My parents only buy the computer... they let me set up everything (hardware/software) so I set myself as the computer adminstrator/main acct. so I can do the controlling!
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My parents only buy the computer... they let me set up everything (hardware/software) so I set myself as the computer adminstrator/main acct. so I can do the controlling!
My Computer is mine. I bought everything myself about 4 years ago so no one put any parenting controls on mine. No one really uses it anyways except for me. When I can move out, I already have two TVs, a bed/couch , my computer, a radio, a few shelves and dressers that I bought myself. Plus people are going to give me things like dishes, so I'll be set.
never had a blocker on my pcs or my laptop guess my parents must trust me. Anyway hope ya get to disable that damn thing
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I've got perental control and it still lets me onto sites... *Coughs*
Though i don't bother anymore. i am on lea and msn maily.
My dad accidentally put us on two different networks...
Wonder when he'll figure it out?
Cool that you managed to avoid the parental control.
Which brings me to this question...
My mum hates me downloading stuff. She always acts as if I've been downloading viruses, when I've just been downloading stuff like AIM, YIM and WP. (She made me delete all of them.) So my question is, what should I do?
Ask her why she thinks that you would knowingly download viruses, since you (I'm assuming) use the computer more than she does, and you would stand to lose more if you had a virus...
Monai, Your mother is apparently not very computer illiterate. Once you download a virus, simple deleting does nothing. Explain to her that her demands acomplish nothing. You can also try downloading stuff when she's not around. Unless she spends alot of time on the computer, I doubt she would ever notice.
Besides, AIM, MSN, and YM are downloaded from the safest parts of the web. I'm sure you have family or close freinds with this stuff on there machines. Have then confirm the safty factor for you.
I am the computer administrator for my computer. My mother didn't know how to use MS Word withot my help.
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I reinstalled WP. I don't even know how my mum finds out about this stuff, since she's hardly ever on the comp.
You can't catch a virus from downloading those applications usually.....but I'm not sure about the risks of possible back-door attacks using the ports those applications occupy.
I know. My mum's always like, "Stop downloading all this crap onto the computer!", and she doesn't even know what it is.
*pfft* Parents.
"Parents Just Don't Understand"
-Fresh Prince
My mom had Norton Parental Control. I killed it though and found out that she blocked me from chats.
I can't believe she doesn't trust me.
yeah same hereOriginally posted by Darkslash
My parents only buy the computer... they let me set up everything (hardware/software) so I set myself as the computer adminstrator/main acct. so I can do the controlling!
my parents bought all the computers in our house (4 computers)
and im the administrator, so i setup all the stuff, and am in charge
I should make a program that would make the computer blow up when someone tries to do something on it that I dont want them to do.....
but then you'd probably end up doing something you don't want yourself to do and then blow up your computer, and then where woult that get you?Originally posted by lion_roog
I should make a program that would make the computer blow up when someone tries to do something on it that I dont want them to do.....
im not the admin. on our comp. and my dad is a computer expert. but luckily he's got his own laptop (*sigh* i want one) and he never uses this computer. im with u sombolia... i use his internet account lol
Hope to see you back soon Prince Simba, hope you can sort the computer stuff out.
My dad was the computer guy, he always set up everything but now that my parents are divorced my bro is the one that sort of manages things, he's not an expert on computers but he knows enough and I know enouugh, and the computer still works so it must be all good.
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I have parental controls. Your parents just want to keep yo from seeing things that are EXTREMELY innapropriate. I got cheesed off about having parental controls @ first but then I realized "It's for my own good.
So parental controls are good.
You will have the same realization I had when I was 12.
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