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Article #6976Problems with children using Windows3
From: Garry Star
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 1990 01:05
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 1990 01:05
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I have a 4 year old son that uses my PC for games. He has learned to 'get around' in windows and play his favorite games (minesweeper, paintbrush, and solitaire). In general I think it's great and am very proud of his abilities. The problem is that he is just as happy clicking and dragging any of the icons he sees. I don't want to discourage his curiosity, but I have found that windows will no longer run in enhanced mode [yes a four year old on a 25mhz 386 ;-)]. I will probably end up just re-installing windows but the larger concern is how to limit this powerful environment so that he can't do any real damage (format hard disk, erase all files, etc.). Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!pacbell.com!ucsd!usc!jarthur!uunet!retix!garry From: garry@retix.retix.COM (Garry Star) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,misc.kids Subject: Problems with children using Windows3 Message-ID: <719@retix.retix.COM> Date: 17 Nov 90 01:05:39 GMT Followup-To: comp.windows.ms Organization: Retix, Santa Monica CA Lines: 14