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I just bought a new family computer and need help on setting limits on the kids user accounts.
the goal is to not let the kids download harmful programs or get access to porn sites.
how do I do this?
I was sucessful at setting up an administrator and guest account but cant find how to restrict the guest accounts authority to download or go anywhere the web leads.
oed
Some ISPs, like AOL, provide a suite of controls to set the limits on kids usage. The best advice, though, is to keep the computer in a common area, not the kid's room. Some computers can also be turned off with a key, giving you control of when they use it. If yours doesn't have this feature, take some vital component (like the keyboard) away and lock it up when you are gone. StuRat 11:26, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
The only way you'll keep them from installing malware is to not let them install anything at all. That or use linux. Also I highly advise you not to filter internet access. It's (in most cases) easy to bypass, it's inconvenient and annoying, and it often results in frustrating false alarms. -- froth T C 16:35, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you all for your suggestions. Taking some of the advise, I had a talk with the middle boy and he showed me that I could set parental limits through the Norton software. I guess I'm over parenting.
OED
How does the computer hardware(motherboard)distinguish between restart and shutdown command?
How does the computer know to turn itself back on during a restart? -- froth T C 16:55, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Hmmmm... That is a good question. I will work on finding that out! -- Zach 00:10, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Has anyone else noticed posts going missing on these pages? Like you click on an item in your watch list by UserXXXX, and it aint there? Im posting this msg on all ref desks.-- Light current 11:28, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I was just wondering when I connect to an online game server, which is best. A high, or low ping value? Sorry i dont understand too much about computers, and knowing what is right might help me from lagging a bit.
Thanks for your time, Chris
This recent BBC Viking Quest edutainment web game is, I believe, inspired by a 1980s edutainment computer game (possibly for the BBC Micro or similar machine found in 1980s UK primary schools) about Vikings raiding the British Isles. If you did really well at raiding English/Scottish monastries and sailing back to Scandanavia, you could get a Norse saga written about you. I remember wanting to play it at school when I was like 8 or whatever but some other kids kept hogging it and when they were done, I didn't know how to load it. It looked and played much better than the current BBC web version from my recollections. Does anyone know what the name of 1980s game is? Or even if its available online today? thanks!!!! Bwithh 14:04, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Is there any easy way to create a Flash-emedded movie-with-player the way that clips on YouTube are embedded? I like the simplicity and relative reliability of the YouTube method (clinking to streaming WMV or MOV files often produces awful studdering effects depending on the setup of the home computer; the YouTube players are quick and have never given me trouble) but I'm not sure how to go about quickly doing that. This is a one-time operation so a quick hack or an inelegant solution is just fine. -- Fastfission 16:00, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Are there any MS-Office type programs (i.e. Word, excel and PowerPoint) that are free and 100% compatible with MS- Office.
These viewers allow you to view and print documents of the respective file types, but you cannot edit them. Hope this helps! Keesh001 16:15, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
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I just bought a new family computer and need help on setting limits on the kids user accounts.
the goal is to not let the kids download harmful programs or get access to porn sites.
how do I do this?
I was sucessful at setting up an administrator and guest account but cant find how to restrict the guest accounts authority to download or go anywhere the web leads.
oed
Some ISPs, like AOL, provide a suite of controls to set the limits on kids usage. The best advice, though, is to keep the computer in a common area, not the kid's room. Some computers can also be turned off with a key, giving you control of when they use it. If yours doesn't have this feature, take some vital component (like the keyboard) away and lock it up when you are gone. StuRat 11:26, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
The only way you'll keep them from installing malware is to not let them install anything at all. That or use linux. Also I highly advise you not to filter internet access. It's (in most cases) easy to bypass, it's inconvenient and annoying, and it often results in frustrating false alarms. -- froth T C 16:35, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you all for your suggestions. Taking some of the advise, I had a talk with the middle boy and he showed me that I could set parental limits through the Norton software. I guess I'm over parenting.
OED
How does the computer hardware(motherboard)distinguish between restart and shutdown command?
How does the computer know to turn itself back on during a restart? -- froth T C 16:55, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Hmmmm... That is a good question. I will work on finding that out! -- Zach 00:10, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Has anyone else noticed posts going missing on these pages? Like you click on an item in your watch list by UserXXXX, and it aint there? Im posting this msg on all ref desks.-- Light current 11:28, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I was just wondering when I connect to an online game server, which is best. A high, or low ping value? Sorry i dont understand too much about computers, and knowing what is right might help me from lagging a bit.
Thanks for your time, Chris
This recent BBC Viking Quest edutainment web game is, I believe, inspired by a 1980s edutainment computer game (possibly for the BBC Micro or similar machine found in 1980s UK primary schools) about Vikings raiding the British Isles. If you did really well at raiding English/Scottish monastries and sailing back to Scandanavia, you could get a Norse saga written about you. I remember wanting to play it at school when I was like 8 or whatever but some other kids kept hogging it and when they were done, I didn't know how to load it. It looked and played much better than the current BBC web version from my recollections. Does anyone know what the name of 1980s game is? Or even if its available online today? thanks!!!! Bwithh 14:04, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Is there any easy way to create a Flash-emedded movie-with-player the way that clips on YouTube are embedded? I like the simplicity and relative reliability of the YouTube method (clinking to streaming WMV or MOV files often produces awful studdering effects depending on the setup of the home computer; the YouTube players are quick and have never given me trouble) but I'm not sure how to go about quickly doing that. This is a one-time operation so a quick hack or an inelegant solution is just fine. -- Fastfission 16:00, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Are there any MS-Office type programs (i.e. Word, excel and PowerPoint) that are free and 100% compatible with MS- Office.
These viewers allow you to view and print documents of the respective file types, but you cannot edit them. Hope this helps! Keesh001 16:15, 2 October 2006 (UTC)