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A way to keep those annoying siblings off the computer
Author:  darkangel [ Mon May 28, 2007 6:55 pm ]
Post subject:  A way to keep those annoying siblings off the computer
Is your brother, sister or even your parents invading your privacy when you get off your computer for just a second?
if yes, then this program is for you!

FEATURES:
Quick Deploy
Will tell if anyone touches the mouse
Hides the Window
Load "Beeping" to ward off the intruder (and to notify yourself)
Asks for password when in lockdown
If password is wrong twice computer will shutdown
Or if password is not typed in corectly within 30 sec computer will shutdown
Password can be what ever word you want


PS password defult is "ELITE" (with capitals no quotes)
- Please comment and provide hints on how to improve Very Happy
Author:  CodeMonkey2000 [ Mon May 28, 2007 8:02 pm ]
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Haha, I love it. Very original. It's funny how the window always stays on top. You should maximize the window so it take up the whole window. (in setscreen, instead of using numbers to determine the window size, use maxx,maxy)
Author:  DIIST [ Mon May 28, 2007 9:05 pm ]
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Do you have a solution for siblings who know all about CS and CompSci? Laughing
You can still move the mouse around in windows using the arrow keys. Making the computer unsafe from siblings even with the security youve presented. Overall nice program. Wouldn't be really usefully for me casue i lonely child (partially because i nuked my sister ages ago), but might be usefull for the guys at school who have sibs.
Author:  ashiphire [ Tue May 29, 2007 7:18 am ]
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very cool
Author:  Carey [ Tue May 29, 2007 8:36 am ]
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Sorry to be picky but the setscreen will not work with maxx, maxy. Use max,max instead. btw awesome program. it sucessfully screwed over my brothers attemps to get past it.
Author:  lilmizeminem [ Tue May 29, 2007 10:59 am ]
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Omg this is so awesome..
i actually might use this on my computer aha
good job Smile
Author:  rollerdude [ Tue May 29, 2007 11:58 am ]
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haha! o i love ur use of multiple windows... and that the comp actually shuts down if its not typed in right... HEY!! if you put this program in the startup folder, and run it as soon as you start ur comp, then you would never have any problems... its like that other guy, who asked if there anything we could do to help him to stop his mom from reading all his documents...

good job, definataly a keeper!
Author:  Tallguy [ Tue May 29, 2007 1:27 pm ]
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it a really good program..but my brother is a really good programer himself so he say through it...but it worked on my sisters...so it was worth it... lol good work
Author:  darkangel [ Tue May 29, 2007 3:22 pm ]
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Thankx for commenting Razz
ill put in ur considerations when making V3.0
lol, but i think that some DOS programmers might be able to get around the system shutdown thing
hehehe
Author:  MichaelM [ Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:47 pm ]
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wow, that thing wasn't kidding, very good
Author:  Nick [ Sun Aug 12, 2007 5:46 am ]
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lmao i decieded to test if it would work and forgot the pass Razz
Author:  agnivohneb [ Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:16 am ]
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I like the idea just not the way it was programed

in the source i had an error maybe I have an old version of turing or something but here it is.
line 33
'Blur' is not in the export list of 'Pic'

and I received a few errors with the .exe and i can't change the password in it.

btw im using 4.0.5

edit: also i found some hacks
Author:  Aziz [ Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:13 am ]
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You need Turing 4.1. No, we can't tell you where to download it =\

Also, this is for annoying sibblings, not hackers.
Author:  agnivohneb [ Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:47 pm ]
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Quote:
You need Turing 4.1. No, we can't tell you where to download it =\

Also, this is for annoying sibblings, not hackers.


I know you can't tell me. I will just have to ask my LAN tech at school for the new version again. The school has some license that allows them to do that.

I should have pointed out that they are not really hacks but bypass. I just have bad wording.

1. If the computer shuts down they can just turn it back on and if you don't have a pass set in windows they are free to do whatever

2. you can cancel the shutdown by (if they know cmd line):
Start->Run
Type "cmd" (no quotes) -> ok
when it opens type "shutdown -a" (again no quotes)

to fix this the shutdown cmd should be
shutdown -s -f -t:00
This will run a forceful shutdown and give them no time to cancel the shutdown
Author:  Aziz [ Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:53 pm ]
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oh. didn't know that. but my noobish brother or 11 year old sister won't know how to do that Wink. I'll never use it, because I have my own computer and I always lock my PC. (IN XP press Windows Key + L, make sure you have fast user switching on if you use the Welcome Page)
Author:  SNIPERDUDE [ Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:51 am ]
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agnivohneb @ Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:16 am wrote:
I like the idea just not the way it was programed


lmao, so I decided to make my own version! : )
I also added a sound effect on mine to warn off anybody trying to use the comp (air raid siren)
I use it at home, maybe I'll post it later.
Author:  Nick [ Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:37 pm ]
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another way past this program is to just hit control+alt+delete and just termanate the program... but it still works rreally well if the inturder doesn't think of it
Author:  petree08 [ Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:39 am ]
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WOW this is so neat, my 12 year old sister got freaked out when she tried to log me off lol, i changed it a bit so that a sound file saying "get off my computer fool" plays instead of beeping (gave my mother a shock) it nice to see another usefull tool made in turing.
Author:  bugzpodder [ Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:24 pm ]
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ahh i remember the good old days where computer only has 128MB of ram, and you can crash windows by having javascript to repeatedly open new windows in IE (yep, it is pre firefox days). In fact, I still have that page alive on my website
http://www.geocities.com/bugz_podder/anne.htm which is dated 2002 Razz I must have edited it then, since I think i had it since at least 2000. ironically the only computer it'll ever crash is probably the one i'm using right now, which is old enough to only have 128mb of ram as well. on these old windows98 computers, it worked just well enough for ctrl+alt+del to not work properly Very Happy
Author:  CodeMonkey2000 [ Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:04 pm ]
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I have a 64 mb ram on my comp. That's why I use xubuntu. I use my dad's comp for turing and gaming, but I'm ready to trash turing now.
Author:  Nick [ Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:12 am ]
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on my ME computer i have 8 mb of RAM so consider all u guys lucky Razz
Author:  CodeMonkey2000 [ Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:28 am ]
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momop, how the hell are you running windows me with 8 mb ram? Isn't the requirements something like 16-32 mb?
Author:  Nick [ Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:44 am ]
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apprently not lol it's really slow as u can imagane and every 2 hours or so i have to restart it or it runs too slow to do anything
Author:  rdrake [ Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:54 am ]
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momop @ Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:44 am wrote:
apprently not lol it's really slow as u can imagane and every 2 hours or so i have to restart it or it runs too slow to do anything
Seriously... euthanize that Windows ME install and put Xubuntu on the machine. You can even run Turing if you wish... or you could even learn a real language! Xubuntu even comes with real security.
Author:  fishtastic [ Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:53 pm ]
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you #$%#$ son of a @#$%#$
you shut my computer down...

but now i know how to stop it.

START+"r"
then type "shutdown -a"
now i can type any $#%# words in the password window and not get shut down.
Author:  Nick [ Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:19 pm ]
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uhhh too much sugar fish? anyway there are tons of ways to stop it the simplest being just clicking the x also u could control+alt+delete and various other ways it would be cool if someone could find a way around all these im thinking the simplest way would to open another turing without telling the user and using no visable window in the newly opened turing
Author:  Aziz [ Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:32 am ]
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I doubt most annoying siblings will know all that Razz remember this is to stop your 12 year old sister who's into highschool musical or your mom who type with one finger
Author:  md [ Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:30 am ]
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Has no one discovered passwords on user accounts and screensavers? I mean, sure you wrote this yourself... but it sucks ass AND it's less useful then what's on every computer by default. I seriously hope no one is actually using this as a "security measure" 'cause it's about as secure as putting a sign on your keyboard saying "Do not Touch!"

Oh, and I doubt ME would run on 8mb. If it even boots I would think it would a) be too slow to notice that it was running, b) do so much paging that you'd kill your drive really fast and c) complain like there is no tomorrow on install. Unless you purposely removed ram down to 8mb (which I don't even think is possible... standard package size is >16mb iirc) you're full of it.
Author:  uberwalla [ Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:18 pm ]
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Nice program. its fun to put on my parents computers as they dont know much about comps.

anyways though...

as someone mentioned yes, u can end it if you know dos commands.
also something you may want to fix is put it as big as you can and always on top because i was fooling around and cheated. Instead of putting in the password when i moved the mouse i decided to go to task manager and end task. Even making it that you can't shut down the program cant stop task manager or w/e. Unless you can completely overlap it and stop people from being able to reach it and go through controls.
Author:  darkangel [ Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:56 pm ]
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ya the DOS command will shut it down but the reason why i left the 30 sec timer is so whoever is "trying" to get onto your computer will madly click the close button on the window (which is greyed out) only to find it doesnt work. I found this amusing when i tested it on my sister. So i didnt add a timer. And yes if they did restart the computer then yes they could access ur files. Unless you are smart enough to hav a BIO BOOT password which you have to type in before the OS even boots, then have a pass to log on to your user, then store all your personal data on a virtual machine with another password. (Which is what i do, I run Unbuntu then boot Windows XP virtually on my computer side-by-side, very effictive) Very Happy

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