Windows Vista Parental Control.

Parental control within Windows Vista is a computer security feature designed for parents to restrict children or users from using certain programs and viewing certain websites.  The Parental control feature can also be used restrict access to the computer using time limits. The feature is extremely powerful and flexible and easy to use and implement.

 

Note: Parental Controls do not function for Games installed on FAT partitions. For more information on how to convert FAT partitions to NTFS, click here.

 

 

Assign Parental Control Restriction.

To assign Parental Control restrictions to a Vista user account follow these easy steps.

Start the Windows Vista Parental Controls Management Console. Click Start and click Control Panel. In the Control Panel, click Parental Controls.

You might be asked for the Administrators password.

Select the User account you want to assign Parental Control restriction.



On the User Controls dialog, under Parental Controls, click On, enforce current settings. Under Activity Reporting click On, collect information about computer usage.



Under Windows Settings, click Windows Vista Web Filter.

On the Web Restrictions Management page you have several security options and restriction levels that you can implement for the user.

Under Block web content automatically, Click Custom.
Here you can filter out websites based on categories.



Under Allow and Block specific websites, you can enforce further non categorized web site restriction. If you are concerned about chat groups, you can block all access to those web sites.



You can also restrict the user to Times of the day. You an prevent the user from using the computer at certain times of the day as well as days of the week.

Another great feature is Games Control. You can prevent the user from playing Games or allow only certain Games to be played or Games based on age rating.

Conclusion:
Microsoft's Parental Control will help you restrict how your children use their time on the computer. It is more than a restriction tool, it is a peace of mind tool.

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