Home version.

This utility solves the problem with XP Home version not being able to use
the gpedit.msc group policy editor which is available for XP Pro only. It
also solves the problem of not being able to use gpedit on a per user basis.

Doug's Windows® XP Security Console
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm

--
Ronnie Vernon
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[babuji]

Hi,

Refer this link

http://www.dot-kids.com/

Thanks,

Babuji CCNA

 

[John Dingley]

Perhaps you could also think about adding an extra disk for him, they are
not too expensive now. 10GIG is very small.

My son without any problem filled his 80GIG disk and is now well on the way
to filliing the additional 60 GIG disk I added. It has taken a couple of
years for him to do this though. I use www.netmop.com which is very
effective and tamper proof to afford safe browsing.

 

[Versache]

hi acid;

this reply for your point number 2, you can avoide anyone to
access to porno site by subscribing with ISP gives you fasility of blocking
site by there firewall or you can do that also with microsoft content
advisor of your internet explorer, just go your internet explorer then from
Tools option go to internet options, content, and in section of content
advisor press Enable butten, and from " select category to view the rating
levels" section select option "sex" and select the rating you see is
resonable for you enviroment, and press "OK", and after that set password
for that rating, so line with that password person can open the site which
is blocked locally in pc.

regard

Versache
Kuwait

 

[IS]

Why is this message always the first one in the group?
I'm using Outlook Express to retrieve.

Thanks.

IS.

 

[jel183 \(UK\)]

Because his message date is in the future!

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Why is this message always the first one in the group?
I'm using Outlook Express to retrieve.

Thanks.

Because the original poster posted his message with a date that was one day
in the future. Many new, uninformed posters who want to make sure that their
message is seen will set the date of their PC ahead like this when they
post. The problem is that it is seen as very rude behavior. Similar to
pushing and bullying your way to the front of a long line. Most newsgroup
regulars will not answer and immediately delete messages that are posted in
the future.

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[EGR]

Many new, uninformed posters who want to make sure that their
message is seen will set the date of their PC ahead like this when they
post.

I think you are being a little unjust here. It's more likely with newbies
that they have never considered the date to be of particular importance.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

I think you are being a little unjust here. It's more likely with
newbies that they have never considered the date to be of particular
importance.

Not being unjust at all. You would have to intentionally change the time on
your computer to accomplish this. Most people keep their system time
accurate. The time is changed long enough to post and then changed back
since leaving the wrong time on the system could have dire results.

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Microsoft MVP-Windows Shell/User

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[IS]

Whoa! So that means I can date a message to 2010 and it'll be at the top the
whole time.
Isn't there someone who is in control and can delete these messages?
I agree with you. This is highly unreasonable and seems to be rather greedy.

Thanks.

IS.

 

[NobodyMan]

Hi,
I have a son who is ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) he is
15yrs old.
His computer has Win XP Pro installed (Legal), and hard disk is only 10gig.
Have tried to tell him to stop downloading every thing in sight.

He gets into every thing, downloading games visiting porn sites and
downloading music.
He has even forced my to password protect the Bios

I have two questions:

1/ I want to limit what he can download (need examples of how it can be
done)

2/ I also want to set internet explorer so that he can not visit certain
sites(eg porn)

I will be setting up his own account on PC and need it to be impossible (or
at least as hard) for him to get into things i do not want him in.

Thanks

Garry

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1. Let him fill up his HD. Eventually it will bog down, fill up and
be useless.

2. Take away his computer. We got along fine without them for
thousands of years; he'll adjust.

 

[CS]

Not being unjust at all. You would have to intentionally change the time on
your computer to accomplish this. Most people keep their system time
accurate. The time is changed long enough to post and then changed back
since leaving the wrong time on the system could have dire results.

I agree with EGR. You don't know if someone has intentionally
changed their system date in order to place their particular message
at the top of the list. Also, some of us do not use OE as a
newsreader. You'll notice that my reader is Agent which places
dated messages at the bottom of the list.

I suggest you be a bit more patient with people and not assume guilt
until you know for sure. I would have thought as a MVP you would be
above the type of comment you made.

Regards.

 

[Acid-Rain]

Hi,
I have a son who is ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) he is
15yrs old.
His computer has Win XP Pro installed (Legal), and hard disk is only 10gig.
Have tried to tell him to stop downloading every thing in sight.

He gets into every thing, downloading games visiting porn sites and
downloading music.
He has even forced my to password protect the Bios

I have two questions:

1/ I want to limit what he can download (need examples of how it can be
done)

2/ I also want to set internet explorer so that he can not visit certain
sites(eg porn)

I will be setting up his own account on PC and need it to be impossible (or
at least as hard) for him to get into things i do not want him in.

Thanks

Garry

__________________________________________________________________ Garry
Thomas ICQ#: 27045075 Current ICQ status: + More ways to contact me
__________________________________________________________________

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Whoa! So that means I can date a message to 2010 and it'll be at the
top the whole time.

Be aware of two things:

1. Some news servers automatically delete messages posted in the
future. For people who use such servers, that doesn't get you to
the top of the list, it gets you out of the list entirely.

2. Future dating a message puts it at the beginning of the list
only for those people who sort their messages by date. The
assumption that everyone does so is *not* correct.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

I agree with EGR. You don't know if someone has intentionally
changed their system date in order to place their particular message
at the top of the list. Also, some of us do not use OE as a
newsreader. You'll notice that my reader is Agent which places
dated messages at the bottom of the list.

I suggest you be a bit more patient with people and not assume guilt
until you know for sure. I would have thought as a MVP you would be
above the type of comment you made.

Hmmm! Don't kill the messenger here. I simply answered a question by IS
about posting in the future. I don't think I made any direct accusation
directed at the OP at all. I originally answered the OP's questions without
flaming about the date on their post.

It's good to post this information, occassionally, to make inexperienced
posters aware of what is acceptable practice and what is not. Future posts
can be a source of a great many flaming responses and worse yet, the OP
never gets their question answered. People who do future post are usually
more knowledgeable than the average user, since they are using a newsreader
and not some type of web news, they just make bad decisions when they do
things like this.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP-Windows Shell/User

Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
http://www.dts-l.org
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[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Whoa! So that means I can date a message to 2010 and it'll be at the
top the whole time.
Isn't there someone who is in control and can delete these messages?
I agree with you. This is highly unreasonable and seems to be rather
greedy.

Thanks.

A post that is only dated a short time in the future will likely survive
until it's date, but one that is years in the future would likely be deleted
along with any posts that contain virus or pornographic attachments. This
won't be a concern for you, since you are using the latest version of
Outlook Express, you can simply delete the message when you tire of seeing
it.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP-Windows Shell/User

Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://www.mvps.org

 

[EGR]

Not being unjust at all. You would have to intentionally change the time
on
your computer to accomplish this. Most people keep their system time
accurate. The time is changed long enough to post and then changed back
since leaving the wrong time on the system could have dire results.

What evidence do you have to support this claim? Many home users do not
keep their clocks accurate (I know, I've been supporting end-users since
1981).
For the average home user, having a clock that's (say) 12 hours fast, would
not be a big deal.
I've no doubt you're right that some people pull this stunt, I just don't
believ you should assume that anyone with an incorrect clock is that
devious, especially as they would soon learn that you rarely get a helpful
reply under such circumstances.