ita, I think still have my cordless phone from before I got my landline taken out, and I am pretty sure it meets all your requirements. Want me to dig it out of the give away pile and see?
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
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Lee - Jan 14, 2010 10:45:56 am PST #12307 of 25501
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
§ ita § - Jan 14, 2010 10:50:24 am PST #12308 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Perkins, that would be great!
SuziQ - Jan 14, 2010 10:59:34 am PST #12309 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'm back chatting with Norton virus folks about this darned computer. After paying $$ for their program, it seems turning off the firewall and turning off the anti-virus scanning means I can hit the internet. Nifty. Except I WANT a firewall and I WANT anti-virus scanning.
While there may be negative opinions about Norton, I have already spent my money there and I don't want to invest anymore.
§ ita § - Jan 14, 2010 11:03:02 am PST #12310 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Would you consider free options?
SuziQ - Jan 14, 2010 11:10:03 am PST #12311 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Yes, ita. If none of what they are trying to do works. Plus they better refund me. But the bottom line is this computer needs some teenager proof (if there is such a thing) protection.
Gudanov - Jan 14, 2010 11:14:21 am PST #12312 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
le nubian - Jan 14, 2010 11:43:22 am PST #12313 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
AVG was pretty good for viruses, but I'm not sure if it works with Windows 7.
Suzi,
do you want parental controls?
SuziQ - Jan 14, 2010 11:44:22 am PST #12314 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
The system is XP and YES on the parental controls on top of virus protection.
brenda m - Jan 14, 2010 11:46:27 am PST #12315 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I've found the free AVG to be pretty frustrating, just for the record. I may go try the Microsoft version now.
Gudanov - Jan 14, 2010 11:50:50 am PST #12316 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Though it can take a bit to set up you can use Microsoft Live to do parental controls for Internet access.
The filters aren't very flexible but you can allow and block specific sites as well and you can look at logs and manage allowed and blocked sites remotely.
It is also free.