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Thread ID: 29431 2003-01-20 00:13:00 Nortons Internet Security csinclair83 (200) Press F1
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115362 2003-01-20 00:13:00 Hey!
I've got NIS on winxp home..
and it has parental control enabled with password protection..
i was gonna go into a website this morning purely a "clothes" website...and it says its been blocked coz of "sex/attire"...so i went to NIS to put execption on that website...and apparently i've totally forgotten the password...
I put NIS parental control on for when my bro and others use it...

So what can i do? I know it'd be tricky telling me on here..coz u dont want to "ruin" the use of having it on..coz if a kid reads this then they'd know how to get it off themselves...

So if u want...just email me how i could override the program and change the password so i can get into this website....email addy is sinclair@ man dot quik dot co dot nz

thanks in advance :-)
csinclair83 (200)
115363 2003-01-20 01:10:00 thanks cyberchuck for the email...
i've got it fixed...found that i could reset password thru some stuff...
but now...its gone all weird...i changed it..then tried it out by going to some websites...and it protects perfectly..but i clicked on NIS..and it opened then right there it says do u want to turn parentla control off...and i remember it usually asked for password b4 doing that...now it doesnt....and it only asks for password if u wanna access settings...it used to ask for password for anything..after one had beeen setted?
csinclair83 (200)
115364 2003-01-20 01:28:00 Ooh.. Geez..
You should never listen to me when it comes to playing with your registry settings! - infact you shouldn't listen to me at all!

Anyway - have you turned Parental Control off or do you still have it on? - if you turned it off then you can turn it back on! (confused yet ?:|)

Righto - have you tried changing your password for NIS and then telling it you want it to prompt for a password on everything? - sorry I'm that helpful - except I don't use NIS' Parental Control (as I've stated) - also, just for reference for the experts out there - could you provide a copy of the email I sent you in PF1? - just copy and paste (remembering to edit out my IP and Email address should they be visible) - I would, except Hotmail won't save messages in my sent items folder unless I tell it to - which I obviously didn't



CyberChuck
cyberchuck (173)
115365 2003-01-20 01:33:00 actually i didnt touch registry...i'm terrified lol..
i went to add/remove programs and clicked change and resetted there

anyway..heres ur email u sent me ...eh??? its not here....
mmmm


i turned it on and off and on and off and on..sitll nothing

and i changed NIS password..and it doesnt ask me if i want it for everything or just one thing
csinclair83 (200)
115366 2003-01-20 01:42:00 Bugger . .

> actually i didnt touch registry . . . i'm terrified lol . .
Don't be terrified of the registry - it automatically backs itself up every 4 days or something, so should anything go wrong, your computer should be able to restore it to a time it was happy as harry!

I tried uninstalling IIS and it gave me the option for uninstalling NAV or Uninstalling the entire program (NAV/NIS/etc) - so you can't do a repair or restore program which is a pain . I could reccomend that you uninstall it and reinstall it? but this time you could use your Windows Profiles as your NIS profiles as I suggested in the email? so that way you don't need to use a password as your settings load when your profile loads - also considering WindowsXP is pretty secure, providing your kids don't crack your password you should be fine - it's when they learn about password crackers and all that when you really need to start worrying :p



CyberChuck
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