How do you set an administrator password so kids can't get on late at night?

Question

Kids are getting on late at night while grandma is sleeping---

Answer 1

If you are an Att Yahoo Internet user you can make your Internet account the master one. Then you can click on "my account," and from there change the sub account passwords. Be sure you are the only one to know those passwords and then the kids can only log on to the Internet with your help. Also, if you are a Windows user, once you are in Windows, go to control panel. Then click on "user accounts." If there are more than one accounts, click "change accounts" and delete all but one. Then click on the "user accounts" icon. Click on the icon for the one remaining account. Click on "create a password" and follow the instructions there. Be sure to log off of Windows at night. If you need to get more radical you can disconnect some important cable and take it to bed with you each night. You might also consider moving the computer into your room or a room you can lock securely. These may sound like radical suggestions but late-night, unsupervised Internet use can be a serious problem.

Answer 2

It would be easier to answer you if we knew what type of operating system you are using. With mac, all you do is assign Grandma the asministrator window and create separate log-in windows for the kids. You can add parental controls that only allow certain activities. You could also change the password to the computer so that a grown-up has to log on before a child can use the computer.

Answer 3

First of all my friend, you need to remember your administrator password, so do not forget it. To set up an administrative password, pls restart ur computer and press `del' key. Next step, u enter the administrative password in the system admin.
For any other methods, u may refer to the below sites.

Answer 4

I highly recommend a piece of software called Child Safe from Webroot. With this software, you can set user accounts and designate specific times that the computer is allowed to be operated for each user, a daily maximum for computer usage and internet usage, allow/deny access to certain programs/games, and filter those websites you don't want your kids to see.

Answer 5

Get Windows Vista, it will allow you to set certain times or length of times users are allowed on the computer (assuming they aren't admins).

Answer 6

hit Ctrl+Alt+Del and select change password if you are logged on as administrator.

Answer 7

These three Microsoft site will give you plenty of information for setting up accounts on your computer.

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/online/logoff_admin_account.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/winxp/accounts.mspx


http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/advanced/adminaccount.mspx