{"id":2558,"date":"2007-09-06T19:43:53","date_gmt":"2007-09-06T17:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/top-10-tools-to-restrict-access-to-your-pc\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:46:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:46:40","slug":"top-10-tools-to-restrict-access-to-your-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/top-10-tools-to-restrict-access-to-your-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 tools to restrict access to your PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" title=\"Folder lock logo\" id=\"image2560\" alt=\"Folder lock logo\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2007\/09\/folder-lock-logo.jpg\" \/>If you share your PC then sometimes it&#8217;s nice to know that you&#8217;ve got some control over what happens on it when you&#8217;re not there. Maybe you want to stop your kids accessing certain sites, or maybe you&#8217;ve got some confidential information on there that you don&#8217;t want prying eyes looking at. Whatever the reason, there are tons of mini-applications out there to give you a bit more peace of mind.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/folder-lock.en.softonic.com\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/folder-lock.en.softonic.com\">Folder Lock<\/a> &#8211; Protect folders and files from unauthorised access<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/folder-guard.en.softonic.com\">Folder Guard XP Edition<\/a> &#8211; Make your folder invisible until you enter a password<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/anti-porn.en.softonic.com\">Anti-Porn<\/a> &#8211; Prevent your kids and minors from viewing explicit pornography<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/clean-slate.en.softonic.com\">Clean Slate<\/a> &#8211; A network administrators dream &#8211; roll-back any activity performed on a PC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/winguard-pro.en.softonic.com\">Winguard Pro Free<\/a> &#8211; Restrict access to installed programs on your PC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pc-locker-pro.en.softonic.com\">PC Locker Pro<\/a> &#8211; Block access to your PC whilst you&#8217;re away from your machine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/usb-lock-auto-protect.en.softonic.com\">USB Lock Auto Protect<\/a> &#8211; Prevent another user from storing data on an external device<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/disk-drive-security.en.softonic.com\">Disk Drive Security<\/a> &#8211; Hide internal and external drives connected to your PC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/inet-protector.en.softonic.com\">iNet Protector<\/a> &#8211; Restrict both internet and program access for children or employees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bananascreen.en.softonic.com\">BananaScreen<\/a> &#8211; The ultimate security procedure? Unlock your PC with your face!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you share your PC then sometimes it&#8217;s nice to know that you&#8217;ve got some control over what happens on it when you&#8217;re not there. Maybe you want to stop your kids accessing certain sites, or maybe you&#8217;ve got some confidential information on there that you don&#8217;t want prying eyes looking at. Whatever the reason, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/top-10-tools-to-restrict-access-to-your-pc\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Top 10 tools to restrict access to your PC&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2009,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-2558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337130,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558\/revisions\/337130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2558"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=2558"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=2558"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=2558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}