[ale] [OT] Need to lock down a Windows laptop

[Tom Freeman]

On Tue, 12 Apr 2011, Geoffrey Myers wrote:

> JD wrote:
>>>> She needs to learn how to secure her PC, and sadly, she needs to get
>>>> hacked in order to learn it. I speak from experience having a teen girl
>>>> crying over her broken PC and forcing her to reload it herself.  These
>>>> days, knowing how to do that is like knowing how to change a flat tire,
>>>> IMHO.
>>> <<more snip>>
>>> You expect somebody to know how to change a tire???? You monster!!!! That
>>> is why God gave us phones and AAA memberships!
>>>
>>> Silly sarcasm aside, probably a good idea. Both to expect offspring to
>>> reload their systems, and to expect every driver to know how (by doing) to
>>> change a tire.
>>
>> Before my father allowed me to get a drivers license, I had to show him
>> that I could change a tire.
>
> Same here.  And Dad drilled it into me that you always stopped to assist
> a lady or elderly folks when they have flat tires.  As it stands, I've
> changed more strangers flat tires then my own.  The last one was for a
> girl headed to KSU for class.  I was on my bike, stopped and changed the
> tire for her.
>
Years ago, I got myself in royal trouble by teaching my wife to change a 
tire. She got the flat, and she changed it. She stood a bit straighter for 
the abuse. All four children of ours have tire changing skills, as well as 
oil, fluids, tire pressure checking, map reading, etc. Plus snow drills.

Unlike a grandparent of mine, I did not require knowledge of how a 
differential works, the engine works, or maintaining a battery from my 
offspring. We seem to be slipping here...

And to sort of continue the alledged theme of Linus here, all four know 
the use of Linux, and have reloaded systems software themselves. FWIW.