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Windows7 Parental Controls | |
The following is a basic overview of how to set up Parental Controls. With it you can set up Time Limits, Game Ratigs and Allowing or Blocking Specific Programs | |
| 1. | To set up Parental Controls, you will need to have passwords on all your accounts that have administrator rights. Also have a Standard User Account created that will have the Parental Controls applied. |
| 2. | Go to the Control Panel and go to User Accounts |
| 3. | Click on Manage another account |
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| 4. | Click on Set up Parental Controls |
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| 5. | Click on the account that you want to set up Parental Controls |
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| 6. | This will be Off by default. Click on On, enforce current settings, then the OK button |
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| 7. | To set up Time limits (when they can and can't log into the computer, click on Time limits |
| 8. | This will bring up a windows where all times are initially allowed. |
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| 9. | To Block certain times, simply drag your mouse over the times you want to specifiy. |
| 10. | In the following example, times between midnight and 6:00am on weekdays has been blocked |
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| 11. | Click on Games to control what types of games can be played by that user |
| 12 | From there there are a lot of options. You can determine whether they can test play games, Set game ratings and Block or Allow specific installed games |
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| 13. | With Game ratings, you can select from a large list of games that the user can and can't play. You can also block games that have no rating. |
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| 14. | You can also only allow certain applications to be run. At the main Parental Control page, click on Allow and block specific programs |
| 15. | Click that they can only use the programs I allow |
| 16. | The computer will scan and display a list of all installed programs |
| 17. | Simply check the ones you want to allow the user to access |
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