thebigticket
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Hi
I own a desktop computer which I share with my 15 yr old son and he seems to be able to access my administrator account using either the guest account or his standard account.
I'm not sure how he is able to do this
But I know he is doing this, as I set up family safety on his account and he seems to be able to change it on his own whenever I turn it on his account
When I check the security settings of some of my folders in the documents library, they grant full control to different groups that are not the default e.g. my own user name and administrators
It grants full control to groups such as BATCH and SERVICE and CREATOR OWNER
I dont think I have seen these groups before and I know that I did not make them or grant them access to my accounts
Also I noticed that he also made multiple local user accounts and then deleted the user so that it just has the account folder in the users folder
So far to combat this problem, I tried removing the groups and my sons user account from the permissions menu in the security tab of properties. However, he seems to have granted himself special permission as it wont allow me to remove the permission from him as well as having the special permission option greyed out so I cannot click on it
I checked the user account settings and I am still administrator and the default administrator account is still administrator and my son's account is still a standard account
Recently I changed my password and the default administrator password and used hidden on all my folders however I think he can still see the folders as he granted access to some of the folders that I used hidden on in my document library but the other folders in my desktop and other libraries have all not been accessed
So how is my son accessing my account and how can I stop him from doing it?
I own a desktop computer which I share with my 15 yr old son and he seems to be able to access my administrator account using either the guest account or his standard account.
I'm not sure how he is able to do this
But I know he is doing this, as I set up family safety on his account and he seems to be able to change it on his own whenever I turn it on his account
When I check the security settings of some of my folders in the documents library, they grant full control to different groups that are not the default e.g. my own user name and administrators
It grants full control to groups such as BATCH and SERVICE and CREATOR OWNER
I dont think I have seen these groups before and I know that I did not make them or grant them access to my accounts
Also I noticed that he also made multiple local user accounts and then deleted the user so that it just has the account folder in the users folder
So far to combat this problem, I tried removing the groups and my sons user account from the permissions menu in the security tab of properties. However, he seems to have granted himself special permission as it wont allow me to remove the permission from him as well as having the special permission option greyed out so I cannot click on it
I checked the user account settings and I am still administrator and the default administrator account is still administrator and my son's account is still a standard account
Recently I changed my password and the default administrator password and used hidden on all my folders however I think he can still see the folders as he granted access to some of the folders that I used hidden on in my document library but the other folders in my desktop and other libraries have all not been accessed
So how is my son accessing my account and how can I stop him from doing it?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- Norton 360