need to stop the late night gaming...

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A Mother

I have a son and he is very sneaky and will get up after
everyone has gone to sleep and use the comupter. mostly
to game, but also to get online.
Now i want to put a "power up password" on the computer,
one that he can't change or disable, so he will have to
have me put the password in to turn the computer on.
I really need some help here and would appreciate any
help. Im not compleatly computer illeterate and so can
follow most instructions.
 
You can put in a BIOS password, but if your son is indeed very sneaky, he
will figure this and most other things out. As a wise man said, "There are
seldom technological solutions to behavioral problems."
 
Create an account for him (with no admin rights) and don't give him the
password. But as I said, there is very little a worried and
not-very-computer-savvy parent can do that a clever kid can't eventually get
around. Move the computer somewhere where he can't get at it at night -
like, in your bedroom. Or get rid of it if he can't learn to use it as per
your wishes. It isn't like indoor plumbing, mandated by housing laws...it's
a tool, and if he can't use it right, don't let him use it at all.
 
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