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Windows 7 - How do I password access to facebook on my pc? |
01-16-2010
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How do I password access to facebook on my pc?
Title says it all really.
(only have 1 account on my pc which is Admin)
I don't mind my family using my pc, just want to block them using facebook on it, with a password.
Ideas anyone?
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01-16-2010
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Hello Dodgy, welcome to the Seven Forums.
The easiest way would be to create limited standard user account to other family members, protect your own admin account with a strong password and then use Parental Controls to completely block access to Facebook from that limited account, as told in this excellent tutorial by Brink.
If using only on user account, any user of your computer can enable anything you disable.
Kari | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth)
Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL
Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
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01-16-2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition |
agreed. generally though if someone wants on my computer i put them on the guest account which windows 7 has done a wonderful job on. they can save whatever they want to it and when they log off it reverts back to normal. gotta love that. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition
CPU Intel Core i7 Extreme 3.33GHz
Motherboard EVGA X-58 SLI Classified
Memory 12GB DDR3
Graphics Card 2x EVGA 285 2GB in SLI
Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi ExtremeGamer
Monitor(s) Displays 30" Viewsonic
PSU Thermaltake 1000w supporting quad SLI
Case Thermaltake Armor Full Tower
Cooling Thermaltake V1 CPU+DIY Liquid cooling
Hard Drives 2x1TB Western Digital 7200RPM in RAID 0/1TB WD My Book External HDD
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01-16-2010
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Yeah, activating the built-in Guest Account is also a very good alternative. The difference is, as Valtonray mentions, that when using a standard user account you family members can save their files, which they can not when using guest account.
Kari | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth)
Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL
Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
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01-16-2010
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Thanks for the welcome Kari. 
Thing is, my wife and kids do not know how to enable anything I disable(yet! lol), when they do I will go down the multiple user accounts avenue and lock my pc to them.
All I want is to password protect the facebook website on my pc. | | My System Specs | | |
01-16-2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition |
which browser do you use? but to be fair it's gonna be pretty easy for them to bypass the blocks you set up of it's on an admin account. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition
CPU Intel Core i7 Extreme 3.33GHz
Motherboard EVGA X-58 SLI Classified
Memory 12GB DDR3
Graphics Card 2x EVGA 285 2GB in SLI
Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi ExtremeGamer
Monitor(s) Displays 30" Viewsonic
PSU Thermaltake 1000w supporting quad SLI
Case Thermaltake Armor Full Tower
Cooling Thermaltake V1 CPU+DIY Liquid cooling
Hard Drives 2x1TB Western Digital 7200RPM in RAID 0/1TB WD My Book External HDD
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01-16-2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition |
anyways regardless of the browser you can set any website to a parental block requiring a password to bypass just check the security settings. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition
CPU Intel Core i7 Extreme 3.33GHz
Motherboard EVGA X-58 SLI Classified
Memory 12GB DDR3
Graphics Card 2x EVGA 285 2GB in SLI
Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi ExtremeGamer
Monitor(s) Displays 30" Viewsonic
PSU Thermaltake 1000w supporting quad SLI
Case Thermaltake Armor Full Tower
Cooling Thermaltake V1 CPU+DIY Liquid cooling
Hard Drives 2x1TB Western Digital 7200RPM in RAID 0/1TB WD My Book External HDD
System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Vostro 1000
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x86
CPU AMD Sempron 3600+
Graphics Card ATI Radeon Xpress 1150
Monitor(s) Displays Generic PnP Monitor
Screen Resolution 1200 x 800
Mouse Logitech V320 Cordless Optical Mouse
Hard Drives WD Scorpio Blue 500 GB (WD5000BEVT)
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01-16-2010
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Because I have no need to use the built-in parental controls of Seven, I'm not sure of this but I think you can not use parental controls if you only have one (admin) account. It would not be logical if this was allowed but maybe other members can confirm this , one way or the other.
You have a lot less headache and easier task to accomplish when you either activate the guest account or create a standard user account.
Kari
Last edited by Kari; 01-16-2010 at 07:29 PM..
Reason: Gave so bad and non-valid info it had to be removed!
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth)
Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL
Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
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