Katrina Posted July 15, 2014 Posted July 15, 2014 My son keeps messing with my desktop and settings. Is there any way to limit his access to those things? Ideally, I would like to prevent him from being able to delete things, stop him from downloading stuff and in general make him leave everything alone. I can't afford any expensive software but is there anything else I can do? Quote
Rich-M Posted July 15, 2014 Posted July 15, 2014 Create another user for your son either standard or guest, just not Admin then he cannot install anything or view your user files. Pass word your user and don't give it to him but you need to remember one more thing most forget. You need to look in Power Options and make sure there is a checkmark in "Require password when coming back from Standby" 1 Quote
Katrina Posted July 18, 2014 Author Posted July 18, 2014 Thanks, this seems to be working well so far. Are you sure my son won't be able to download anything? Quote
Katrina Posted July 18, 2014 Author Posted July 18, 2014 I don't want him to be able to download anything from the internet or install anything whether it be from a disk or elsewhere. Quote
FPCH Admin allheart55 Cindy E Posted July 18, 2014 FPCH Admin Posted July 18, 2014 Don't worry, he won't be able to do anything like that. This is the MS description of a standard users rights. When you use a standard account, you can use most programs that are installed on the computer, but you can't install or uninstall software and hardware, delete files that are required for the computer to work, or change settings on the computer that affect other users. If you're using a standard account, some programs might require you to provide an administrator password before you can perform certain tasks. 1 Quote ~I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.~ ~~Robert McCloskey~~
Katrina Posted July 18, 2014 Author Posted July 18, 2014 Oh good. I don't want him to be able to uninstall anything either. Thank you! Quote
FPCH Admin allheart55 Cindy E Posted July 18, 2014 FPCH Admin Posted July 18, 2014 You're welcome. Did you remember to place a checkmark next to, "Require password when coming back from Standby" under Power Options, as Rich suggested? Quote ~I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.~ ~~Robert McCloskey~~
Rich-M Posted July 18, 2014 Posted July 18, 2014 Yeah that is really important or he gets right around it. Quote
Katrina Posted July 18, 2014 Author Posted July 18, 2014 I did remember but it took me awhile to find it under power options. They don't make it easy do they? Quote
Katrina Posted July 19, 2014 Author Posted July 19, 2014 I'm loving the change with the accounts, my son, not so much. Quote
FPCH Admin allheart55 Cindy E Posted July 19, 2014 FPCH Admin Posted July 19, 2014 He'll get used to it and you don't have to worry about him dumping your recycle bin anymore. :eek: :D Quote ~I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.~ ~~Robert McCloskey~~
Katrina Posted July 19, 2014 Author Posted July 19, 2014 Now when I log onto my user, my desktop and all of my personal folders are always exactly the same. I wish I had done this a long time ago. Quote
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