Layne Heiny has an excellent article at Windows Vista Buzz detailing how tech-savvy children (who almost always know more about computers than their parents) are already thinking up Well, the external hard drive idea is stupid; you can't boot Windows through USB. Try buying a second hard drive, hide it from your parent's copy of Windows, install a second copy of Windows on the second hard drive (you don't have to pay twice to install twice the same copy on the same hardware), and just run off that one. That should work fine. The Linux idea is a pretty good one as well. While I'm sure many parents think Vista's controls will make their lives easier, they aren't a replacement for parenting. A far more effective method of getting your kid off IM is telling them to, assuming they actually listen to you (and if they don't, whose fault do you think that is?). Don't rely on Vista, and know your kids enough to understand that if you use "solutions" they already know how to beat, you're just being an idiot parent. An addendum: This could be a great way to get your kid to learn more about computers. Use the controls as a challenge with an obvious reward at the end. Eh, that's probably just cruel. InsideGoogle blog, offering the latest news and insights about Google and search engines.
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