Do your parents/family demand admin access, and if so do they deserve it?

[asim1999]

I was reading the Non-Techies thread and a lot of parents apparently have admin rights, when they dont deserve it. 

Do your parents demand admin rights, and do you think they deserve it.

 

Mine do, and i dont know why. They use outdated PCs and never use my rig. They constantly pester me for tech support for the most basic things.

I will always deny them admin access as i am the one who built and maintains the desktop. My mum has a restricted user account BTW.

 

 

[Jerakl]

1. Yes.

2. No.

 

I don't give it to them anyways. When I first got my PC they demanded it. They forgot and haven't discussed it since.

[SkywardKkalox]

She doesn't demand it per se, but I can't see myself denying my own mother the right to do as she says.

[DimasRMDO]

My parents don't even know admin access 

I'm good, still in one piece.

 

But if they do know, I think I wouldn't give them admin access, because I'm afraid that they'll install something that can make the OS unstable.

[Lolucoca]

I don't even give them our WiFi-password... 

[SkywardKkalox]

I don't even give them our WiFi-password... 

That's just mean.

[EIijah]

I don't know why I wouldn't give it to them, can't do much damage, they don't know how...

[KayTees]

My Dad: What is PC?

[Swndlr]

No

No

 

My parents wouldnt care anyway, what am I doing thats so bad that they would need to monitor?

Btw, link a Strawpoll or add in a poll to the thread.

[Litargirio]

They not only they demanded admin rights to all of MY PCs, claiming that they were theirs because I lived with them, even though I earned the monye for them myself, but changed passwords and f****d any PC settigs up whenever they felt like it. Which is one of the reasons why I got a job and moved elswhere and now live by myself

[wyattzx]

We all have our own Computers. I don't use a password on mine, because I have no reason to.

[Deletive]

My parents don't have Admin access to my computer and I don't see why they would it's almost always left on. They don't have a reason to use my computer they each have their own. 

 

Most of computing consumption is Skyping with friends, gaming, Learning and foruming. Not for them to look for when all of that is open on my computer 24/7

[Johannes_Lazor]

I give them admin access, My dad is sensable enough to use it, And my mom is too careful to f*ck shit up.

My mom want help sometimes, But it is mainly on how to use Avast(She mainly uses it for social media), And my dad doesnt need help, He is fairly good with computers.

They dont have admin access to my computer, but they have not asked for it. The only one who knows the password to my computer is my youngest brother. He is sensable enough to not give it out, And i trust him to not fuck it up.

[SansVarnic]

Depends on your age, I am 34 and not living with my parents. If on the extreme chance they would ask they would have to have one very good reason to do so. Most of my pc's have restricted information on them so if they were to get on them with an admin password I would have to be there to censor what they access anyhow.

[TechNugget]

Are you talking about your own computer or a family computer?

Of course on my own computer I would deny the rights, just because I don't want them to mess things up.

On our family computer I know my dad is an admin as he knows a fair amount about computers and set it up (I don't even use it any more), but I don't know if my mum is an admin or not.

[BurgerBum]

yes, my mother thinks that its 100% required for the cosmos to even continue functioning. 

 

you know the answer to the second question. 

 

 

i changed the password from leanontheLord to leanontheLeonard 

i garuntee you that bullshit password change will still be too hard for her to figure out. 

 

also on my new PC im going to try and figure out a way to get it so in order to login you need to type username and password while a bunch of fake terminal jargon is going on screen. 

that'll stop 100% of non-techies and 50% of techies because its not a very popular thing, and most would assume to just wait or restart. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also i figured out her password for all her email accounts and other sites. she uses the same one everywhere. and its a terrible one. someone half my IQ and experience could figure it out. 

why?

its written on a sticky note on the wall next to where she keeps her laptop.

[Lolucoca]

@SkywardKkalox: Nope just have 16000Kbit/s and my mother draws more than half of that... 

[Dabombinable]

My Mum was the one who had me using DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1 when I was around 3-4 years old, so no and yes.

[Wauthar]

My dad is an old fashioned techie, so he knows what's up (and tries so hard to keep up ). He has his own PC (built by me) and he has full admin on that. My mother on the other hand... We both wouldn't dare to give her any kind of advanced rights

[Psykomantis00]

Lol you have to share PC's. I'd never allow that. 

[terrytek]

Yes and no.

 

Yes because they're afraid i might mess with the settings, and no for that same exact reason.

[DimasRMDO]

Lol you have to share PC's. I'd never allow that. 

When I share my PC, I'll make another user as "Standard".

When they ask for admin's permission I'll be like...

[Sir Asvald]

If my dad wants to use my pc, I'll let him use my account. I trust him that he won't mess my computer up, because he's been using computers for the past 20+ years. As for my mum, she never uses my computers only her phone for Skype, Facebook, YouTube and so on.

[Exploded117]

My mother's laptop died once, so she had to use my PC to pay bills. I made her use the guest account

[KemoKa]

As much as I love and appreciate my parents, my laptop is legally mine. I'm at liberty to use it, protect it and administer it as I see fit. They've not asked for admin access for years, mostly because my dad forgets all his passwords anyway.