Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-29 Thread Geke
You’re welcome. One thing I forgot to mention: to work comfortably, TeamViewer needs relatively fast internet connections on both computers. So try it out before building your way of working on it. And I just wanted to mention also that I got a really good feeling from this thread. If you’d want t

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-28 Thread Michael Emery
On Nov 28, 3:00 pm, Geke wrote: the TeamViewer I know is completely free for private use Thank you, Geke, for reinforcing your point, which changes the situation entirely. I will look into TeamViewer! -- Michael -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

FYI, was: "How should a family of five share one computer?"

2010-11-28 Thread J.M.P.Hissel
On 23-11-2010 06:18, Ashgrove, salum...@gmail.com, wrote: > You're right, of course. And, believe it or not, I posted this 3 days > ago. I don't know who's holding on to my posts for this long, but I > will definitely find out. Soon. Well Felix, as said in the subject: FYI,---, I received your m

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-28 Thread Geke
>Geke suggested that I can remotely administer the computer via >TeamViewer, but it's really too much money for me to pay. Sorry for responding so late, but I wanted to really check this: the TeamViewer I know is completely free for private use. http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspx Greetings, Ge

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-28 Thread Ashgrove
Tina, You're right, of course. And, believe it or not, I posted this 3 days ago. I don't know who's holding on to my posts for this long, but I will definitely find out. Soon. Sorry if I'm writing you directly, but otherwise it'll be 3 days before you see my answer. HTH, Felix On Nov 22, 11:18

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-26 Thread Ted Treen
Showing you're a nice guy is nothing to apologise for. Best Ted (in the UK) From: Dana Collins To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, 26 November, 2010 1:37:43 Subject: Re: How should a family of five share one computer? On 11/25/10 12:52 PM,

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-25 Thread Dana Collins
On 11/25/10 12:52 PM, Dana Collins of dlcatft...@frontier.com sent > Well, hello Michael. > I have a few moments of from my "turkey duty" and discovered this nice > summary notice from you. Etc... Colleagues. This was meant to go directly to Michael, and I obviously goofed. My profound apologies

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-25 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/25 09:19, Michael Emery so eloquently wrote: On Thanksgiving Day, I would like to thank everybody who gave my query their consideration and time. I hope that you give your families your love and attention today as well. Thank you for your thoughtful words Michael. I hope that you and

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-25 Thread Dana Collins
Well, hello Michael. I have a few moments of from my "turkey duty" and discovered this nice summary notice from you. Thank you for your kind words and for sharing with me (in a prior post) some cogent thoughts about your niece - with your permission, I'll continue holding thoughts and prayers on he

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-25 Thread Michael Emery
After hearing from several thoughtful members of this group, I have settled on some simple strategies for making my family of five safe from themselves and each other as far as communally operating one home computer system. A review of the reports and thanks are in order. First to respond was Bruc

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-23 Thread Al Poulin
On Nov 22, 10:42 pm, "Tina K." wrote: > > And set a firmware password. > > Tina Setting a firmware password introduces some admin complexity. A Google search shows that people can have problems doing it correctly. Here is Apple's article on how to proceed. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1352 W

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-23 Thread Geke
>>set a single user account for all > > Simple initially but in the long run it could become far more trouble I agree; also you'd want to give each kid their own desktop, picture folder, etc. The extra Admin account for yourself is a good idea, especially as their mom might change the password, t

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-22 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/21 10:37, Ashgrove so eloquently wrote: The simplest, less convolute way to do this would be to set a single user account for all Simple initially but in the long run it could become far more trouble as one user sets something (such as a home page, iTunes setting, etc…) and another

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-22 Thread Ashgrove
Michael, The simplest, less convolute way to do this would be to set a single user account for all with administrative rights but to set a password that only the mom knows, and then scare her silly with horror stories about people who delete stuff on their computers. It may sound somewhat cruel, b

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-22 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/22 20:35, Charles Lenington so eloquently wrote: you forgot an important step. They need to lock up the OS X disk, away from kids. And set a firmware password. Tina -- iMac 20" USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64MB DDR Gnome/Ubuntu 10.10 Power Mac June 04 2GHz G5D

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-22 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/21/10 3:36 PM, t...@savingus.org wrote: On 11/21/10 8:38 AM, Michael Emery wrote: This is a question about how to set up a Quicksilver dual so that a family can best use it, without disturbing the other family members parts. you forgot an important step. They need to lock up the OS X dis

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-21 Thread t...@savingus.org
On 11/21/10 8:38 AM, Michael Emery wrote: This is a question about how to set up a Quicksilver dual so that a family can best use it, without disturbing the other family members parts. MAKE AN ACCOUNT FOR EACH CHILD that keeps them from any application you don't want them to have access to (an

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-21 Thread Illirik Smirnov
Sounds good. Those G4 duals are fantastic little computers, and she probably would love it. Those middle school age kids would love a computer. Myself being an HS student, I couldn't imagine getting through 8th and 9th GD without my trusty Wallstreet. Sent from a computer running either the SPARC,

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 21, 2010, at 8:38 AM, Michael Emery wrote: Some of ya'll are managers of computer systems both large and small, and have lots of valuable experience. I'm thinking of installing Leopard and providing a Time Machine backup hard drive. Would you recommend that I give them one admin acc

How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-21 Thread Michael Emery
This is a question about how to set up a Quicksilver dual so that a family can best use it, without disturbing the other family members parts. My boss at work loves him some PCs because he likes to get his hands under the hood and dirty them up; also, we get a lot of donated products beca