Parental Control?

yummymummy888888

Anyway, my kids use the computer all the time and I have shortcuts on the desktop of sites they know that they are allowed to use. This has worked fine for a year but they are getting older now and have figured out how to input a website in the address bar!

So, how do I control them? It is something I have never had to do before!
I imagine SKY have their own system but the installation cd can not be used with our version of xp (;) )

Browntoa

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx

Control the Web

Parents may have concerns about their children viewing inappropriate content on the internet. Windows SteadyState helps give parents the control they want over their children's web access. All websites can be prohibited except for those the parent specifies as acceptable.


and FREE

help here

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/support/default.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/support/accountsandprofiles.mspx

Use the Feature Restrictions tab to set user-specific restrictions on features available in programs and components such as Microsoft Office and Windows Internet Explorer. You can also set the home page and specify which website addresses that the user account is allowed to view

Dvorak123

Simply talk to your children about the dangers of the internet and why it's important to use it safely for a few minutes.

Then there is no need to censor their access to the huge bank of information.

yummymummy888888

wtkwhite wrote: »

Simply talk to your children about the dangers of the internet and why it's important to use it safely for a few minutes.

Then there is no need to censor their access to the huge bank of information.

What I meant was I do not want them to mis spell something and get faced with dirty pics or worse. BTY they are only 4 and 5

yummymummy888888

Browntoa wrote: »

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx

Control the Web

Parents may have concerns about their children viewing inappropriate content on the internet. Windows SteadyState helps give parents the control they want over their children's web access. All websites can be prohibited except for those the parent specifies as acceptable.


and FREE

help here

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/support/default.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/support/accountsandprofiles.mspx

Use the Feature Restrictions tab to set user-specific restrictions on features available in programs and components such as Microsoft Office and Windows Internet Explorer. You can also set the home page and specify which website addresses that the user account is allowed to view

Brilliant Thankyou very much

DatabaseError

k9 web protection[/quote] seems to work pretty well, and is also free

Dvorak123

@OP

>What I meant was I do not want them to mis spell something and get faced with >dirty pics or worse. BTY they are only 4 and 5

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound evil. But things like misspellings are unlikely to result in unpleasant results.

GunJack

or crawler parental control works well too...use it on my kid's pc..you can pick what you want to limit, whilst giving them plenty of freedom.

CHR15

I've not used Steadystate but another vote here for K9 Web Protection which is also free and simple to set up