What are parental controls? |
Parental controls are software and service tools that are designed to help parents and caregivers monitor children's computer use-from filtering Web content and managing e-mail contacts to setting boundaries for socializing online.
Designed to promote a child's online safety, these tools are also sometimes called family settings or family safety settings.
There are built-in family safety settings in:
You can also download the free Family Safety Filter from Windows Live Family Safety.
Using the centralized Parental Controls panel in Windows Vista parents can:
- Specify the exact days and times children can use the computer.
- Spell out which Web sites kids can visit by blocking site by content type or by allowing access only to certain sites.
- Make clear which software programs children can use, and prevent them from downloading software.
- Restrict access to games based on title, content, or rating.
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