Parental Controls

If you are concerned about what your children are surfing on the internet or want to restrict them on the time spent in browsing, you may use the built-in Parental Controls to do the restriction… if your computer is running on Windows Vista.

Windows Vista comes with Parental Controls (not for Windows XP). Even though it is not very powerful, it still serves the purpose.

Assuming you already have a user account created for the child, follow the steps below to block their usage:-

1. Start > Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety.
2. Click “Set up parental controls for any user” and select the user account that you want to control the access.
3. Click “Time limits” and then click on the blue box next to “Blocked”.
4. Use the grid to set blocks of time when your child can use the computer.

With this setup, your child will not be able to log on during blocked times. If the child has already logged on when time limits expire, he/she will be automatically logged off by the system.

For details, you may refer to:-
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/products/family/vista.mspx

As a parent, if you willing to spend money, then you can consider getting “Advanced Parental Control” for a better control (can also monitor the usage of your PC).

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