Enable Parental Controls in Windows Vista
In this day and age computers are a necessity. For the parent, this means their child has contact with technology, with the internet from a very early age. The internet is a great source of info, but at the same time it can prove to be a pretty dangerous place (and I’m not talking just about malware here). The parent must take charge and must monitor the child’s online activities – something that has been emphasized by security software developers on several occasions (see here and here).
Microsoft’s Vladimir Rovinsky, Program Manager with the Redmond-based company’s Safety Team, on one occasion stated the following: “Today, children are exposed to digital hazards more easily than any time in the past. Especially with the help of powerful search tools, convenient social networking applications, low cost tools and services for publishing videos and photographs, the web is awash with content that’s inappropriate for children, and full of people that parents want to bar from contacting their children. These digital hazards are accessible to children through a variety of applications, including web browsers, instant messaging applications, media players, games, and email applications.”
For the parent that has Windows Vista installed on his home PC, there is one simple method of protecting/monitoring the child’s online activities: enable parental controls.
How to enable parental controls in Windows Vista:
Step 1. Click Start or press the Start button on the keyboard (the one with the Microsoft logo on it). Go to the Control Panel.
Step 2. In Classic View, click Parental Controls -> click Continue when UAC pops up -> select the user account you want to set up parental controls for. Keep in mind that you cannot set up parental controls for admin accounts, only for standard accounts. You can create a new standard account by clicking on Create a new user account (recommendable if you want to set up a new account to be especially used by your child).
Step 3. Check the dot next to On, enforce current settings. This will turn on the parental controls in Windows Vista.
Step 4. Click OK and you’re done.
Tips and warnings
Parental controls provide the following functionality:
- restrict access to certain web pages (web filter).
- restrict the amount of time your child spends online (time limit).
- specify what games your child can play.
- specify which programs your child can launch.
With the upcoming Windows 7, Microsoft promises the parental controls will only get better (see some changes to the parental controls in Windows 7 here).
Tags: Microsoft, Windows, Vista, Parental Controls
Microsoft’s Vladimir Rovinsky, Program Manager with the Redmond-based company’s Safety Team, on one occasion stated the following: “Today, children are exposed to digital hazards more easily than any time in the past. Especially with the help of powerful search tools, convenient social networking applications, low cost tools and services for publishing videos and photographs, the web is awash with content that’s inappropriate for children, and full of people that parents want to bar from contacting their children. These digital hazards are accessible to children through a variety of applications, including web browsers, instant messaging applications, media players, games, and email applications.”
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For the parent that has Windows Vista installed on his home PC, there is one simple method of protecting/monitoring the child’s online activities: enable parental controls.
How to enable parental controls in Windows Vista:
Step 1. Click Start or press the Start button on the keyboard (the one with the Microsoft logo on it). Go to the Control Panel.
Step 2. In Classic View, click Parental Controls -> click Continue when UAC pops up -> select the user account you want to set up parental controls for. Keep in mind that you cannot set up parental controls for admin accounts, only for standard accounts. You can create a new standard account by clicking on Create a new user account (recommendable if you want to set up a new account to be especially used by your child).
Step 3. Check the dot next to On, enforce current settings. This will turn on the parental controls in Windows Vista.
Step 4. Click OK and you’re done.
Tips and warnings
Parental controls provide the following functionality:
- restrict access to certain web pages (web filter).
- restrict the amount of time your child spends online (time limit).
- specify what games your child can play.
- specify which programs your child can launch.
With the upcoming Windows 7, Microsoft promises the parental controls will only get better (see some changes to the parental controls in Windows 7 here).
Tags: Microsoft, Windows, Vista, Parental Controls
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