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by jjgreen 3973 days ago
You should never have given him/her the root password.
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True, but... you obviously don't have kids! ;)
> you obviously don't have kids

"kids" should never have administrative privileges on the system (up to the point they can burn a CD - then they can have admin privileges because with enough googling they can do it themselves). And you might want to install a sandbox type program - http://alternativeto.net/software/deep-freeze/?license=free

Windows is a consumer operating system. You and I may know the "right" way to use it, but mother-in-laws don't like passwords, kids like Minecraft, and kids = chaos.