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My kid found the same youtube video. I've been tearing my hair out trying to figure out why the parental controls weren't working. he finally told me what he did. now i either have to find a way around this, or slow his computer down with third party parental controls. sign.
Hi Sarah,
I have been working in the IT field on military networks for a while now and this is exactly what my job consists of... Making users unable to do what I can't afford to allow them to do. Please be aware the bios password is easy to get passed so this isn't a complete solution. There are websites that will help reset them (Dell is extremely easy) so If your kid is semi-smart you'll need to do more. I will provide a few solutions for what I have read parents mentioning here. Anything I don't add please feel free to ask what my solution would be and I will answer as soon as possible. Be aware the importance of Windows 10 Pro edition and group policies to help you with most any of these issues you are having.
- Update windows to pro edition
- verify your kid is under "users" and not "administrators" (This is extremely important)
- Use group policy to block taskmanager (see my screenshot below). Also, block command prompt and powershell. This will prevent them from killing processes. If they get smart enough we can go over how to block file types that they can create with notepad to automatically accomplish these tasks (i.e. - .bat .ps1) As a kid I would simply type:
taskkill /im processnamehere /f /t
in command prompt (nowadays powershell is more powerful of a tool) to kill any processes i didn't want.
- Use group policy to also change your power settings. Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Power Management > Energy Saver Settings
- Disable control panel connections tab to prevent an easy-to-do proxy User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Internet Explorer > Internet Control Panel6. Prevent users from changing date and time Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Locale Services
- Go to Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment and verify that "Change the system time Properties" only has administrators and LOCAL SERVICE listed.
If there are any files you are worried about being deleted to prevent a program from working, be sure to set NTFS security permissions to not allow users to delete or modify. (I set folders to not allow users, including my kids; to even view if it's not needed)
I recommend also using google families. If your kid has a phone and you want to limit it this works great. Especially if paired with Google Fi phone service. (in which case I highly recommend depending on your area)
I can't really test right now to get around these settings myself as I work in Afghanistan, so anything any parents know that their kids are doing; mention it and I will chime in with my advice. I block people on government networks for a living so hopefully I can help you stop your kid. I'll be sure to attempt to get passed it any way possible myself when i'm back in the United States. I'm glad to see parents caring and actually doing the parent thing. Keep it up!