Setting Parental Controls

Parental Controls (New!) help you manage how your children use the computer. Parental Controls allows you to set limits on your children’s Web access, the amount of time spent logged on the computer, and which games and programs they can use. You can set different settings for each user account on your computer, so you can adjust the level you want for each child. You can also review activity reports on a periodic basis to see what your children are doing on the computer.

Set Parental Controls

Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.

Double-click the Parental Controls icon in Classic view.

To select a games rating system, or an activity report reminder option, click an option in the Tasks pane.

Click the standard user account for which you want to set controls.

Click the On, enforce current settings option and then click the On, collection information about computer usage option.

Click the links to the Windows Settings you want to change:

• Web restrictions. Select a Web restriction level (High, Medium, None or Custom) and options to block or allow websites or file downloads.
  
  
• Time limits. Click and drag the hours you want to block or allow.
  
  
• Games. Select options to block or allow games based on ratings or specific games.
  
  
• Allow or block specific programs. Select an option to use all programs or only the programs I use.
  
  

Click OK, and then click OK again.

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