My 3-year-old Keeps wasting printouts

[red996]

Hi,
I have XP Home -Service Pack 2. I have accounts for each member of my family and everybody is a limited user except me.

This is the problem. I log my son under his name and run Preschool programs for him to play. Some of this programs like "Dora the Explorer" have choices to printout games or coloring pages as easy as one click.

He keeps hitting the icon and when i notice there is dozens of printouts in the printer.

How can I disable his access to the printer. Either by conventional or unconventional means. I really don't want to have to unplug the USB cable for my printer everytime he sits down to play.

Thank you

[Raymond J. Johnson Jr.]

red996 wrote:
> Hi,
> I have XP Home -Service Pack 2. I have accounts for each member of
> my family and everybody is a limited user except me.
>
> This is the problem. I log my son under his name and run
> Preschool programs for him to play. Some of this programs like "Dora
> the Explorer" have choices to printout games or coloring pages as easy
> as one click.
>
> He keeps hitting the icon and when i notice there is dozens of
> printouts in the printer.
>
> How can I disable his access to the printer. Either by
> conventional or unconventional means. I really don't want to have to
> unplug the USB cable for my printer everytime he sits down to play.
>
> Thank you
>
>

And you apparently want to use the computer as a babysitter, and don't
want to try and make the kid understand that if he keeps hitting that
print button he won't be able to use the computer.

[Antonio Cangiano]

>How can I disable his access to the printer. Either by
>conventional or unconventional means.

Start -> "Printers and Faxes" -> Select the icon of the
printer you want to disable and right click ->
Select "Properties" -> Select "Security" tab

Now, select your son's username in the top box. In the
box below, you will see the current permissions for his
account. On the line "Print", tick the box "Deny". Don't
change anything else. Press "Apply", and then "Ok".

Cheers,
Antonio

[red996]

Antonio thanks for your reply.

I have tried this before as recommended on windows help. For some reason when I hit preferences there is no security tab. I have tried surfing the preferences but no luck. Also i have deleted all printers and runned the hardware wizard, new driver same problem. the printer is HP Deskjet 932c.

[Antonio Cangiano]

>Antonio thanks for your reply.

You are welcome. :-)

>For some
>reason when I hit preferences there is no security tab.

Ok, please follow these instructions to enable the security
tab:

1) Open "Windows Explorer" (shortcut WIN Key + E)
2) Go to "Tools" -> "Folder Options" -> Select the "View" tab
3) In the list of options, you will find "Use simple file
sharing (Recommended)". Uncheck this (by default it is
checked). Select "Apply" and "OK".

At this point you should be able to see the tab "Security"
in the "Properties" of your printer and follow the
procedure I suggested to you in my last post.

HTH,
Antonio

[Antonio Cangiano]

I just saw that you are using Windows XP Home. The
procedure I outlined it doesn't work if you are running XP
Home, in fact the option "Simple File Sharing" can't be
disabled on it from the "View tab". In this case you may
wish to read these alternative solutions:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_home_sectab.htm

HTH,
Antonio

[Earl F. Parrish]

"red996" > wrote in message
...
>
> Antonio thanks for your reply.
>
> I have tried this before as recommended on windows help. For some
> reason when I hit preferences there is no security tab. I have
> tried
> surfing the preferences but no luck. Also i have deleted all
> printers
> and runned the hardware wizard, new driver same problem. the
> printer
> is HP Deskjet 932c.
>
>
> --
> red996

You have to be using the NTFS file system and simple file-sharing
must be turned off with Windows XP Home Edition.

--
Earl F. Parrish

[red996]

Thank for your help guys I rerally appreciate. I have tried all the steps given. But for some reason that security tab won't appear.

As of the links they don't offer the files anymore. I'll keep trying.

Please let me know if any ideas arise.
:o