help blocking app's on a pc

[WARburton]

so me and the boy have spoken many time's about running auto clocker type programs on his pc to play games for him, he been found on some days to have been running them for upto 18hr's.
he's getting better at hiding them, but today i found tinytask on his pc.

the wife told me throwing his pc out of the bedroom windows is not ok. even thought we agreed that would be the outcome if he run them again.

on average he pc is gaming for 12 hr's a day without him even been there, like eclectic is free or somthing.
i work nights and the smart little bugger as been running a shutdown command to turn his PC off at 6am just before i get home so i assume his pc is working night shifts.

so today i want to turn his pc into the north korea of PC's.
i have no problems nuking his pc if i have to

 

[WARburton]

Change his account type to non-admin and require admin to install anything

That’s a really good idea

 

[WARburton]

Router would be good option
Making sure they dont know router log in details
Though they would probably just hotspot
Off their phone

my router is a virgin one and doesn't really have the normal functions when it comes to blocking i looked at this last time
i set up a standard user account and it prompts for a pass when installing items but i could download and open tinytask without problem.

Having said that you may want to look into using AppLocker...

AppLocker

This article provides a description of AppLocker and can help you decide if your organization can benefit from deploying AppLocker policies.

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this dose look promising.

ive told the wife next time it happens he getting an xbox, he can play the same games but cant run programs

 

[WARburton]

i'd just take his pc off him until he can learn to follow the house rules.

he's 100% lost it until i find a way to block everting

 

[WARburton]

I guess even if you use password on the router, he could just buy a standard router and use that.

age wise he's a little young for that

 

[WARburton]

This is what I was going to suggest. Keep it simple.

I did this. And full reset the pc. He’s managed to install all his games without needing the password ones. I assume I did something wrong

I just walked into his room to have a chat and he was gaming. To be fair I then downloaded and installed something and it didn’t ask for the password

 

[WARburton]

i'm ootl -- what does this mean? What's the point of this?

the thing that makes me super mad.. is its just roblox's. there is literally games where you click a mouse, the more you click the higher your level.
so he sets a program to click the mouse all night for days on end.

Well if you truly did say that, and then do no follow through this is exactly the wrong message to send. This tells him there are no consequences and the threats will not be follwed through on. Do NOT threaten and fail to follow through this is the worst thing you can do.

that's what i said. she still treats the kids like baby's

the game has been blocked on the router, today i watched a 15yo boy cry over roblox

 

[WARburton]

the game has been blocked on the router, today i watched a 15yo boy cry over roblox

 

[WARburton]

Got home at 3am today I had an early finish… rare for this time of year.

But guess what I found when I got home..

Call me a bad dad or a bell end but I smashed his pc to bits at 4am this morning

 

[WARburton]

Pulled the side panel off and put my boot in it