How can I keep my mom out of my computer?
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Guess it depends on how old you are, and who bought the computer?\nIf you're a minor living at home, she has the right, and the repsonsibility to insure that you're utilizing it properly, especially if she bought it and is paying for your internet access.\nOtherwise, it's a password thing.  I think you already knew that, and also knew that if you changed it to deny her access, she'd take it away....\nJust don't do anythng foolish, and you've got nothing to worry about.
307597
http://www.freeshield.com/\nhttp://www.sofotex.com/download/Security/Parental_Control/\n\nThese are free programs that you can use to block out sites.
1044446
Does your mother know what you are doing online?  You should be grounded from the computer.  Please play video games instead.
1073092
Respect her and her privacy - she needs to know that you trust her to make good decisions. If you're going to be paranoid, pretty soon you won't want her going to school, either. Besides that, she'll start rebelling against you and start screwing up intentionally just to irritate you and draw her line in the sand.\n\nEven if she messes up someday, you can't make her feel guilty for each and every mistake she makes - just help her learn from them. In the meatime, have a talk with her about Internet predators and help her see your concern. If you present it to her as an ADULT and not a paranoid, overbearing parent, she'll respect your concerns (even if she gets whiny about having to "listen to that stuff").
587791
does your mom know that you're online?
684429
All of these will help, net nanny, aol parental controls, mcafee parental controls etc\nBut having raised three children with a computer in the house 24/7.  I think you always need to monitor and talk to your children.  My oldest son is now 22,  he grew up with the computer as I have worked in tech support for two decades.  While I worked at MTU, he had access 24/7 at a lab that I didn't have total control over.  But he knew if I EVER caught him looking at anything I didn't approve of, I would terminate his access.  It helped I worked with all the sys admins at the time.  But when friends would ask this question and he was around, the would tell them " my dad knows what I do, and if I mess up, I won't be able to use a computer anywhere.  By being honest with my son, he was able to learn to program in three languages by the time he was 10. I also believe this open honesty between the two of us flowed into every other area of our relationship.  You know kids do really want your approval.  Build trust and listen.
361074
Thank you from a mom's viewpoint.  I think it's lack of supervision.  The computer may be in an area of the home that's is shut off from the adults.  Also I don't think some parents know what type of questions are being asked.
725879
Disconnect your computer from the Internet secure it properly.
785057
You can try FTPing to her.\n1.Goto Start>Run>FTP  <IP Address>\n2.Give login credentials\n3.mput file-name...\n4. type 'bye' to exit.
528911
get off the computer !
96331
Unfortunately there is no way to do this. \n\nThey probably monitor all of your activity anyway. I would wait until you can use another computer.
97268
Go into your Control Panel from your start menu;click on Add/Remove programs. Find the blinks one highlight it,click remove program and that should take care of the problem. Then I would reccomend setting Parental controls.  Good luck!  Zoya
509122
You can't.\n\nEven if you could, the minute you did, your computer would be as useful as a rock. It would lock up tight.
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well obviously mom and dad blocked this one. I'm not gonna be stupid and tell you to respect you parents.\n\nhere is what u do.\n\n1. go to tools\n2. find "Internet options" in the list\n3. once Ur in Internet options, click on the security tab\n4. hit restricted sites\n5. click on the box that say "sites on it"&#92;\n6 here you will find a list of sites mommy and daddy dont want u in.\n\n7.  highlite and delete them all.\n\nemail me if you didnt understand      rrowekamp@yahoo.com
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Listen, you need to use a hardware device to ensure your privacy and stop those who would do what this A-Hole is doing right now. I suggest you look into getting a good Router with a firewall with WPA encryption. This is a great method of keeping others out of your business. Now, you could go one step further and attach a safety device like here: http://www.iphantom.com \n\nNow, there are many differant setups you can choose from these days which would keep your home computer or home network just as safe as a baby in its bed at home. I suggest you Goggle devices for creating supreme privacy. It is so worth the money spent on these devices. There are software versions but I highly reccomend the hardware ones. The hardware ones do not run the risk of gettng currupted or need to be installed on your computer. The hardware devices are used as easily and plug in and hook into a power source. They set between your computer and the world wide web. They will encrypt all your data leaving your computer including from all chat forums, IE messengers, e-mail, file transfer, and chat rooms. It also stops all viruses, worms, trojans, remote access, spyware, keyloggers, etc.\n\nTalk to your parents if you are under age about needing this type of security. Every home computer and home network needs this type of security now. If we all get this stuff the A-Holes out there will just have to give up all their little nasty tricks.\n\nRight now there is not much you can do to stop this person. How do you even know it is a guy who is doing this? Women are just as guilty of this sort of behavior as men are. So, talk to your parents and get some form of security for your home computer. I have this on both my home network and my business, and it also allows me to connect or bridge my business network and my home network. It is really easy to set up and use. \n\nGood luck in fixing your computer so this type of attack does not happen in the future. In the meanwhile report this person to your ISP and whichever site you are using. There may not be a lot they can do, but if you don't report it then nothing will get done for sure. By reporting this you are taking a stand against this sort of behavior and you never know when the site can do something to stop this.
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If you are using windows XP home edition i think you are completely @ss'ed out and the only way to really keep someone out would be to completely disable filesharing as stated above.  However, if you are using Windows XP Pro, you have an option to enable specific access right to users.   Ideally you could give you family a specific account with password and give them the appropriate access right you want and set it as unavailable for any other account trying to acess the data. \n\nTo do this  Open any folder, click on Tools| folder options | scroll all the way to the bottom and it should give u an option to enable easy file sharing.  You want to disable that.  Hit apply and okay.  Now go back and right click on whatever folders you want to share and it will allow you to set those access privs. i was talking about earler. \n\n\nhope this helps...
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One way to protect yourself while still keeping the peace is to informally pull away from your mother.  Don't return calls, don't make plans with her, etc.  See her only on holidays and when it's absolutely unavoidable.  Don't make a big deal about what you're doing - and don't officially announce that you've broken off from your mother - because other family members will interfere (with good intentions). Meanwhile, continue relations with other family members as normal.