My Parkinson's diseased father keeps screwing up the family computer...?!


Question: I need some serious help. My father, who has PD, believes that there are people watching our computer. Because of that, he is constantly screwing with the security measurements. He caused the computer to crash (it's a Vista, not even a year old) in December and it had to be rebuilt.


Now, the internet is screwed up. Links won't work. Drop down boxes don't work. It refuses to automatically redirect to pages.

What is he doing to it? He refuses to listen to the guidance of his children (we are all grown, by the way). He screws it up late at night when no one is asleep. What can I do to try to get him to listen to his family in keeping the computer in ok shape?

Please note I can't edit questions either.


Answers: I need some serious help. My father, who has PD, believes that there are people watching our computer. Because of that, he is constantly screwing with the security measurements. He caused the computer to crash (it's a Vista, not even a year old) in December and it had to be rebuilt.


Now, the internet is screwed up. Links won't work. Drop down boxes don't work. It refuses to automatically redirect to pages.

What is he doing to it? He refuses to listen to the guidance of his children (we are all grown, by the way). He screws it up late at night when no one is asleep. What can I do to try to get him to listen to his family in keeping the computer in ok shape?

Please note I can't edit questions either.

A lot of security programs have passwords, so you could make it password protected so he can't change it. You could also give him his own user id on the computer so he can click on it to use the computer, but he has no administrative controls (he's just a user) and then he can't change anything. Then make the main account for yourself with a password that only you and your siblings know it, so he can't change things.

I've been through this with someone with Parkinson's and once they reach a certain point, they aren't going to listen to reasoning as to why they can't do that because they get paranoid. You're going to have to take your own measures to keep him from changing it.

Go to control panel and user accounts. You can manage and create them there, and decide what each user can do.

make it password protected. Thats about the only way I can think of.





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