If you wish your computer to be yours - then go into the BIOS and password protect it. Log onto the Daily Telegraph web site go to search and enter Maybury. follow the links and you will have the best guide to PC's for idiots available FOC. BIOS is not quite the frightening place you might think, it dispalys in MS DOS but it gives time to think and offers Y and N decision points
Be carefull when deleting programs - bits can be left behind. It might be months before they bite - but they will. Particularly true of MS "embedded" programs.
Always remember that as far as kids are concerned - "What's yours is mine. what's mine is my own". Kids rule ONE
MSN is part of XP - dtr didn't install it - she just used it. Now you will get all kinds of 3 dits. 4 dits 2 dits, dah. The admin and accounts function in XP is a joke really - you can download software for free that will find the password.
Highjack this is freeware that simply tells you of any attempts to change file associations; could be spyware. malware or often loading another program. Eg if you have Photoshop on board then this will default as your picture viewer - load another similar program and that will
try to be the viewer of choice and all will overide Win XP. Unless you are very carefull with the install wizard.
If it breaks then it is definitely yours. Kids rule TWO.
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