ok for the last time

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I can't remember how many times I've fixed my mothers laptop due to her installing all kinds of casino games, huntsy apps, general unsafe stuff. She's one of those "press next to install" without even looking at what else is being installed. And she's screwed it up again. I would like to keep my wired pcs invisible to hers and hers as far away from knowing mine are on the same home network as possible. What type of network settings do I need to adjust on mine and hers?

 

[serpretetsky]

if your router supports it, but her on a separate VLAN. If your router doesn't support it, see if dd-wrt firmware will install on your router, as that will add vlan support.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

It does. I have never setup a VLAN before. I am extremely noobily when it comes to networking.

 

[spidey07]

Use windows firewall and block ALL traffic from her IP. Use a DHCP reservation in your router for her NIC MAC address so she always gets the same IP. Do for wired and wireless NICs

Easiest/simplest way. KISS.

 

[Lemon law]

Set up mommy computer with a sandbox she can play in, when she Borks her current sandbox, set her up with another sandbox to play in.

 

[stuartl89]

Remove admin rights from her account? If she cannot install anything, or change anything outside of her profile, then the computer as a whole is safe and fixing it is no hard than backing up her personal data from her profile and deleting it so that windows creates a new one next time she logs in. The just copy her stuff back.

😛

-S

 

[blackangst1]

Remove admin rights from her account? If she cannot install anything, or change anything outside of her profile, then the computer as a whole is safe and fixing it is no hard than backing up her personal data from her profile and deleting it so that windows creates a new one next time she logs in. The just copy her stuff back.

😛

-S

This.

 

[kornphlake]

Remove admin rights from her account? If she cannot install anything, or change anything outside of her profile, then the computer as a whole is safe and fixing it is no hard than backing up her personal data from her profile and deleting it so that windows creates a new one next time she logs in. The just copy her stuff back.

😛

-S

yeah, that's the idea, make it so she can't even install flash player updates so you'll have to drop everything and come home to log in as admin so mom can play Zuma blitz.

 

[MtnMan]

yeah, that's the idea, make it so she can't even install flash player updates so you'll have to drop everything and come home to log in as admin so mom can play Zuma blitz.

Uhhhh Remote Desktop Connection

But yea, you gotta lock hers down.