Making a Win2K comp tamper-proof

  • Thread starter Thread starter Raymond RUSSELL
  • Start date Start date
R

Raymond RUSSELL

Hello all

I let my kids (two girls) and their many friends
play about on an old P-II with Win2k installed.

As computer users they are all extremely intuitive
(friendly way of describing it).
They rename or delete programs via WinExplorer,
delete entries in the start menu,
change settings they should really leave alone,
cause numerous invalid shortcuts and a chaotic desktop,
and no doubt leave hundreds of invalid registry keys in their wake.

And then they're surprised when some of their favorite
office programs and games etc won't work.

And it's too much for me to reinstall Win2K
and all their programs every couple of months.

What is the best way for me (until they get a bit older)
to keep their meddling little fingers out of the works ?
I thought for example of duplicating the C: (boot) and D: (progs)
partitions
and then just copying over now and again.
But this seems too complicated.
How can I fix things so that no matter what they do
- the next time they boot up
the desktop, the start menus, the programs, and all the settings
are in the perfect, tidy order I usually leave them ?

Nice step-by-step instructions please !
Thanks in advance, from Ray
 
Raymond,

I don't know if this will completely solve the problem, but if you create a
"user name" for each of them in Control Panels-->Users and Groups and REMOVE
admin rights, they shouldn't be able to mess up anything major or install
any software.

If you give each their own username, then they'll each be able to set up
their own desktop/settings, which may alleviate problems as well.

Also, there's a freeware program called regcleaner (do a search to find) --
not regclean -- that can quickly remove invalid registry entries.

I'm not sure if this completely solves your problem, but maybe a few parts
of it.
:-)

Good luck,
Anthony
 
Back
Top