Good, if your still in HS. If your in college get your own computer next time an feel free to download all the **** you want.

EASY FIX: 1) Find a friend's computer that has admin rights so you can download and burn a disk. 2) Go here: http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/ 3) Half-way down the page, download the zip file for the CD (probably don't have a floppy on a new computer, so don't download the 'floppy' image) 4) Extract the ZIP file which contains an ISO file. 5) Burn the ISO to a disk. NOTE: You can't just drag the file to the CD... you have to use a program which has the ability to burn ISO files. There is a free program called CDBURNERXP which, as soon as you launch it, has the option to burn an IMAGE or ISO file. Select that option and select the ISO file you downloaded. Insert a blank CD and burn. 6) Take the CD and stick it into your password protected computer. Reset the computer. You'll want the computer to boot off of the CD-ROM. When your computer starts, it might say "press (key) to boot from CD" or "press (key) to display boot menu". If not, you'll have to enter the BIOS and change the boot order. You can generally do that by pressing F1 or DEL. You'll have to dig around to configure that. It's not as dangerous in the BIOS as people let on. If you're nervous, just be sure everything you change has to do with "boot order" and that kinda thing. Write it down, so when you're done, you can undo it if you like. 7) Once the disk finally boots, follow the on-screen instructions. If the program fails to detect your harddrive, you'll have to try a different program (which can easily be googled or binged for). Otherwise, use this site's simple walkthrough. BUT, on step 8, don't use "reset password". Instead, select "promote user" so you can make your account an administrator. You don't want to reset your dad's password or he'll know you screwed with it. http://www.pctipsbox.com/forgot-windows-password-reset-windows-password/#more-1481 8) Once you're done, you need to take some simple pre-cautions to not get caught: - If you install a program, you'll want to go into make sure 'NOT' to create desktop or start-menu shortcuts. Always check your start-menu and desktop to be sure they're not present. If they are, just delete them. Programs often create these icons not in your personal start-menu or desktop... but in a PUBLIC user start-menu and desktop folder. They're shared between all users, so if you delete them from your desktop, they'll be removed from the public folder (your dads account as well...). - Don't store any documents in your "documents" folder. This will be a dead give away that you're downloaded crap. Go open the C drive, open a folder like "programs" and create a new folder that looks legitimate... name it like "windows settings" or something. Then, dump all your ish in there. When installing programs, maybe it's not a bad idea to install them in that same sub-folder as well. Or, just use a USB drive to store your junk or buy an external harddrive that you can plug in whenever. - If you suspect your dad is spying, don't change any personal settings you couldn't change before. Basically, that means don't change system sounds, desktop background, desktop icons... etc. Since he's an administrator, he can reset your password at any time and log in as you. If he sees things are different, he might be like "wtf?" - If you're installing programs that have an option to run at startup (like maybe a torrent downloading program.... or a new instant messaging program), you definitely want to be sure it doesn't startup when he logs on. Open the start-menu and type "msconfig" and press enter. Select the 'startup' tab and take note of what DOES start automatically. Then, when you install a program, check to be sure it didn't add a new item to the list. If it did, you'll want to uncheck the box. It will ask you to restart the computer now or later.... DO IT NOW. Once you restart, you'll get a notification that says something like "startup items have changed... " or whatever. You need to acknowledge that message yourself. If you don't, the next time your dad logs on, he'll receive that message and he'll be "WTF?" - Never a bad idea to do private browsing. In IE7, you just click on the little shield in the top, right corner and select "in private browsing". Similar feature is in all modern browsers. - Don't install programs that can change file associations. For example, if you decide to install WINZIP to extract files, it will change the default program used from the windows application to WINZIP if you're not careful. If you accidentally do this, look up how to change file associations in google. - Regarding the "everything shuts off at 11"... you've really got to be careful. If he catches you on the computer past eleven, you're obviously f***ed. You can either change these settings or just roll the clock back until you're done... and then set it back to the correct time. That's pretty much it. The moral of the story is to be smart about circumventing the security policies. Make sure your computer faces away from your door when you're screwing around... always have a way to quickly switch away from a program or whatever. Come up with some excuse now for when you get caught. Other thing is that your parents just want to keep you safe. Like everything, be smart and don't do anything crazy. Definitely not advocating anything more than using your computer freely here. Respect your parents choices because, as annoying as it is, they're really trying their best to look out for your interests. That's it. 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@123: You want him/her to take it to Best Buy so they can reboot it... you do know that 'reboot' means just shutting it off, right? I love how dumb you guys are. "Just download xxxxx". He/She can't download anything, idiots. Also if the actual Admin is password protected then 'safe mode' restart won't work. @13: The easiest way is to hit F8 during restart, NOT overheat your PC... LOL. Just get Windows 7 BETA from a friends house and dual-boot with it (Google it to find out more) so you can have the old Windows, so if your dad checks, and the new one so you can do whatever you want.

Wow! On YOUR computer? Was it accidental or on purpose, and if so, y 11pm! You're not a little kid, r u?

Haha. My dad did the same. So, being the hacker genius I am. I hakes into the computer and found all rmthe passwords. Now I use the default admin account, which he did put an easy password on.

my dad did that, only his cut off was 9:30 on school nights and 10:00 on the weekend. i'm seventeen years old. fml.

That's exactly what my dad did to MY laptop (except for the 11:00 thing).... if it's porno that you wish you could download, then there are sites you can go to, to watch it instead of downloading it. And then, as an extra precaution, you can clear the history of where you have been on the computer. But, if you're still not satisfied, I'd tell my dad in about a month, because you have to wait it out a little while or else it looks like you're up to something, that I needed his password to update the firewall and run a virus scan, or something of that sort. Unless, of course, this is not your own personal computer.... I don't think this is either a YDI or FML, because this is actually typical.

What if the computer shuts off at 11 and they lose 30 mins work on an essay because they didn't save it in time, being too busy concentrating on the essay rather than clock watching, could that happen? because that would be awful. I never knew you could put a time on them, my brother's computer gets left on all night because he falls asleep on it. But he would have to put the timer on himself, we all have our own that no one else can alter, except mum's she hasn't password protected anything...

My dad did this with the computer I got as my graduation gift. Needed a password to download anything (including much needed programs for work) and it shut off after 30 minutes of being idle. Kind of frustrating to go eat dinner and when you come back JUST KIDDING cant do any work or talk to anyone. This is the same person who would send me emails when I was in the other room and wouldn't understand why I didn't respond. Probably because I couldn't check it? I get that your dad is trying to limit your online time, but there are better ways to go about it. Have a talk with him, make him understand that he needs to trust you a bit more with your time management, and that locking everything is really not going to help anything. Best advice I can give is next time you buy your own, lock everyone ELSE out before they can do it to you. Good luck!

oh wow... this happens to alot of ppl... gl dwnloading **** lol