Posted by 64bowtie on July 18, 2004, at 11:54:31
In reply to Re: Technical question for the computer literate » Elle2021, posted by Dinah on July 18, 2004, at 8:09:59
(((Dinah))),
The most Iron-Clad is to get your son his very-own computer. I put the word out that I wanted to give my 83 yearold Dad a computer to play Freecell on, and I got four machines within days...
Decide what you want your Son using the computer for and set his up for that. Password protect your profile (even in Win98 you can do this), set the screen-saver so that anytime you leave, you turn it on, and password protect cancelling it, show him where his games (or whatever) are, just in case you forget.
He can distract himself on your computer with his games and stuff on your computer. In XP, you can password protect folders and sub-directories. Just make it taboo for him to be at your keyboard, ever.
Oh, yea! You can lock your keyboard in Win98; simple key combination (code, PIN) locks and unlocks it. Always depends on how important all this is to you.
Sorry if this all sounds like jibberish. This is "Starbucks" talk in Silicon Valley. We set up networks on the back of paper napkins while drinking coffee and eating scones.
Rod
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