keeping a user a "standard user"

I am the administrator of my computer, however, my son keeps changing his
user account to an administrator account. How do I stop my children from
changing anything on my computer, besides locking it down? I want them to be
able to use the computer but be protected as well as protecting certain files
and features on my computer. I have Windows Vista. Thank you for your time
and expertise.

artist4hire;752131 Wrote:
> I am the administrator of my computer, however, my son keeps changin
> hi
> user account to an administrator account. How do I stop my childre
> fro
> changing anything on my computer, besides locking it down? I want the
> to b
> able to use the computer but be protected as well as protecting certai
> file
> and features on my computer. I have Windows Vista. Thank you for you
> tim
> and expertise

Hello Artist4hire

Be sure to have a strong password that they cannot guess created fo
each administrator account you have on the computer. They will not b
able to change their account type without having to enter th
administrator password first. Be sure to enable the built-i
Administrator account and give it a password to prevent them from tryin
to use it as a backdoor to do this

How to create a password for a user account
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/12...e-password.htm

How to enable the built-in Administrator account
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...or-account.htm

In addition, you might check out Parental Controls to use on thei
Standard account to help control what they can use to. This tutoria
will help show you how to

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/95...-setup-use.htm

Hope this helps you
Shaw

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Thank you "Brink" for responding. I greatly appreciate it!! I am not as
"tech savvy" as my son (he's 15) Even though I am listed as the
"administrator", he changes his account to administrator also, even after I
changed him to a standard user. I changed my password. Will this keep him
from changing his account back to an administrator account once I change him
to a standard account??? I appologize if I seem to be repeating >.<
thanks!!
Theresa

"Brink" wrote:

>
> artist4hire;752131 Wrote:
> > I am the administrator of my computer, however, my son keeps changing
> > his
> > user account to an administrator account. How do I stop my children
> > from
> > changing anything on my computer, besides locking it down? I want them
> > to be
> > able to use the computer but be protected as well as protecting certain
> > files
> > and features on my computer. I have Windows Vista. Thank you for your
> > time
> > and expertise.
>
> Hello Artist4hire,
>
> Be sure to have a strong password that they cannot guess created for
> each administrator account you have on the computer. They will not be
> able to change their account type without having to enter the
> administrator password first. Be sure to enable the built-in
> Administrator account and give it a password to prevent them from trying
> to use it as a backdoor to do this.
>
> How to create a password for a user account:
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/12...-password.html
>
> How to enable the built-in Administrator account:
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...r-account.html
>
>
> In addition, you might check out Parental Controls to use on their
> Standard account to help control what they can use to. This tutorial
> will help show you how to.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/95...setup-use.html
>
>
> Hope this helps you,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> them.*
> '*VISTA FORUMS*' > *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

artist4hire;752266 Wrote:
> Thank you "Brink" for responding. I greatly appreciate it!! I am not as
> "tech savvy" as my son (he's 15) Even though I am listed as the
> "administrator", he changes his account to administrator also, even
> after I
> changed him to a standard user. I changed my password. Will this keep
> him
> from changing his account back to an administrator account once I
> change him
> to a standard account??? I appologize if I seem to be repeating >.<
> thanks!!
> Theresa
>
> "Brink" wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> > > artist4hire;752131 Wrote:> > > > >
> > > > > I am the administrator of my computer, however, my son keeps
> > > changing
> > > > > his
> > > > > user account to an administrator account. How do I stop my children
> > > > > from
> > > > > changing anything on my computer, besides locking it down? I want
> > > them
> > > > > to be
> > > > > able to use the computer but be protected as well as protecting
> > > certain
> > > > > files
> > > > > and features on my computer. I have Windows Vista. Thank you for
> > > your
> > > > > time
> > > > > and expertise.> > > >
> > >
> > > Hello Artist4hire,
> > >
> > > Be sure to have a strong password that they cannot guess created
> > for
> > > each administrator account you have on the computer. They will
> > not be
> > > able to change their account type without having to enter the
> > > administrator password first. Be sure to enable the built-in
> > > Administrator account and give it a password to prevent them from
> > trying
> > > to use it as a backdoor to do this.
> > >
> > > How to create a password for a user account:
> > >
> > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/12...-password.html
> > >
> > > How to enable the built-in Administrator account:
> > >
> > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...r-account.html
> > >
> > >
> > > In addition, you might check out Parental Controls to use on
> > their
> > > Standard account to help control what they can use to. This
> > tutorial
> > > will help show you how to.
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/95...setup-use.html
> > >
> > >
> > > Hope this helps you,
> > > Shawn
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Brink
> > >
> > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> > > them.*
> > > '*VISTA FORUMS*' > > > *Please post feedback to help others.*
> > > > >

LOL, I cannot guarantee that he will not find some hack to do it, but
if you do all of that, and make sure it is a good password on each
account that he cannot guess, it should help prevent him from doing so.

If he keeps on, you might consider booting him off the computer for a
bit until he decides to stop doing so.

Let us know how it goes.

Shawn


--
Brink

*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
'*VISTA FORUMS*' *Please post feedback to help others.*

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:19:00 -0700, artist4hire
<> wrote:

>Thank you "Brink" for responding. I greatly appreciate it!! I am not as
>"tech savvy" as my son (he's 15) Even though I am listed as the
>"administrator", he changes his account to administrator also, even after I
>changed him to a standard user. I changed my password.

On your regular account, but what on the built-in Admin account? If
you've not set a password for that, he can easily access it and do
whatever he wishes.

References to the built-in account were in Brink's reply and are in
the quoted material below.


Will this keep him
>from changing his account back to an administrator account once I change him
>to a standard account??? I appologize if I seem to be repeating >.<
>thanks!!
>Theresa
>
>"Brink" wrote:
>
>>
>> artist4hire;752131 Wrote:
>> > I am the administrator of my computer, however, my son keeps changing
>> > his
>> > user account to an administrator account. How do I stop my children
>> > from
>> > changing anything on my computer, besides locking it down? I want them
>> > to be
>> > able to use the computer but be protected as well as protecting certain
>> > files
>> > and features on my computer. I have Windows Vista. Thank you for your
>> > time
>> > and expertise.
>>
>> Hello Artist4hire,
>>
>> Be sure to have a strong password that they cannot guess created for
>> each administrator account you have on the computer. They will not be
>> able to change their account type without having to enter the
>> administrator password first. Be sure to enable the built-in
>> Administrator account and give it a password to prevent them from trying
>> to use it as a backdoor to do this.
>>
>> How to create a password for a user account:
>> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/12...-password.html
>>
>> How to enable the built-in Administrator account:
>> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...r-account.html
>>
>>
>> In addition, you might check out Parental Controls to use on their
>> Standard account to help control what they can use to. This tutorial
>> will help show you how to.
>>
>> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/95...setup-use.html
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps you,
>> Shawn
>>
>>
>> --
>> Brink
>>
>> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
>> them.*
>> '*VISTA FORUMS*' >> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>>

artist4hire wrote:
> I am the administrator of my computer, however, my son keeps changing his
> user account to an administrator account. How do I stop my children from
> changing anything on my computer, besides locking it down?


Without "locking it down?" You don't. If you don't want your children
sabotaging your computer, make sure that you've placed strong passwords
on both your own and the built-in Administrator accounts, and ensured
that your children's accounts are configured as standard users.


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