Fire Lock - Standard Edition

If others are using your computer, you might want to make sure they don’t mess it up, or stumble upon your private files, or documents. Sure enough, this can be done by creating multiple Windows accounts, but you can also rely on specialized applications like Fire Lock - Standard Edition to prevent access to particular operating system features.

One of the application’s main advantages is that you don’t have to go through the effort of installing it to work, which means it can run directly from a thumb drive on other computers as well, without modifying anything in the system registries. However, it’s best to run it with administrator privileges so it can properly lock down all areas you select.

On the visual side of things, the application sports a custom design, which isn’t difficult to figure out, even by inexperienced individuals. Two separate tabs allow you to handle general Windows features, while the other is dedicated to web surfing experience, and targets some popular web browsers like Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Maxthon.

Locking down a web browser only requires two mouse clicks, one to select the browser, while the other to confirm changes, which are instantly applied. The exact same process is used in reverse, with state differentiation made easy by the distinct icons used for locked, and unlocked state.

Computer features aren’t abundant, but target some commonly used areas. A simple option is to lock your desktop with a custom password, other than the one used for the account. You can lock the Task Manager, computer power options, password change, Registry Editor, Command Prompt, or System Restore. Similar to browser lockdown, the reverse process is identical in steps to take.

All things considered, we come to the conclusion that Fire Lock - Standard Edition comes in handy for preventing others from messing up your computer, or damaging system stability. The variety of options is rather poor, while browsers might not listen to these commands, but it’s a quick security tool you can easily carry around.