Spying

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Purchase a computer for the sole use of your "partner",
then enter a strong password in the BIOS for your own
computer. Other than that, change your "partners" account
to a "Limited User".

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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"Drexs1" wrote:

| Hi:
|
| I hope someone can help with this. I recently discovered that my partner
| with whom I share this computer, downloaded a "Watchdog" parental control
| software on my computer and has been spying on my every move, i.e. websites,
| pictures and keystrokes. I confronted him yesterday and watched as he
| deleted the program. Now Im not so trusting at this point, and would like to
| know if there is any steps I can take to search my computer daily to ensure
| that another program such as this is not downloaded into my computer.
|
| Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as this is really bothering me.
|
| Thanking you in advance,
|
| Douglas

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It is my computer. I changed his account to limited. Will this prevent him
from installing like programs on the computer?

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

> Drexs1 wrote:
> > Hi:
> >
> > I hope someone can help with this. I recently discovered that my partner
> > with whom I share this computer, downloaded a "Watchdog" parental control
> > software on my computer and has been spying on my every move, i.e. websites,
> > pictures and keystrokes. I confronted him yesterday and watched as he
> > deleted the program. Now Im not so trusting at this point, and would like to
> > know if there is any steps I can take to search my computer daily to ensure
> > that another program such as this is not downloaded into my computer.
> >
> > Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as this is really bothering me.
> >
> > Thanking you in advance,
> >
> > Douglas
>
>
> Who owns the computer? If your partner, he was perfectly within his
> rights; if you, he was in the wrong.
>
> Such key-logging programs, are, by their nature, specifically designed
> to be "undetectable" to any but the most expert computer users. If it's
> your computer, modify your partner's user account so he can no longer
> install applications. If it's your partner's computer, get one of your own.
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
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>
> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
> both at once. - RAH
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)

The limited account is intended for someone who should be prohibited
from changing most computer settings and deleting important files.

A user with a limited account:

** Cannot install software or hardware, but can access programs that have
already been installed on the computer.
** Can change his or her account picture and can also create, change, or delete his or her password.
** Cannot change his or her account name or account type.
** A user with a computer administrator account must make these kinds of changes.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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"Drexs1" wrote:

| It is my computer. I changed his account to limited. Will this prevent him
| from installing like programs on the computer?