Sharing My Computer

[Guest]

I have a pier-to-pier network in my home office. My computer in my office
acts as the server and it shares data with my secretary's computer that is in
her office. When my secretary is not there, my 9 yr. old son sits at her
desk and plays computer games and surfs the internet. I have covered the
security issues, but I am concerned that he will inadvertently click
something, push somethings, etc. and mess up some settings on the computer
and thus effect my secretary's ability to work. How can I set up my
secretary's computer so he can use it, but not change any settings of effect
her data? Please give explicit details. Thanks so much.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a pier-to-pier network in my home office. My computer in my
office acts as the server and it shares data with my secretary's
computer that is in her office. When my secretary is not there, my
9 yr. old son sits at her desk and plays computer games and surfs
the internet. I have covered the security issues, but I am
concerned that he will inadvertently click something, push
somethings, etc. and mess up some settings on the computer and thus
effect my secretary's ability to work. How can I set up my
secretary's computer so he can use it, but not change any settings
of effect her data? Please give explicit details. Thanks so much.

It's "peer-to-peer" actually.

Setup a separate account on your secretary's computer - limited user - so
that your son can logon and use that account and not change anything on your
secretary's account.

 

[Richard]

Well, if your running Windows XP, setup a user account (limited, not
administrator) just for him.
He'll have his own desktop, and won't be able to affect your secretary's
account. Put a password
on the secretary's account so he can't get in there by mistake. All this can
be done thru the control panel

Richard

 

[Guest]

be patient and explain to your son very carefully that the computer for work
is not a toy and do not touch it............... otherwise you will not only
loose a good working computer but a hard working secretary who depends on
that machine..... Buy him a nintendo...

 

[POP]

I have a pier-to-pier network in my home office. My
computer in my office acts as the server and it shares data
with my secretary's computer that is in her office. When
my secretary is not there, my 9 yr. old son sits at her
desk and plays computer games and surfs the internet. I
have covered the security issues, but I am concerned that
he will inadvertently click something, push somethings,
etc. and mess up some settings on the computer and thus
effect my secretary's ability to work. How can I set up my
secretary's computer so he can use it, but not change any
settings of effect her data? Please give explicit details.
Thanks so much.

Gads, man, you'd be better off getting the kid a $200 computer of
his own and get him off a "real" data filled computer! That's
just asking for trouble and for him to feel bad about an accident
that wasn't even his fault. Old, slow computers are fine for
surfing and email; not much power or speed is required so a low
end second hand machine will do nicely.
If you care about your secretary, find something else for the
kid to use. What you're doing is dumb, even with all the safetys
in place.

My 2 cents,

Pop

 

[Nate]

If he has a limited account, it is fine. He cannot hurt anything. Let the
kid learn how to use a computer, as he will need to in the future.
I do agree that it would be best if he had his own used computer(they run
about $100-$300) so that he can explore everything on the computer if he
wants.

 

[Richard Urban]

If/when your accounts receivable goes missing, you will be sorry you allowed
your son to "play" on a business computer, however well you may think it is
protected.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[robert.bidgood]

Seperate Account will work, but i am very concerned that you would
allow a child to play with the office computer. It is the backbone of
your office so keep kids off the computer. Even surfing can cause
issues such as mis-typing of an address that could entrap you into a
hacker's layer. Believe it! I have seen it - I have dealt with it - and
I have had to clean out computers because of it. Please find your child
another source of entertainment; setup a seperate computer with a
limited account and educate them on how to be safe! Education is the
key! I teach children internet safety at schools They learn proper
typing, double check spelling before clicking or hitting enter and
practice using safe sites like google and Wikipidia for research.

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