Do you let guests use your home computer?

Absolutely not. A couple years ago my cousin and her twit friend stayed the summer here, and I awoke to find them on MY computer (this is when it wasn't in my room). After that I immediately put it on lockdown, couldn't do anything without logging in with my password. Now that it's in my room I don't have to worry so much, but if I'm going to be leaving I enable a password protected screensaver.

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Yes, we do.

I am kind of protective over mine (it's newish and expensive), but if someone needs to do something on the computer, that's fine (they should ask first).

Right now one of Adrian's Soldiers has had to come over every few days to print paperwork out and make copies since he's PCSing and living in the barracks. No big deal.

Personally, I let guests use it under an extremely limited account. I'm not going to open up all of my files, etc.

ATM I'm away and using my birth parents computer but, they know my knowledge far exceeds theirs. Guess it really depends on the guest.

Yes.  When I go to visit the in-laws, they let me use theirs.  I see no reason to not allow them (and others) to use mine.

If you have guests the Proper thing to do is turn the PC off as you should be spending time entertaining your guests... If they are Visiting over night then it would matter on how comfortable you are with them looking around your PC.

Possibly build a guest account with limited abilities and keep a close eye out, as whether or not you are the person on the PC..YOU are responsible for ALL content uploaded and or downloaded...

There is a computer in the livingroom for just that purpose. Which is hooked to a 32 inch LCD HD TV. It is XP Pro and has a guest account for people that come over and need to use it. The wireless network is completely secure and managed from spyware and/or virus. So is the guest account too. It is kind of like what I have for my kids also where every website they go to is logged to the network. Thus I have a record of everything that reaches the wan-net.

So the answer here is yes we do allow guest to use a computer here and are well equiped to do so.

SGT  

What kind of weird guests do you guys have that use your computers inappropriately?

Ah...the time I had two firies staying with me for the F1 GrandPrix ...and we were taking turns with the game 'Driver'....the poor old Thrustmaster T2 seized.  Too much heat/friction/movement for what was simple plastic bushing in the wheel axis.

Had to let the bugger cool down ...

no, absolutely not. if they want to use a computer they can get their own and use that.
the only people who use my computer are myself the g/f and the rugrat . the rugrat knows more about computers than most adults i know so i find that i trust her completely when she is on my computer.

NO and I don't let them drive my car either.  

Or sleep with my wife

NO!

Well there are the guys from work. Who did not finish working on their scripts for the day. They can really do some fancy things wrong too. I have them over once in a while to compare things.
Then there is family members who come over and want to show you some strange email they received. So we take no chances and use the one system with all the best protection to stop any kind of bug getting through. That is we hope it does...
With any shared type of system. The best practice is to be sure and not sorry about what happened after the fact it has.
Plus just having the TV hooked up via the computer makes viewing photo's and whatever content so much better for everyone to see it. Plus allowing whoever to use it for that and/or any other purpose other than my own system here in the back. Which I have 3 accounts for users on Vista Ultimate. [Me, My Wife and My Father n Law] Then each of the kids have their own computer in their room. With numerous other gadgets galore too!
We have very little to worry with sharing things also. This is done via a Server here in the back with my other systems. Which handles all the domains and private networking via Windows Server 2003.
Works for me...

SGT

No, it's MINE! Get yer own.

If I should happen to have a guest and he/she wants to use the computer, they can't.
I'm using it.

I hear ya there

There seems to be a disconnect here. Jane and John Doe coming over for a visit, yea, why do they need to? They are visiting.

Ma and Pa Kettle, your inlaws, staying for a week? Comeon! What do you have to hide (well ok, somethings, but you cannot?). The "guest" that comes for a few hours should not even ask (unless on call and an emergency comes up - that is what Blackberry's are for). The Guest (family of friends) that come for a week should be allowed to.

I never go anywhere without my laptop, so I'll never be "that guest"

They can have my woman if they want, but no-one touches my kit   

I have 5 systems in the house. My main system(off limits to all), my server(off limits to all), my work laptop(off limits to all), my wife's system(she has been known to let the nieces and nephews play kids games on it), and the guest laptop(open to anyone to use as long as they follow my basic rules of no porn or file sharing). I am running Ultimate on guest laptop and use the complete system backup to restore it to a fresh install monthly.

Vulcans have women? Fancy that.

Why God made Guest accounts.

For the longest time my Guest account had a DX kiosk-type desktop designed by me that let the guest use IE or FF.  That was it.  Worked like a charm.

Its a tossup...most of my frinds are pc literate...those that are not are scared of the interface...being that it isnt luna.    

Not in a million effing years...no way no how does a visitor/anybody touch my rig...and if they don't like it they know where the door is. I've invested to much time, money and effort in getting this baby exactly how I want it to risk my twit, porn loving nephews coming along and stuffing things up....which both are likely to do as neither can find their arses with both hands and directions. And for that reason they know better than to ask.

So to avoid confusion, there is no guest account, never has been never will be, and the same rule applies to all....a blanket no effing way so I don't get 'but you let so n' so use it'



Of course they don't have women! It would be illogical to form an emotional attachment to another living thing, thus women are not kept by Vulcans so they are better able to pursue the intellectual and technological wonders of the universe.

I am told, however, that Vulcans are extremely adept at self-entertainment so as not to appear needy or lonely and attract the undue attentions/distractions of females of several species, particularly the Andalucian muff slug, which mates for 96 hours at a time and frequently leaves its lover devoid of money in the bank as well as many personal possessions.