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Originally Posted by zen_tom
Oh, just read that she's got XP Home - so she should be able to set up some users - why does she want to do this? It could be a lot of bother for not much results.
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Well, her it's her granddaughter. She's a bit of a wild child and until recently was in a state institution. I don't really know why. The woman has got a bunch of guidelines she's supposed to follow and again, I don't know the particulars, but apparently there are some guidelines that she has to follow because the girl was let out early. So, she's supposed to be watching this girl like a hawk (as I understand it, the girl once tried hitch-hiked to Oklahoma when she was 14). She's not supposed to let her have free access to a car, has to have a case worker and a family therapist in like twice a month, so on and so on. The woman is worried that if the girl has unfettered access to the internet (apparently chat rooms, IM-ing and the like are a big piece of the girl's history) that she'll fall into the same hole she's been trying to climb out of.
She uses the internet all the time and her other granddaughter, who she also has custody of, uses it for school work and such, so, shutting it completely off isn't really an option.
Even if she did set up seperate user accounts, I don't really know how that would restrict access to the internet. I mean, I know you can keep people from installing shit and the like, but I didn't think you could shut down the network specifically.