My son has set up an administrator password on our home computer,?

January 29, 2012

Question by nick j: My son has set up an administrator password on our home computer,?
I am worried he has done this to access inappropriate sites, is there anything I can do to see what sites he is accessing, given that I do not have administrator rights?

Best answer:

Answer by teddybear
hmmm. nt sure. i am no com. expert.

bt i think u shud just ask him

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Tags: administrator, Computer, Home, Password

16 Responses to My son has set up an administrator password on our home computer,?

Zenkai on January 29, 2012 at 10:14 am

With administration he can give you only certain access to certain things like if you are even allowed to install anything. You are the parent, you get the password and you set up the admin rights!

Don on January 29, 2012 at 11:04 am

Control panel->User accounts

boom on January 29, 2012 at 11:58 am

if you are the adminstrator change the password so only you know it and make him a standard user and put parental controls on his user profile or you can montier him personally

Aqua_angel*^-^* on January 29, 2012 at 12:36 pm

hey, why don’t you just ask your son why he has set up a administrator password? (nicely)

angie on January 29, 2012 at 12:57 pm

go into control panel and click accounts and set your self up as an administrator so you can tell if any thing has been downloaded to the comp

writersblock2006 on January 29, 2012 at 1:13 pm

nice try kid.
youre trying to find a way around your parents setting you up as a limited user.

Look at this persons other questions and answers and youll see theyre just a kid

Kookiemon on January 29, 2012 at 1:47 pm

Oh my God!!! You’re the parent!!! Make your son set it up so you are the Administrator and his is a secondary acccount with parental locks. If he doesn’t want to do it, take away his computer privileges. Don’t ask him to do it, tell him to do it.

jed slade on January 29, 2012 at 2:13 pm

I think if you interfere with the pc and set yourself up as the admin.you are going to drive a wedge in between you,he will resent you not trusting him and trying to control him.Ask him why he feels the need to do this,has he been doing anything he would be ashamed of,or feel embarrassed about.You could just leave him and trust him to be responsible.When you bought him the pc ,did you set conditions,were you aware of what you were letting him gain access to?

Lord_Darkclaw on January 29, 2012 at 2:50 pm

It’s normal to separate accounts on a PC to prevent documents being accidentally deleted and to allow different settings for each user. But if you are worried that he is looking at porn sites, get rid of his admin account, set yourself as the only administrator and give him a limited user account: Start > Control Panel > User Accounts.

Then install a free parental control program to prevent access to adult sites: http://www.k9webprotection.com/
Personally I wouldn’t be too bothered about it if he was over the age of 14; some may disagree, but I don’t seem to have been too morally corrupted by porn myself.

Johann C on January 29, 2012 at 2:55 pm

This is now a personal between you and your son, talk to him nicely. Your the Father its good also if you ask him to have also your administrator rights.

If he disagree, ask him who owns the computer and paying the bill? Or you could reformat the computer and make it your own. You had alll the rights. Make him as a power user still he could use the internet but could not instal the program. Still go to sites he wants if you permit him?

Its time also to ask a license from you to have your permission. Is this a right scenario?

Train up a child in the way he should go. God Bless.

Mr Chops on January 29, 2012 at 3:35 pm

Just give him a clout round the ear,,that should sort out the administrator password in a jiffy

lee on January 29, 2012 at 3:50 pm

restart ur pc n press f8 key at the time of booting.
login frm the admin account n it don’t ask u fr pswd as it is the default admin account n is not at all related 2 ur sons personal admin account.after loging frm this default admin id go to control panel and change your account type frm limited 2 admin
n ur sons id frm admin 2 limited type.then restrict the web sites ur son is acessing .this would b a kraking answer fr ur son.

laws_r_good on January 29, 2012 at 4:07 pm

You can get kelogger software and other parental control programs.

But just tell him to take it off and you have the Admin account only or accounts with no passwords.

Next time pull his plug!

drc.2007 on January 29, 2012 at 4:09 pm

I have a simple answer to your problem- unplug the computer and take it away from him!!!!!

l d on January 29, 2012 at 4:12 pm

Unless he removed the administrator rights that you probably had on the account you use, you probably have admin rights as well. Most people use an account with admin rights, as bad as that is. Now if he removed the admin rights that you formerly had, then ask him why, and ask what the admin password it, so you can install programs as administrator, etc.

on January 29, 2012 at 5:06 pm

If your the owner of the system just call the company or internet provider and give ID they can remove that password or reset the hole system if you need them to.

you can use safe mode (pressing safe mode key at start up F8) or there are sorry to say you may need to hack it don’t worry it is your system so you can’t get in any rouble unless you use softwere. it is not hard other answers have already told you how. I know because I’ve done this too but he has the main administrator account witch can’t be removed. we both have the same power.