My 14 year old son has an iMac, with administrator rights. I am a basic windows laptop user without any special techy knowledge. DS is driving me nuts not getting out of bed in the morning, and I think he sneaks back on the computer after bedtime.
I have discovered that if we become the administrator and not him we can put timer controls on the machine. I want DH to do this but he says it's too difficult or that DS will lose all his stuff or that it will prevent DS downloading software for his hobby.
Is it possible to change the administrator to me or DH and let DS continue to have and not lose all his stuff? If so, can anyone advise a simple way to do it?
All advice gratefully appreciated.
DH is away during the week.
DS isn't easy to manage, so a solution which relies on appealing to his better nature is unlikely to work; been there, done that.
Thank you.
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
AIBU?
To think this IT problem shouldn't be insurmountable?
42 replies
Greenrememberedhills · 24/01/2015 13:47
OP posts:
AlpacaMyBags ·
24/01/2015 13:57
This reply has been deleted
Message withdrawn at poster's request.
AlpacaMyBags ·
24/01/2015 13:57
This reply has been deleted
Message withdrawn at poster's request.
Don’t want to miss threads like this?
Weekly
Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!
Log in to update your newsletter preferences.
You've subscribed!
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.