How to password protect printer?

I am currently living in a Fraternity house on Ga Tech's
campus so people are on my computer when I don't know it.
They print things off and I don't want them to cause Ink
is expensive. I was wondering how to set my computer up
so that to print you have to enter a password? I have
tried differene things but can't make it work. My
computer was changed out of FAT32 formate to the FTS
format. If you can help thanks a lot.

Kevin

"Kevin Middlebrooks" wrote in message
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I am currently living in a Fraternity house on Ga Tech's
campus so people are on my computer when I don't know it.
They print things off and I don't want them to cause Ink
is expensive. I was wondering how to set my computer up
so that to print you have to enter a password? I have
tried differene things but can't make it work. My
computer was changed out of FAT32 formate to the FTS
format. If you can help thanks a lot.

Kevin


Printing permissions are assigned by user or user groups. The way
to protect your printer is to protect your computer. If you remain
signed on to your computer, others who use your computer can do
whatever you can do. You could deny printing permission to every
user but if you remain logged on, any user could restore those
permissions as you. The thing to do is to log off your computer
when you are not personally using it. Do not give your password out
to others. Assign them a limited account if you choose. There are
a lot of worse things others can do in your name besides printing.
Many universities are restricting peer-to-peer file sharing and
other uses of excessive bandwidth. Hackers use other persons
computers to do their mischief.

If you do not want to turn your computer off completely, you can use
the Windows "L" key combinations to lock the terminal. This would
require a user name and password to return functionality.

--
Earl F. Parrish

I would setup a BIOS password, that way they wouldn't
even get to a windows screen.


-----Original Message-----

"Kevin Middlebrooks" wrote in
message
...
I am currently living in a Fraternity house on Ga
Tech's
campus so people are on my computer when I don't know
it.
They print things off and I don't want them to cause
Ink
is expensive. I was wondering how to set my computer up
so that to print you have to enter a password? I have
tried differene things but can't make it work. My
computer was changed out of FAT32 formate to the FTS
format. If you can help thanks a lot.

Kevin


Printing permissions are assigned by user or user
groups. The way
to protect your printer is to protect your computer. If
you remain
signed on to your computer, others who use your computer
can do
whatever you can do. You could deny printing permission
to every
user but if you remain logged on, any user could restore
those
permissions as you. The thing to do is to log off your
computer
when you are not personally using it. Do not give your
password out
to others. Assign them a limited account if you
choose. There are
a lot of worse things others can do in your name besides
printing.
Many universities are restricting peer-to-peer file
sharing and
other uses of excessive bandwidth. Hackers use other
persons
computers to do their mischief.

If you do not want to turn your computer off completely,
you can use
the Windows "L" key combinations to lock the
terminal. This would
require a user name and password to return functionality.

--
Earl F. Parrish

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