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Question about download blockers and Parental Controls... Patrick Dickey 10-01-2005
Posted by Patrick Dickey on October 1, 2005, 5:16 am
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Hi everyone,

I received an e-mail the other evening from a person with a question
about download blockers. She has a teen-aged step-son along with a
couple of younger children, and wants something to put on the computer
to prevent the teenager from downloading things to the computer. The
only issue is, she and her husband don't want to have to use a password
or anything to be able to download things.
Their computer is a newer Dell, with Windows XP Home Edition on it.
So, what they're looking for is something to prevent limited users from
downloading files/programs (without a password, preferably) while
allowing Computer Administrators to still download files/programs
without having to type a password or anything like that.
Also, given the circumstances (the computer is located in the
basement where the teenager and their 7 year old daughter sleep, and the
adult's work schedules), if the download controller comes bundled with a
decent Parental Controls program, they would like that too. Otherwise,
they're mainly concerned with the download controller.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I'm also crossposting this
to a couple of other newsgroups where it applies somewhat as well.

--
http://www.pats-computer-solutions.com
Smile.. someone out there cares deeply for you.

Posted by Malke on October 1, 2005, 8:11 am
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Patrick Dickey wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I received an e-mail the other evening from a person with a
> question
> about download blockers. She has a teen-aged step-son along with a
> couple of younger children, and wants something to put on the computer
> to prevent the teenager from downloading things to the computer. The
> only issue is, she and her husband don't want to have to use a
> password or anything to be able to download things.
> Their computer is a newer Dell, with Windows XP Home Edition on it.
> So, what they're looking for is something to prevent limited users
> from downloading files/programs (without a password, preferably) while
> allowing Computer Administrators to still download files/programs
> without having to type a password or anything like that.
> Also, given the circumstances (the computer is located in the
> basement where the teenager and their 7 year old daughter sleep, and
> the adult's work schedules), if the download controller comes bundled
> with a
> decent Parental Controls program, they would like that too.
> Otherwise, they're mainly concerned with the download controller.
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I'm also crossposting this
> to a couple of other newsgroups where it applies somewhat as well.
>

Hi, Patrick. Possibly the new Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit might
work for them. However, I don't see how they can work this without
using passwords. Here's a link to the Toolkit:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/faq.mspx

Malke
--
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www.elephantboycomputers.com
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MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Posted by Mark Randall on October 1, 2005, 8:21 am
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While not the information requested, be aware that most teenagers would have
no problem destroying or bypassing any parental control systems that are on
a computer that isnt professionally set up (and that means NT Security,
Custom Auth'd accounts, program control lists etc).

--
- Mark Randall
http://zetech.swehli.com

"Those people that think they know everything are a great annoyance to those
of us who do"
Isaac Asimov

> Hi everyone,
>
> I received an e-mail the other evening from a person with a question
> about download blockers. She has a teen-aged step-son along with a
> couple of younger children, and wants something to put on the computer
> to prevent the teenager from downloading things to the computer. The
> only issue is, she and her husband don't want to have to use a password
> or anything to be able to download things.
> Their computer is a newer Dell, with Windows XP Home Edition on it.
> So, what they're looking for is something to prevent limited users from
> downloading files/programs (without a password, preferably) while
> allowing Computer Administrators to still download files/programs
> without having to type a password or anything like that.
> Also, given the circumstances (the computer is located in the
> basement where the teenager and their 7 year old daughter sleep, and the
> adult's work schedules), if the download controller comes bundled with a
> decent Parental Controls program, they would like that too. Otherwise,
> they're mainly concerned with the download controller.
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I'm also crossposting this
> to a couple of other newsgroups where it applies somewhat as well.
>
> --
> http://www.pats-computer-solutions.com
> Smile.. someone out there cares deeply for you.



Posted by David H. Lipman on October 1, 2005, 9:24 am
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| Hi everyone,
|
| I received an e-mail the other evening from a person with a question
| about download blockers. She has a teen-aged step-son along with a
| couple of younger children, and wants something to put on the computer
| to prevent the teenager from downloading things to the computer. The
| only issue is, she and her husband don't want to have to use a password
| or anything to be able to download things.
| Their computer is a newer Dell, with Windows XP Home Edition on it.
| So, what they're looking for is something to prevent limited users from
| downloading files/programs (without a password, preferably) while
| allowing Computer Administrators to still download files/programs
| without having to type a password or anything like that.
| Also, given the circumstances (the computer is located in the
| basement where the teenager and their 7 year old daughter sleep, and the
| adult's work schedules), if the download controller comes bundled with a
| decent Parental Controls program, they would like that too. Otherwise,
| they're mainly concerned with the download controller.
| Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I'm also crossposting this
| to a couple of other newsgroups where it applies somewhat as well.
|
| --
| http://www.pats-computer-solutions.com
| Smile.. someone out there cares deeply for you.

Net Nanny -- http://www.netnanny.com/

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Posted by Bigbruva on October 3, 2005, 10:41 pm
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Hi Patrick

A number of ISP's are now providing these types of control free as part of
the service, for example:

MSN Premium has excellent parental control, see here for more info:
http://join.msn.com/premium/features#4

Comcast have recently added McAfee protection to their service which
includes their Privacy Service:
http://www.comcast.net/security/?CM.src=Navigation

It pains me to say it (as I REALLY dislike these guys) AOL also have a good
parental control feature:
http://site.aol.com/info/parentcontrol.html

HTH

BB

>
> | Hi everyone,
> |
> | I received an e-mail the other evening from a person with a question
> | about download blockers. She has a teen-aged step-son along with a
> | couple of younger children, and wants something to put on the computer
> | to prevent the teenager from downloading things to the computer. The
> | only issue is, she and her husband don't want to have to use a password
> | or anything to be able to download things.
> | Their computer is a newer Dell, with Windows XP Home Edition on it.
> | So, what they're looking for is something to prevent limited users from
> | downloading files/programs (without a password, preferably) while
> | allowing Computer Administrators to still download files/programs
> | without having to type a password or anything like that.
> | Also, given the circumstances (the computer is located in the
> | basement where the teenager and their 7 year old daughter sleep, and the
> | adult's work schedules), if the download controller comes bundled with a
> | decent Parental Controls program, they would like that too. Otherwise,
> | they're mainly concerned with the download controller.
> | Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I'm also crossposting this
> | to a couple of other newsgroups where it applies somewhat as well.
> |
> | --
> | http://www.pats-computer-solutions.com
> | Smile.. someone out there cares deeply for you.
>
> Net Nanny -- http://www.netnanny.com/
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>



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