Article by Larry Allen
Do you have kids? Do you have a computer? If you have both, I sure your heart will be full of trouble. Because when your kids are using a PC, you’re probably worried about how much time they spend, and what kind of games they’re playing. But if your computer uses Windows 7 Operating System, you needn’t worry about this. Because of the Parental Controls. Parental controls helps you manage how you want others to use the computer. With Parental Controls in Windows 7, it’s easy to supervise each of your kid’s PC use without having to peek over their shoulders.
1st: What can we control with Parental Controls?
1. Set specific time limits on your children’s computer use. You can set time limits to control when children are allowed to log on to the computer. Time limits prevent children from logging on during specified hours. You can set different logon hours for every day of the week. If they’re logged on when their allotted time ends, they’ll be automatically logged off.
2. Prevent your children from playing games you don’t want them to play. Control access to games, choose an age-rating level, choose the types of content you want to block, and decide whether you want to allow or block specific games.
3. Keep your children from running specific programs. Prevent children from running programs that you don’t want them to run.
In Windows 7, Parental Controls helps you limit how much computer time children have, as well as which programs they can use (and perhaps more importantly, when), and if you have games on the computer, it’s really easy to decide what games your kids can play based on the game’s ratings. With the Parental Controls in Windows Media Center, you can also block access to objectionable TV shows and movies.
2st: How to set up Parental Controls?
To set up Parental Controls for your child, you’ll need your own administrator user account. Before you get started, make sure each child that you want to set up Parental Controls for has a standard user account. Parental Controls can be applied only to standard user accounts. If you lost Windows password and can’t sign in the administrator account, you must recover Windows password with Windows password reset disk or Windows password recovery software. If your computer is connected to a domain, Parental Controls aren’t available.
To turn on Parental Controls for a standard user account:
1. Open Parental Controls by clicking the “Start” button, clicking “Control Panel”, and then, under “User Accounts and Family Safety”, clicking “Set up parental controls for any user”.? If you’re prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
2. Click the standard user account that you want to set Parental Controls for. If the standard user account isn’t set up yet, click “Create a new user account” to set up a new account.
3. Under “Parental Controls”, click “On, enforce current settings”.
4. Once you’ve turned on Parental Controls for your child’s standard user account, you can adjust the following individual settings that you want to control.
When Parental Controls blocks access to a game or program, a notification is displayed that the program has been blocked. Your child can click a link in the notification to request permission for access to that game or program. You can allow access by entering your account information.
OK, quickly set up your PC so it helps keep your kids safe now.
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