Security news and informationBrief Overview of the Windows Vista Parental Controls
Windows Vista comes with a new set of parental control features that allow you to set limits on an account’s web use, hours that they can use the computer, and games and programs they can run. Using these features a parent can control how a minor uses a computer.
The categories that can be enforced in parental control are:
- Web Filters - This category allow you to specify what sites a user can or cannot go to, whether they can download files, or if they are allowed to go to a site that matches a particular content.
- Time Limits - In this category you can specify the specific hours that a user can use a computer. If they attempt to logon during this time, they will be denied, and if they are currently logged on, will be logged off.
- Games - Here you can specify the game rating system that will be used, the highest rating of a game they can play, and choose specific games that they can or cannot play.
- Program Use - Specify the programs a user is allowed to run and is not allowed to run.
It is important to note that parental controls can only be assigned to Standard User accounts and not an administrator. You can see a video where we set the parental controls on a user and this video where we show these restrictions in place.
