To start, you should log in to Vista with administrative account and then create a separate account for your children. You can create one account for all your children (which makes it easier to manage) or one for each child (which enables you to establish settings based on their ages). In spite of which method you choose, these newly created accounts must be operated as standard user accounts for Vista’s parental control features to work.
From within Control Panel, under User Accounts and Family Security, you can select the Setup Parental Controls for any user option and it takes you to the Parental Controls options.
After you access the main control panel, you can then decide whether you want to turn Parental Controls on or off. You can also turn Activity Reporting on or off. This option gives you information about the sites your children visit, the amount of time spent online, the number of email messages they receive, who they exchange email with, and so on. You can also select View Activity Reports to see the account’s history pattern.
In addition to this, you can also determine the following:
1) Web Restrictions: These determine which sites your child can visit and what they are allowed to download.
2) Time Limits: Determine the time your child can use the computer with the account you provide. This is an excellent tool to help children who are sharing one computer, if you have given them different times to be on it. It is also a perfect way to prevent a child or teenager from getting up in the middle of the night and using the computer without your knowledge.
3) Games: Determine which games your children can play by choosing from a variety of settings.
4) Allow and Block Specific Programs: You can control which programs your children can access even after they are installed on the computer. If you have your tax or business software on your computer but you want your children to be able to use the same one, not to worry. You can prevent them from even opening your applications.
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