Baby Proofing a PC

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Hi Everyone,

Isnt this a bit different.

Was wondering if anyone else has had to try and do this and what they actually came up with.

Mine is in the front room hooked upto the HIFI so moving it out of the room is not an option. Sits on the floor beside the TV/HIFI. Moving it into a desk of some sort would also not do.

For now I have cable tied everything to everything else. Serious used about 150 cable ties. The young one has a habbit of picking out a single wire and tugging, biting and banging it off other things.

So a grouped all the wires that were headed towards the TV into one group. This worked as it was no longer easy for her to do anything with a big bunch of wires.

Second thing was to cable tie the digi box leads and the ethernet together and tape down along the skirting. Horah this worked as nothing for her to grab.

1 remaining problem is that she likes flashing lights(power switch) and has turned the thing off once so far but as she gets wiser this could happen again and again any advice as telling her "no" doesnt work and Im getting tired of running to her all the time.

:D
 
Growlingfish said:
Perhaps you could disconnect the case power button and use a keyboard button-press to power on the PC instead? Presumably it would be easy to keep the keyboard out of reach.
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Monitor, keyboard and mouse is out of reach. How would one go about doing that?
 
Ac1dh0u$3. said:
A guy at another forum built a PC for a show, where people like to press every button, he disconnected the power switch lead from the mother board so the on/off and reset buttons didnt werk...

i dont know how he turned it on tho, i pretty sure you can get a motherboard with power buttons on it, so the switch isnt needed tho ud have to open the case to turn it on off

failing all that , im sure a fire gaurd or the like would keep the tot away ?
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Youve never seen my child she reminds me of the terminator in the 1st film at the end were it has no legs but keeps dragging itself towards ist target, which in this case is my PC Lol.

Firegaurd will probably be the best solution though although really ugly so would be a shame.
 
split said:
Something like this?
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Good one and only $10

PC Tower Protector does it all.

Prevent costly PC damage. PC Guard is an adjustable durable cover designed to safeguard systems from little programmers. The entire front panel of the tower is covered. This protects DVD/CD draws, power buttons and disc drawers. Improve child safety while protecting valuable computer components.

Features:

* Entire tower front is covered so toddlers cannot see nor push the buttons.
* Black plastic backed nylon with "Velcro" sewn on each "flap".
* Easily removed by adults.
* Dimensions: 16" wide x 16" high. Not square, see picture above left.
* Allow 10 hours for adhesive to set before trying to remove.
* Suggestion: Install when children are not present, i.e. asleep for the night.
* Remember: No protective device takes the place of adult supervision.
 
Hmmm. Couple of things my BIOS has no frigin options as its a HELL aghh! But upgrade will be soon July the .....22.

Anyway yeah good idea found those options but then how do I turn the thing on?

Found the options in Vista.
 
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4 Seconds she would have to keep it pressed for. her attention span is about 2 1/2 seconds so tha wont be a problem.

If this things ever starts playing a monkey on me thats when I do that anyway so that doesnt bother me.

Ha Ha Ha Genius!
 
Strongbow said:
I so had the same problem with my first, he pressed, turned, pulled, chewed, dribbled, pushed and stuck things in my old HTPC system and my amp. I bought a TV cabinet and taped the glass doors shut (had to retape every few weeks as he'd get through that as well). He's 3 now and has his own PC so is no longer interested. Unfortunately we now have a 10month old lad who I've noticed recently has his eyes on it all now - the sticky tape is coming out again this weekend to catch him before it all starts again!

...and even though I have an old sky remote for the boys to play with that we no longer use; why oh why do they only want to chew the remotes I use???:rolleyes::)


Lastly, I had an old keyboard which I chopped the cable off so they'd play with that instead. Now both boys think keyboards are toys - I can tell you from experience that a baby hitting all the keys is a lot worse than one pressing the power button! LOL!;)
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Good to hear Im not the only one.

Beth is 11 months now so more or less the same as your wee lad. Im sure youll get a few more posts along the same lines from us both :D
 
Ha ha,

The Big Red Button.

Its crazy what kids like to play with. Mine likes to play with anything that aint a toy.

Recent toys include the box the IPOD came in, a bunch of keys, Mobile phones, Baby Wipes and my favourite........ The cable that runs from the BT box to my Router ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :mad:

:)

Heres what a computer can do to a baby http://www.graphxstaff.com/test/baby/baby.html
 
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