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Angry_Radish:
Agreed on the firefox thing, but there is more you could be doing to keep your kids from doing crap like that if you are running xp.
Set up one admin account, then set up user level accounts for everyone.
Only log in to the admin account when you need to install something.
That way the every day accounts won't have the rights to install as much of the crap that kids usually do..
Just a thought..
Cheers!

Kevin Mullins:

--- Quote from: Angry_Radish on March 07, 2007, 08:20:39 am ---That way the every day accounts won't have the rights to install as much of the crap that kids usually do..

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So being logged in under an everyday account (kids account) won't allow some of those "hidden" installs?
 
Keep in mind most of the junk I'm talking about are NOT intentional installs by the kids.
They are the type that just "mysteriously" pop-up automatically and actually install stuff to the pc.
OUTERINFO is one that comes to mind immediately. It's all about advertising crap, but it actually installs something to keep it running automatically.
 :angry: 

Thanks again guys...... probably going to take a shot at Firefox when I get a chance to play with it.

Havok:
Just upgrade to Vista!

Give the kids a standard user account, and enable parental filters...

Space Fractal:
You cant really disable javascript, since they are used by many webgames and sites. These sites which many kids use.

You could done 2 things to do much safer surf my IE:

- Turn on full window blocking from IE, so you need to use CTRL to open a new window. This may do sent prevent Flash based windows to been pop-ed up.

- Install a good hosts file: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm. This file take the most nasty and annoying sites down.

And of course as some said: Use a guest account.

Loki:

--- Quote from: Space Fractal / Denmark on March 08, 2007, 04:40:41 pm ---You cant really disable javascript, since they are used by many webgames and sites. These sites which many kids use.

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Like I said, use noscript :P
This way you can disable java. When you visit a trusted site you can turn it on for that particular site... it will remember it for the next time you visit.
It's a bit of extra work (2 mouseclicks ;)) but it is a lot less work and annoyance then a ad/spyware infected PC.

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