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Sylvia Lafayette
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Posted - 2007.10.12 01:42:00 -
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anyone know how to hide eve once i install it so my dad cant find it in the add/remove programs and the registry and any other way someone with decent computer knowledge can easily find it, but still be able to unpack it to play and pack it up again without too much hassle... id appreciate it so I can keep my eve addiction going while going to school :p
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Tortun Nahme
Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.10.12 01:46:00 -
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get a zip drive is your best bet
Originally by: Akita T No, it's a trap ! I can tell from some of the modules and from seeing quite a few traps in my time...
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Tauscha Vald'or
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Posted - 2007.10.12 01:47:00 -
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Originally by: Sylvia Lafayette anyone know how to hide eve once i install it so my dad cant find it in the add/remove programs and the registry and any other way someone with decent computer knowledge can easily find it, but still be able to unpack it to play and pack it up again without too much hassle... id appreciate it so I can keep my eve addiction going while going to school :p
As a parent, I would recommend talking to your dad about it. Address his concerns which are no doubt making sure your homework gets done and so on before you sign on to EvE.
Of course, you can go behind his back, get caught, get punished then whine about it and be immature, but why not man up and try to act like an adult?
If my son snuck behind my back without even trying to be reasonable about it first, he wouldn't touch a PC for a while. If he "needed" to for school it would be only under direct supervision.
Responsibility is a hell of a thing. Develop it.
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Haerana
The Republican Guard The Sundering
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Posted - 2007.10.12 01:49:00 -
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do what i did. slack off, get your own pc and wait for your parents to give up all hope that you'll do any work. Im a role model for all the kids! Here comes the sig............. The Cake is a Lie The Cake is a Lie The Cake is a Lie The Cake is a Lie |
MITSUK0
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Posted - 2007.10.12 01:54:00 -
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Edited by: MITSUK0 on 12/10/2007 01:54:26 Trick him into playing then when he is hooked he can't moan at you anymore.
Edit: Plus you can pod him.
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Konquera McCall
Acme Import Export
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Posted - 2007.10.12 01:55:00 -
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Originally by: Tauscha Vald'or
Originally by: Sylvia Lafayette anyone know how to hide eve once i install it so my dad cant find it in the add/remove programs and the registry and any other way someone with decent computer knowledge can easily find it, but still be able to unpack it to play and pack it up again without too much hassle... id appreciate it so I can keep my eve addiction going while going to school :p
As a parent, I would recommend talking to your dad about it. Address his concerns which are no doubt making sure your homework gets done and so on before you sign on to EvE.
Of course, you can go behind his back, get caught, get punished then whine about it and be immature, but why not man up and try to act like an adult?
If my son snuck behind my back without even trying to be reasonable about it first, he wouldn't touch a PC for a while. If he "needed" to for school it would be only under direct supervision.
Responsibility is a hell of a thing. Develop it.
What he said. Seriously.
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Rakeris
Brethren Empire
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Posted - 2007.10.12 01:57:00 -
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Yeah talking to him is your best bet. Second would be getting your own PC, you can build a good one pretty cheap now days.
But if you really want to go behind his back a flashdrive is your best bet. Be sure to change the default folder for where the games saves local data from the My Documents folder though. As that would be a bit of a give away. ---------- I gave up on sigs. As all the beatings from the abusive mods are starting to hurt and leave nasty bruises. |
Tarminic
Black Flame Industries
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Posted - 2007.10.12 01:58:00 -
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Originally by: Tauscha Vald'or
Originally by: Sylvia Lafayette anyone know how to hide eve once i install it so my dad cant find it in the add/remove programs and the registry and any other way someone with decent computer knowledge can easily find it, but still be able to unpack it to play and pack it up again without too much hassle... id appreciate it so I can keep my eve addiction going while going to school :p
As a parent, I would recommend talking to your dad about it. Address his concerns which are no doubt making sure your homework gets done and so on before you sign on to EvE.
Of course, you can go behind his back, get caught, get punished then whine about it and be immature, but why not man up and try to act like an adult?
If my son snuck behind my back without even trying to be reasonable about it first, he wouldn't touch a PC for a while. If he "needed" to for school it would be only under direct supervision.
Responsibility is a hell of a thing. Develop it.
What he said. ---------------- Tarminic - 29 Million SP in Forum Warfare |
syphurous
Gallente Center for Advanced Studies
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Posted - 2007.10.12 02:15:00 -
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Originally by: MITSUK0 Edited by: MITSUK0 on 12/10/2007 01:54:26 Trick him into playing then when he is hooked he can't moan at you anymore.
Edit: Plus you can pod him.
But he'll never be able to get his Dad off the PC ! ___
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Transcendant One
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Posted - 2007.10.12 02:19:00 -
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Play it when you go to college.
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Dred'Pirate Jesus
Amarr Ministry of War
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Posted - 2007.10.12 02:19:00 -
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Originally by: Sylvia Lafayette anyone know how to hide eve once i install it so my dad cant find it in the add/remove programs and the registry and any other way someone with decent computer knowledge can easily find it, but still be able to unpack it to play and pack it up again without too much hassle... id appreciate it so I can keep my eve addiction going while going to school :p
You should have posted this on your myspace account.. I'm sure that all the other slackers in your peerage will give you alot more sympathy..
Originally by: David Hackworth ò If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.
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Garonis
Caldari Templars of Space Freelancer Alliance
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Posted - 2007.10.12 02:20:00 -
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Edited by: Garonis on 12/10/2007 02:20:45
Originally by: MITSUK0 Edited by: MITSUK0 on 12/10/2007 01:54:26 Trick him into playing then when he is hooked he can't moan at you anymore.
Edit: Plus you can pod him.
My Pops kicked my buttocks playing pool one night (he's a shark, I swear!) I invited him to try a sport of my choosing; Eve PVP, where I proceeded to kick the dogsnot out of him... very rewarding (edit punctuation) This is my sig ^^ |
Lindsay Funke
Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand
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Posted - 2007.10.12 02:27:00 -
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Originally by: Tauscha Vald'or
Originally by: Sylvia Lafayette anyone know how to hide eve once i install it so my dad cant find it in the add/remove programs and the registry and any other way someone with decent computer knowledge can easily find it, but still be able to unpack it to play and pack it up again without too much hassle... id appreciate it so I can keep my eve addiction going while going to school :p
As a parent, I would recommend talking to your dad about it. Address his concerns which are no doubt making sure your homework gets done and so on before you sign on to EvE.
Of course, you can go behind his back, get caught, get punished then whine about it and be immature, but why not man up and try to act like an adult?
If my son snuck behind my back without even trying to be reasonable about it first, he wouldn't touch a PC for a while. If he "needed" to for school it would be only under direct supervision.
Responsibility is a hell of a thing. Develop it.
Meh.. it's all well and good to say that as a parent, and especially one who actually does care to play eve/computer games. I don't watch TV and the only computer game I play is Eve, be it for many hours some days. That, for my parent's is weird and being comprehension.
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Fabrice Enchante
Gallente Active Measures Derek Knows Us
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Posted - 2007.10.12 02:32:00 -
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Point out the educational aspects of Eve. You can learn stuff from the game; point out that article by the economist dude CCP hired.
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Damian Vilsalant
Minmatar
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Posted - 2007.10.12 02:34:00 -
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I remember having these kinds of problems when I played my first online games. The second big problem was of course the telephone bill for dial-up 28kbit connection. |
SoftRevolution
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Posted - 2007.10.12 02:41:00 -
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Originally by: Lindsay Funke Edited by: Lindsay Funke on 12/10/2007 02:27:46
Originally by: Tauscha Vald'or
Originally by: Sylvia Lafayette anyone know how to hide eve once i install it so my dad cant find it in the add/remove programs and the registry and any other way someone with decent computer knowledge can easily find it, but still be able to unpack it to play and pack it up again without too much hassle... id appreciate it so I can keep my eve addiction going while going to school :p
As a parent, I would recommend talking to your dad about it. Address his concerns which are no doubt making sure your homework gets done and so on before you sign on to EvE.
Of course, you can go behind his back, get caught, get punished then whine about it and be immature, but why not man up and try to act like an adult?
If my son snuck behind my back without even trying to be reasonable about it first, he wouldn't touch a PC for a while. If he "needed" to for school it would be only under direct supervision.
Responsibility is a hell of a thing. Develop it.
Meh.. it's all well and good to say that as a parent, and especially one who actually does care to play eve/computer games. I don't watch TV and the only computer game I play is Eve, be it for many hours some days. That, for my parent's is weird and beyond comprehension.
They aren't wrong.
If you can play EVE in moderation without gimping your performance at school then that is dandy - although really, speaking as someone who misspent their misspent youth on computer games I feel like I should point out there are much more fun things you could be doing with your time
If on the other hand you couldn't then it would be your parents responsibility to see to it that you did spend your time in a productive manner.
Imagine you had a son. Imagine instead of doing his schoolwork he spent all his time pew pewing in imaginary spaceships. What would you do about that?
You've got to do something. Education isn't everything but not having one is a good way of shooting yourself in the foot as far as a career goes (yes. I know some people do fine without one. They are generally more talented and motivated than your hypothetical son is).
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Asukari Sumai
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Posted - 2007.10.12 02:48:00 -
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Easiest way would be to buy a 2mb Flash drive and copy the EVE directory onto it and run it from there, when your done unplug the flash drive and no-one (unless they know where to look in the registry) will ever know
EvE leaves one small entry in the registry which unless you know to look for it could easily be missed even by someone that knows the registry is all about, even if your dad does find it you can always deny all knowledge .
And before the do-gooders start ... all kids lie to thier parents, it's just one of those things, you just think your kids would never lie to you
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Corwain
Gallente Down In Flames
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Posted - 2007.10.12 02:49:00 -
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Don't listen to any of these kids. Buy a 2GB flash drive and install EVE to it, preferable from another computer so the icon isn't put into add/remove programs (if not download a utility to get rid of it). You can now carry EVE with you anywhere!
If you need to copy your cache folder off to the flash drive each time you finish. You can also run a registry export to do the same to the registry info EVE leaves behind. I suggest you write up a little script to do that for you each time so you're not poking around for 15min after playing. -- A Solo Arbitrator vid, Distortion by Corwain |
Riley Craven
Caldari Copacetic Corporation
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Posted - 2007.10.12 02:50:00 -
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Oh god this brings back memories.... my dad used to make me use those typing programs for an hour before I got to play computer games. Thank God I am married and have my own place now.
About parents... the thing is that even if you are straight with them, fear still consumes them... at least ones that care. Its really a coin toss trying to negoitate with someone that holds all the cards and power...
But yeah get a portable drive (one that spins not a flash) It might take a while but you'll kill a thumb stick with all the read writing...
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Forsch
Auctoritan Syndicate Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2007.10.12 03:42:00 -
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Eve doesn't need to be installed to run. Just coyp the directory (to a flash drive or where ever) and start it without installing it. Works just fine.
And yea, think about talking to your parents. It's much better to live with a clean conscience than having to hide something.
Forsch Defender of the empire
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franny
Phoenix Knights Dark Nebula Galactic Empire
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Posted - 2007.10.12 03:55:00 -
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Originally by: Tauscha Vald'or As a parent, I would recommend talking to your dad about it. Address his concerns which are no doubt making sure your homework gets done and so on before you sign on to EvE.
Of course, you can go behind his back, get caught, get punished then whine about it and be immature, but why not man up and try to act like an adult?
If my son snuck behind my back without even trying to be reasonable about it first, he wouldn't touch a PC for a while. If he "needed" to for school it would be only under direct supervision.
Responsibility is a hell of a thing. Develop it.
qft
my kids used to have a computer, they were told they couldn't do certain things with it(go on certain sites, download games, etc) without my or my wife's permission as long as they kept up with schoolwork they didn't honor it, I changed my routers settings to block their access to the sites, their schoolwork still fell behind they proceeded to whine, cry and fight about who's fault it was, and who got to use the computer, begging me and my wife to allow them access again but still their schoolwork was falling behind
lets just say I now have a 2nd pc to set EVE up on PKKP recruitment |
Tauscha Vald'or
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Posted - 2007.10.12 04:32:00 -
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Originally by: franny
my kids used to have a computer, they were told they couldn't do certain things with it(go on certain sites, download games, etc) without my or my wife's permission as long as they kept up with schoolwork they didn't honor it, I changed my routers settings to block their access to the sites, their schoolwork still fell behind they proceeded to whine, cry and fight about who's fault it was, and who got to use the computer, begging me and my wife to allow them access again but still their schoolwork was falling behind
lets just say I now have a 2nd pc to set EVE up on
That is beautifully evil.
I mean "real good parenting".
I was fortunate enough to get a decent job with no college. Education was second to religion growing up and I resent the HELL out of my parents for trying to train me to put that first.
I broke free too late, but education should trump everything as a kid.
You can still have fun, it is cake to get a good education and still have plenty of free time. That free time dissapears when we become adults...full time work, full time family, part time play of you can find the time at all.
Damn, I want to be a kid again.
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franny
Phoenix Knights Dark Nebula Galactic Empire
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Posted - 2007.10.12 04:44:00 -
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Originally by: Tauscha Vald'or You can still have fun, it is cake to get a good education and still have plenty of free time. That free time dissapears when we become adults...full time work, full time family, part time play of you can find the time at all.
Damn, I want to be a kid again.
ya, my wife works days, I work nights I watch the youngest 2(we have four 15, 8, 4, and 1) during the day, while the older 2 are in school
my 1yr old watches the pretty splosions... my 4yr old, read her a story, give her a snack and put on an education cartoon and she's great, try to play with her an OMGWTFPMS PKKP recruitment |
Leora Nomen
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Posted - 2007.10.12 05:08:00 -
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If you say addiction that's definitely not good for you. For a grown person who's got some kind of degree(s) and work experience it's more or less OK to slack off and play EVE too much because he or she has already accomplished something and with a degree can get some kind of a decent job any time. But for someone who is in still in school or college it can really have a negative impact on future life.
Make a deal with your parents. There are many positive effects to playing EVE. If you're into figuring out how the game works, there's a lot of math and technical things you can learn. It can even teach you more about human nature. Overall it's a whole better than watching TV shows as entertainment. Unless they are just completely against you spending any hours playing EVE you can make a reasonable compromise with them. Say you get to play 3 out of 7 days of the week but not the other 4 or something like it. And when EVE starts calling to you just remember that getting education should be your number one priority and games will always be there and can wait.
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F'nog
Amarr Celestial Horizon Corp. Valainaloce
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Posted - 2007.10.12 05:16:00 -
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Originally by: Lindsay Funke Edited by: Lindsay Funke on 12/10/2007 02:27:46
Originally by: Tauscha Vald'or
Originally by: Sylvia Lafayette anyone know how to hide eve once i install it so my dad cant find it in the add/remove programs and the registry and any other way someone with decent computer knowledge can easily find it, but still be able to unpack it to play and pack it up again without too much hassle... id appreciate it so I can keep my eve addiction going while going to school :p
As a parent, I would recommend talking to your dad about it. Address his concerns which are no doubt making sure your homework gets done and so on before you sign on to EvE.
Of course, you can go behind his back, get caught, get punished then whine about it and be immature, but why not man up and try to act like an adult?
If my son snuck behind my back without even trying to be reasonable about it first, he wouldn't touch a PC for a while. If he "needed" to for school it would be only under direct supervision.
Responsibility is a hell of a thing. Develop it.
Meh.. it's all well and good to say that as a parent, and especially one who actually does care to play eve/computer games. I don't watch TV and the only computer game I play is Eve, be it for many hours some days. That, for my parent's is weird and beyond comprehension.
I can't say much for your post, though it's eerily true, but your sig is pure awesome.
I used to get It. Then It changed. Now I don't even know what It is.
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slipshade
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Posted - 2007.10.12 05:18:00 -
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Edited by: slipshade on 12/10/2007 05:21:43 Install it....copy the directory, paste it somewhere else..uninstall using the Add remove..
Go to where u pasted the copy, find eve.exe, right click, add to start bar, drag said shortcut to Accessories (or Some other place dad dont visit), drop it, right click, properties, change icon, browse to windows/system32, select a dll (eg. %SystemRoot%\system32\DfrgRes.dll), chose a windows icon, select ok, right click icon again rename it to some boring wondows like name)....
or hide in some random folder on c: and use the run cli to launch it..
I dont endorse this "hiding" stuff from parents thing, being a parnet myself..
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Drizit
Amarr Lonely out here
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Posted - 2007.10.12 05:28:00 -
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Edited by: Drizit on 12/10/2007 05:31:24
My stepson tried that. His mistake was thinking I was computer ignorant even though I was the one who set up the network, firewalls and everything else in the house.
He played some RP game for a while and it was tolerated all the time he was doing his studies. When he started to play all night and bunk school so he could sleep and neglect his homework in favour of his addiction, he not only lost his ability to play the game but all of his internet rights as well. I didn't need to know where he had the game installed, it became pretty obvious he was abusing the tolerance we had for his addiction.
I agree with Tauscha Vald'or, come clean and don't let it interfere with your schooling. Accept the responsibility and be more adult. You would be surprised to find that most parents respond better to honesty as long as you remain responsible about when you are playing and your priorities.
It's true that many parents don't understand when their kids don't want to go out like they used to. However, just pointing out to them that facilities now for kids are not as good as they used to be. Also that most of your peers would be more likely to want you to vandalise and terrorise the neighborhood. Playing an online game is still interacting with others but in a way that allows you to avoid the troublemakers in your area, thereby keeping your nose clean and not bringing the cops to your door.
The way to succeed is to see yourself as others see you. Put yourself in their place, be objective and criticise yourself when you see a weakness. --
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2007.10.12 05:35:00 -
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Trying to get "how to hide stuff from parents" advice in a game that has an average player age close to 30 (so, very likely for many players to HAVE kids, or at least thinking of having some soon) is kind of a bad idea...
Like most have already said, EVE is not a game you CAN properly play "hidden" in the first place, so better not even try it. The mere fact most of us suggest you don't try to hide it, but talk with your parents about it (a.k.a. advise you to be responsable) should already be a pretty strong point in FAVOR of them letting you play it. Personally, I think EVE can be very educational, from a "real-life useful" point of view.
Hey, you might even want to point your parents to this thread and go "see, most people there tell me to be honest instead of helping be do what I wanted, that's got to count for something" _
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Krazy Bitsch
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Posted - 2007.10.12 05:45:00 -
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Originally by: Tauscha Vald'or
Responsibility is a hell of a thing. Develop it.
I've got an idea....talk down to the kid, that sounds like a good idea....stfu |
4rc4ng3L
C R Y O
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Posted - 2007.10.12 05:46:00 -
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Originally by: Haerana do what i did. slack off, get your own pc and wait for your parents to give up all hope that you'll do any work. Im a role model for all the kids!
Man speaks thwe truth!
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