how can i constrict other users activities?

crazylikeafox · 10-28-2005, 02:36 AM

so I'm giving my little brother my old computer, but the problem is he's a curious little dude and likes to mess around with the settings. So my question is how do i make it where i can not let him access some options? for example at my high school they have it set where you cant right click on the desktop or get into the control panels so students don't make any grave system changes, they also have it where the settings you change aren't saved when you log on again, like if you moved the icons around it would go back to original position when you log back on

and that is EXACTLY what i want to do, so how do i do it? i already made him his own account and I'm the administrator account, by the way I'm running windows me .........yeah i know try to to laugh to hard lol

gamerman4 · 10-28-2005, 03:40 AM

Your school has a server with either Win2000 or 2003 server edition. These operating systems allow for special rights limiting and things like that. Also Windows XP pro does this too. I've never heard of this from Windows ME... Being that it is probably the crappiest OS ever made, I doubt it has admin privelidges.

I got a way to fix his curiosity!! Tell him that if he messes the computer up by going into the settings, you will reformat the hard drive and make him use DOS. BTW how old is he?

crazylikeafox · 10-28-2005, 11:45 AM

ahhaha hes 7

and out of curiosity how would i be able do do that on xp? because i can get a free copy of xp from my dads work

**apj101** · 10-28-2005, 12:44 PM

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because i can get a free copy of xp from my dads work

free, i hope he or the company pay the licence fee, just borrowing the cd wont work you need a unique lience key to activate the product.

But once you have xp pro, you can just set yourself up as an admin, create a limited user account for your brother. You can manually restrict access to other stuff later if you so need to. There are tutorials all over the web for this

crazylikeafox · 10-28-2005, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by apj101

free, i hope he or the company pay the licence fee, just borrowing the cd wont work you need a unique lience key to activate the product.

But once you have xp pro, you can just set yourself up as an admin, create a limited user account for your brother. You can manually restrict access to other stuff later if you so need to. There are tutorials all over the web for this

yeah he can get his boss to order me a full licenced copy for free, hes a real nice guy

Alias · 10-29-2005, 12:34 AM

Why not just crack it. Why pay?

crazylikeafox · 10-29-2005, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Alias

Why not just crack it. Why pay?

because its illegal.........

34erd · 10-29-2005, 01:23 AM

And talking about that stuff here is not allowed...

10-28-2005, 02:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
crazylikeafox banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 22 Posts: 43	how can i constrict other users activities? so I'm giving my little brother my old computer, but the problem is he's a curious little dude and likes to mess around with the settings. So my question is how do i make it where i can not let him access some options? for example at my high school they have it set where you cant right click on the desktop or get into the control panels so students don't make any grave system changes, they also have it where the settings you change aren't saved when you log on again, like if you moved the icons around it would go back to original position when you log back on and that is EXACTLY what i want to do, so how do i do it? i already made him his own account and I'm the administrator account, by the way I'm running windows me .........yeah i know try to to laugh to hard lol

10-28-2005, 03:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
gamerman4 Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkansas Age: 18 Posts: 992	Your school has a server with either Win2000 or 2003 server edition. These operating systems allow for special rights limiting and things like that. Also Windows XP pro does this too. I've never heard of this from Windows ME... Being that it is probably the crappiest OS ever made, I doubt it has admin privelidges. I got a way to fix his curiosity!! Tell him that if he messes the computer up by going into the settings, you will reformat the hard drive and make him use DOS. BTW how old is he? __________________ My Gaming PC: NZXT Nemesis Elite Black Case Intel Q6600 @ 3.20 Ghz COOLER MASTER RL-EUL-GBU1-GP Watercooling Gigabyte DS3R 2 x 80GB HDD 1 x 250GB 1 x 500GB 2 x 1GB Patriot Extreme Perf. DDR2 nVidia 8800GT 512MB Antec Smartpower 2.0 400 Watt Last edited by gamerman4; 10-28-2005 at 03:44 AM.

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10-28-2005, 11:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
crazylikeafox banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 22 Posts: 43	ahhaha hes 7 and out of curiosity how would i be able do do that on xp? because i can get a free copy of xp from my dads work