Help! XP Home Admin Tools

[Zephyr Princess]

Hello & Good Evening:

I am currently in the midst of working on a friend's computer. She has
two teenagers whom also use the computer. Every other month she brings her
computer to me for some problem from the kids' downloading. What I want to
do is use the Admin Tools to limit their use, block certain websites and
types of programs/software they download, block the use of P2P programs,
just to name a few.

Can anyone tell me what to do or where to go on the Internet to get
information on accomplishing these tasks? Thank You for Any and All
Assistance and/or Suggestions. Also, she used a program called "ErrorGuard"
which found 722 system errors on her computer. Can you suggest a site or
possibly a "free" program I can use temporarily to scan her system and
possibly repair it? Again, Thanks for all your Assistance.

Dee

 

[Jerry]

Some reading might help.

Windows XP Booklist

Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out 2nd ed ISBN 0-7356-2044-X
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit 2nd ed ISBN 0-7356-1974-3
Microsoft Windows Command-Line ISBN 0-7356-2038-5
Windows XP Pro 2nd ed The Missing Manual ISBN 0-596-00898-8
Windows XP in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition ISBN 0-596-00900-3
Windows XP Annoyances, 2nd ed ISBN 0-596-00876-7
Windows XP Hacks, 2nd ed ISBN 0-596-0000918-6
Windows XP Solutions ISBN 0-7645-6773-X
Windows XP Speed Solutions ISBN 0-7645-7814-6
Guide to Home Networking ISBN 0-7645-4473-X

 

[Zephyr Princess]

Hello Jerry:

Thank You for responding and sending me a list of reading material to help
me solve my friends' problem. I greatly appreciate your responding and
assisting me in this matter.

Respectfully

ZP

 

[Jim Nugent]

Hello & Good Evening:

I am currently in the midst of working on a friend's computer. She has
two teenagers whom also use the computer. Every other month she brings her
computer to me for some problem from the kids' downloading. What I want to
do is use the Admin Tools to limit their use, block certain websites and
types of programs/software they download, block the use of P2P programs,
just to name a few.

Can anyone tell me what to do or where to go on the Internet to get
information on accomplishing these tasks? Thank You for Any and All
Assistance and/or Suggestions. Also, she used a program called "ErrorGuard"
which found 722 system errors on her computer. Can you suggest a site or
possibly a "free" program I can use temporarily to scan her system and
possibly repair it? Again, Thanks for all your Assistance.

That depends on what kind of "system errors" it is finding. If it's orphaned
or bogus registry entries that's one thing; use a registry cleaner if it's
lost clusters or cross linked files, that's another; just run chkdsk /f (or
maybe in XP they call it scandisk again). A "repair install" might not be a
bad idea if there are file revision problems. Do the repair install, then go
to windows update.

As for the security and policy settings, if it were XP Pro would you know
how to do it? If so, I'd suggest investing in an upgrade. It would pay for
itself if it saved a couple of trips to the shop. XP Home is not very
flexible when it comes to security tuning.

 

[CReWdog]

*Hello & Good Evening:

I am currently in the midst of working on a friend's computer. She
has
two teenagers whom also use the computer. Every other month she
brings her
computer to me for some problem from the kids' downloading. What I
want to
do is use the Admin Tools to limit their use, block certain websites
and
types of programs/software they download, block the use of P2P
programs,
just to name a few.

Can anyone tell me what to do or where to go on the Internet to get
information on accomplishing these tasks? Thank You for Any and All
Assistance and/or Suggestions. Also, she used a program called
"ErrorGuard"
which found 722 system errors on her computer. Can you suggest a
site or
possibly a "free" program I can use temporarily to scan her system
and
possibly repair it? Again, Thanks for all your Assistance.

Dee *

Hi

You could try Doug Knox's security console, gives user lots of options
(selectable by tick box) to remove access & restrict what users can do.
Get it here http://dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
Screenshots here
http://dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_seccons_scrn.htm
show what it's capable of.
Not sure if this will help you or not but its worth a try.

Regards
CReWdog