RC-Monster Popups....

Originally Posted by brushlessboy16

get firefox

Agreed. I use Safari on my mac (pretty much a copy of everything from firefox), but Firefox is just so much better than IE it's ridiculous.

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by E-Traxxer

Agreed. I use Safari on my mac (pretty much a copy of everything from firefox), but Firefox is just so much better than IE it's ridiculous.

Why? I hear that all the time from younger folk, but nobody ever gives a reason. When my laptop was out for repair, my daughter "banned" me from her laptop because I used IE when I got on it. She thinks that all her problems with her PC are from IE, NOT from all the file sharing crap sites she gets onto......

Originally Posted by JThiessen

Why? I hear that all the time from younger folk, but nobody ever gives a reason. When my laptop was out for repair, my daughter "banned" me from her laptop because I used IE when I got on it. She thinks that all her problems with her PC are from IE, NOT from all the file sharing crap sites she gets onto......

I run Spysweeper and Norton 360 and I am crap free........and I hear you about the sharing sites...and MySpace being the worst...the computer my daughter uses is loaded with crap and I have told her to stop going to the sites, I would spend lots of time cleaning up that computer but I am tired of wasting my time and now it is very slow and she has been told when the computer crashes she can go to the library to use a computer...I wont buy another one

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by azjc

I run Spysweeper and Norton 360 and I am crap free........and I hear you about the sharing sites...and MySpace being the worst...the computer my daughter uses is loaded with crap and I have told her to stop going to the sites, I would spend lots of time cleaning up that computer but I am tired of wasting my time and now it is very slow and she has been told when the computer crashes she can go to the library to use a computer...I wont buy another one

I did the same. I got tired of trying to explain that computers dont just break on their own, and that the sites she visits are often where she picked up the "junk" that continually killed it. So for graduation she got a new laptop. After she opened it, I handed her the paperwork (included a 3 year warranty), and told her to call them, not me. Problem solved!

Just hand her the OS CD and tell her to have fun! Reloading an OS, drivers, and all the apps will teach her a lesson.

Do you honestly think a teenager would take the time to read something like that? She refused to look at her owners manual for an entire week until she realized I was serious that I wasnt going to have anything to with her new one (less paying for it of course!).

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by JThiessen

..Do you honestly think a teenager would take the time to read something like that? She refused to look at her owners manual for an entire week until she realized I was serious that I wasnt going to have anything to with her new one (less paying for it of course!).

Well, then she doesn't get her PC back, and she is forbidden from using other computers even at the library (unless it's strictly for homework). Pretty simple to me. One time of going through the process will teach her to be a little more conscientious about what she downloads/installs, and how to maintain it. Harsh lessons are the best ones, and are the ones I favor for my kids. No need to yell, threaten, spank, etc.