YOU CANNOT USE MY COMPUTER ANYMORE!!

**Veho Nex** · 07-03-2008, 02:08

I've had all I can stands and I can't stands no more...

I've done passwords, internet blockers, internet re-directors, build a new 400$ computer, and countless other things. Some have seen a post or two by me before and have seen what I have done before...

So I get it, I'm working full time now, no time to actually use my computer, so someone has to use it right? WRONG!

To the main point now: I goto work today, and my brother and his friend(s) think... HEY AWESOME JAKES GONE!! LETS GO USE HIS COMPUTER AND SCREW IT UP!! While I am gone, my brother goes websites that if I posted links here I would be banned for eternity, and downloads "free full" games off the internet. I do all my anti virus scanning my self so I have no anti virus programs. Well... I get home and my hard drives are wiped. I'm surprised my computer even turned on for the amount of time it took to tell me I don't have an operating system installed.

I'm sick and tired of this, I have done passwords but after a while I get tired of having to use a password just to turn on my computer. I get tired of having calls while I'm helping move a 300 pound piano, and then having my boss yell at me for messing with the whole vocal communications thing.

I need serious ideas on how to keep my brother and his friends off my computers. Locking my room doesn't help and I type in my password once and my brother looks and instantly remembers it. I just don't know how to fix this... problem of mine.

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 07-03-2008, 02:18

Use a long password, type it quickly, and make sure he doesn't see it. Simple.

**TevashSzat** · 07-03-2008, 03:05

Okay....this is what you do if you really want him off:

Get three passwords at least 8 random characters long that contains the following: lowercase letter, uppercase letter, number, and a symbol like %,^,or @.

Practice typing in the password really fast. Then, use one of them in your normal windows login, one to lock your BIOS settings, and the third to lock Windows from booting. Also, remember to change the boot order so that harddrive is first so he can't try to bypass it by installing Linux on or something and then getting the password that way.

Alternatively, I suppose if you really want revenge, you could put a keylogger on your computer and get his passwords and use those as leverage to teach him a lesson about using your computer.

**LittleGrizzly** · 07-03-2008, 03:12

You could always try putting his hand into warm water whilst he sleeps

Maybe get him his own computer ? so he'll use that instead of yours, by the sounds of it it wouldn't last long

Is he a younger brother or what ?

you could always try physical threats, wrecking his stuff in retalaition...

**Privateerkev** · 07-03-2008, 03:13

Take a part of the computer with you.

The mouse, keyboard, power cable, something he can't find in the house.

If your really desperate, take the memory. It's usually very easy to take out and I doubt he'll find a stick of it sitting around the house.

Or the fan.

Or the processor.

**Beirut** · 07-03-2008, 03:13

Remove a cable/keyboard/mouse/something that will render the computer inoperable and take it with you.

**Marshal Murat** · 07-03-2008, 03:35

The computer monitor is always an option.

Or plug the keyboard into the mouse slot, mouse into the keyboard.

**Veho Nex** · 07-03-2008, 05:03

the memory was somthing i tried a while back, so you know what he did. Called up my friend whos a tech guy and asked to borrow some ram. Now that pissed me off. I dont know how to put a password on bios and he alraedy has his own computer. Also I can't really take anything with me since I work for a moving company. It will most likely get broken.

He was a star defensive back for the Hornets and he's two minutes younger than me. so physical threats dont really work.

**Caius** · 07-03-2008, 03:10

Originally Posted by Veho Nex

I've had all I can stands and I can't stands no more...

I've done passwords, internet blockers, internet re-directors, build a new 400$ computer, and countless other things. Some have seen a post or two by me before and have seen what I have done before...

So I get it, I'm working full time now, no time to actually use my computer, so someone has to use it right? WRONG!

To the main point now: I goto work today, and my brother and his friend(s) think... HEY AWESOME JAKES GONE!! LETS GO USE HIS COMPUTER AND SCREW IT UP!! While I am gone, my brother goes websites that if I posted links here I would be banned for eternity, and downloads "free full" games off the internet. I do all my anti virus scanning my self so I have no anti virus programs. Well... I get home and my hard drives are wiped. I'm surprised my computer even turned on for the amount of time it took to tell me I don't have an operating system installed.

I'm sick and tired of this, I have done passwords but after a while I get tired of having to use a password just to turn on my computer. I get tired of having calls while I'm helping move a 300 pound piano, and then having my boss yell at me for messing with the whole vocal communications thing.

I need serious ideas on how to keep my brother and his friends off my computers. Locking my room doesn't help and I type in my password once and my brother looks and instantly remembers it. I just don't know how to fix this... problem of mine.

Unplug the RAM.

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 07-03-2008, 05:17

Question - how is he getting your passwords? If he's getting them just by looking, just make sure he doesn't look.

Also, if there really is no alternative, take the hard drive. They're easy to plug and unplug, and he can't do much to your computer without the hard drives you're using. Just take them in a padded box in a static wrap (basically the container you bought the drive in).

**LittleGrizzly** · 07-03-2008, 05:34

He was a star defensive back for the Hornets and he's two minutes younger than me. so physical threats dont really work.

You don't have to be bigger, ever seen the New Guy ? just give him the crazy eyes! ;)

im half serious, maybe ask nicely first try explaining how annoying it is and ask him nicely to stop, if that doesn't work next time he does it completely fly off the handle, show him your willing to kick scratch and punch to protect your pc, he may be bigger than you but if you could cause him alot of pain everytime he touches your computer it may work....

BTW why does he use your computer instead of his own ? is it because he knows he'd mess his pc up ? if so go have fun on his pc, download every dodgy file you can get your hands and click every little pop up involving porn (i would recomend installing zango as well, sure to annoy)

If nothing else works how about your parents ? will they help sort out this situation or will they simply tell you to get along ?