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Where is Parental Controls on Vista?


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#1 Rustie317

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Posted 08 July 2012 - 10:20 AM

The original Vista must have been configured as a part of a Domain, but it is not currenlty used like that. I followed diection how to enable Parental Controls for Domain configured PC, but parental controls still not displayed.

Any other ideas how to get this to work?

 

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#2 DonnaB

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Posted 08 July 2012 - 11:45 AM

Hi Rustie317,

Following is a very thorough article concerning setting Parental Controls on Vista. Hope it helps in some way:

Setting up Windows Vista Parental Controls

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Posted 08 July 2012 - 01:23 PM

Sign up for open dns for free and you can block plenty of items from your childs machine.
https://store.opendns.com/get/home-free
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Posted 08 July 2012 - 02:49 PM

OpenDNS is a great option. Good call InadequateInfirmity. :thumbup2:

@ Rustie317:

Below is a link that may answer some of the questions that may arise to your particular situation:

Can OpenDNS be made user-specific?

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