How To Block Kazaa Lite?

[FritzTheCat]

I don't want Kazaa or Kazaa Lite on my computer. Is there a way to keep my teenage son from installing Kazaa in the middle of the nite, down load music, and then remove Kazaa when he is done? I'm using XP Home.

Thanks in advance.

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Give him a restricted account. Install it yourself, get a firewall, monitor which ports it uses and block 'em.

 

[Kilrsat]

Lay down the rules to him, and inform him that a thorough ass kicking will follow if they are broken.

If they're broken, follow the promise.

Problem solved.

 

[darktubbly]

It's good to see a parent taking responsibility when it comes to stuff like this. If the arse whupping doesn't work, another option would be to restrict the logon hours for your son's account. Check out this page which explains how to do it.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Originally posted by: Kilrsat
Lay down the rules to him, and inform him that a thorough ass kicking will follow if they are broken.

If they're broken, follow the promise.

Problem solved.

Not really, my dad always had an attitude similar to yours, yet I broke plenty of rules. Threatening ass kickings will only make them resent you.

 

[corkyg]

There's a big difference between threatening and executing. Ass kicking is not necessarily a good solution - but barring from using the computer is definitely effective. Never issue a threat - issue the boundaries and then execute. I get a little tired of hearing about the tyranny of spoiled brats.

 

[Jeff7181]

Does he have any games? Every time he breaks the rules, sell one on eBay =)

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Does he have any games? Every time he breaks the rules, sell one on eBay =)

Good idea...

 

[CrowDog]

Maybe answer the question rather than give a parenting class!

I would suggest passwording the computer through the bios so he cannot turn the comp on unless you turn it on for him. This would prevent him from being on the computer at all unless you allow it.

If you are unsure how to get into bios, hold down the "delete" key on boot up, this will take you into bios and you should see an option to password protect the computer...from there you can follow on screen instructions

Hope this helps

 

[spartacuskzm]

A very useful program for me has been Sleepy.

It can be defeated (in V.5) by altering the bios, but V6 is going to synch up with the internet.

When you install Sleepy, you choose which days and at what time it should shut down your computer. From then on...

When you turn on your computer, Sleepy starts automatically and shows when it will shut down your computer.

Sleepy runs invisibly in the background while you use your computer.

You can open Sleepy Settings to see or change settings, and you can still shut down or restart your computer normally.

Several minutes before shut down time, Sleepy will show a warning message (you can choose whether to show messages, and when to show them).

At shut down time, Sleepy will show a "Shutting down..." message, and then it will try to shut down your computer (if you have unsaved documents open, you'll be prompted to save them).

If Sleepy's first shut down attempt didn't work, then a few minutes later, Sleepy will force your computer to shut down (and if you still have any unsaved documents open, you won't be prompted to save them).

Check it out. I have a bad gaming habit and this is about all I can use to keep me off the 'puter late-night on work-nights. I even had my gf password protect it so I can't change the settings ;-)

 

[EagleKeeper]

Another option would be to pull the Internet connection at night.

 

[bocamojo]

From the sound of it, you only have the one computer, which he shares. This should not be too difficult to do. Your options would be 1: Limit his account, to prevent him from installing any programs. Only give yourself full administrator priveledges. Make sure you log off of your account, so he has to login with his own. 2: Use a firewall that you can disable internet access with, whenever you choose. I use zone alarms. It has a handy feature called Internet Lock. As long as you password protect this program, you can use this feature to "lock down" the internet whenever you choose. Zone alarm can also be used in medium or high security mode for program control, which will force any program to ask for your permission before accessing the internet. Thus, one more way of preventing programs you do not want to access the internet from being able to do so.

 

[TechBoyJK]

whats so bad about the kid downloading music? its better than him sneaking out at night and downloading an std. Unless he is downloading porn only to sneak out after words to get an opportuinity to download an std. just state the boundaries, if he disobeys, lock him in the closet for a year or so.