Thread: Vista Hax

Now that you have admin access you should definitely protect yourself against any further attempts. Download a keylogger and set it to run at start up. If you can find one that is completely free (as in, has all its features without having to pay) set it to invisible. Like someone else said, no password of hers will be safe and she'll go on thinking you have limited access.

Another possible option is creating a seperate user name for yourself so that you can give her you password, but still have your own admin access.

I would also suggest that you stop paying for the dish if you still do. You might lose some tv time, but we have to make sacrifices to teach our parents some valuable lessons about reasonable freedoms.

Whatever happened to her losing admin priviledges? Did she scream at you and then force u to give it back to you or she'll completely wreck your life? That's sounds like the motherly thing to do...

Why do you live with her, you should leave.

Originally Posted by theSheep

Whatever happened to her losing admin priviledges? Did she scream at you and then force u to give it back to you or she'll completely wreck your life? That's sounds like the motherly thing to do...

I think she just forgot about it... lol she goes on my computer sometimes, but doesn't do anything.

Originally Posted by Sandform

Why do you live with her, you should leave.

Because I haven't been able to find a job since January 2007, so I can't afford rent.

Also because she was in a car accident and can't lift more than 5 pounds or even vacuum the floor without being in pain for at least a day after. So I do basically all of the chores in return for not being charged rent(yes, she charges her children rent)

So does my mother.

Anyway, is she actually snooping around on your computer, or is she just using it? And what is the admin status right now?

Originally Posted by Marvo

Anyway, is she actually snooping around on your computer, or is she just using it? And what is the admin status right now?

She uses it exclusively to print/scan because my computer is hooked up to the printer station.

She might go through my history or something, but as far as I know that's it.

I also don't have anything incriminating or "wrong" on my computer other than 200 gigabytes of pirated music and movies, but she knows about that and is cool with it.

Well I have a bookmark folder named "Drugs" and it's got like 50 websites related to drugs, drug policy and activism. She doesn't like that.

http://howto.helpero.com/howto/Hide-...Images_70.html

except it would be funny to have like a 10 mb image, so pick a REALLY big one. Like this:

Spoiler for bigpic:

lol.
hide your drug thang in there, say you got rid of it.

Originally Posted by Elis D.

Also because she was in a car accident and can't lift more than 5 pounds or even vacuum the floor without being in pain for at least a day after. So I do basically all of the chores in return for not being charged rent(yes, she charges her children rent)

I bet she complains about you all the time too, even though you're doing the chores for her lazy ass. Think of it this way: she can either let you do the chores for FREE or she can charge you rent and pay someone to do the chores. But if she's charging rent, what possible reason could you have for staying? Rent is rent, and I'm betting there aren't any other land lords out there that yell at and violate the privacy of their tenants. So let her charge rent, and move your ass out. See how long she lasts.

Originally Posted by Elis D.

I haven't been able to find a job since January 2007, so I can't afford rent.

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