Microsoft has said that the version of IE7 for Vista will differ slightly from the one for XP and down. "I want to announce that we will be naming the version of IE7 in Windows Vista 'Internet Explorer 7+'. While all versions of IE7 are built from the same code base, there are some important differences in IE7+, most significantly the addition of Windows Vista-only features like Protected Mode, Parental Controls, and improved Network Diagnostics. These features take advantage of big changes in Windows Vista and weren't practical to bring downlevel."
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Member since:2006-04-21
"All NT versions of Windows allow you to set permissions on files/folders/partitions/drives/etc., including denying execute permissions.
As mentioned earlier, installing (assuming it didn't need admin rights to "install") another browser wouldn't bypass the filtering. The parent could also choose to block unapproved applications from running under the child's account."
It's so so easy...
Step 1) Go to ANY live CD (linux, BSD or windows based) webpage and download the image file.
Step 2)Burn your image file onto a CD that you can label for instance "homework archives"...
Step 3) Boot onto the previously burnt CD and enjoy the full power of your hardware.
Note: some CDs will allow you to reset administrator password (I'd prefer that solution)so you won't need to boot onto the CDs that often...
Assuming there is a router/firewall/filter device which does the filtering and that you have no password to access it, there are optional steps:
1) After resetting the admin password, install a keylogger ( any trial version is OK) that will listen for your parents accounts.
2)Slightly disconnect the phone cable of your filtering device so that the internet is lost because the person that configured the filtering device is likely to connect to it to check parameters and/or other stuff.
3)Gather the keylogger log (filtering device password) , bring back the internet (properly plug the phone cable)and do what you want !
When you got physical access to the hardware then security vanishes...
Member since:2005-07-06
It's so so easy...
Step 1) Go to ANY live CD (linux, BSD or windows based) webpage and download the image file.
Step 2)Burn your image file onto a CD that you can label for instance "homework archives"...
That becomes much more difficult if your access to the computer is limited in any significant way - say, by only having a regular user account rather than being an admin. If I recall correctly, Windows built-in burning wizard can't burn ISO images properly (if it will even work for non-admins). So then you need something like Nero, which you would need admin access to install.
Step 3) Boot onto the previously burnt CD and enjoy the full power of your hardware.
Note: some CDs will allow you to reset administrator password (I'd prefer that solution)so you won't need to boot onto the CDs that often...
If the owner of the admin account accessed it with any regularity, I think they would notice pretty quickly that their password had been changed.
Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:2005-11-11
//As mentioned earlier, installing (assuming it didn't need admin rights to "install") another browser wouldn't bypass the filtering. The parent could also choose to block unapproved applications from running under the child's account.//
Hack the login details for the ISP (not required if you have a home LAN with router), and invest in a Linux live CD ($5 perhaps) and a USB memory stick (parents may even buy this for you if you say it is for school).
Doesn't matter then one teeny tiny bit what the parents choose to do in Windows.
Edited 2006-05-30 12:56
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2005-07-06
And if windows does not have a noexec setting for partitions/folders/whatever (and it does not have it, afaik), you are pretty much screwed :-)
All NT versions of Windows allow you to set permissions on files/folders/partitions/drives/etc., including denying execute permissions.
As mentioned earlier, installing (assuming it didn't need admin rights to "install") another browser wouldn't bypass the filtering. The parent could also choose to block unapproved applications from running under the child's account.