Parental Controls

[GetaGrrrip]

Hi Everyone!

I'm trying to help a friend (not computer tech savvy, but user savvy) to use some sort of Parental Controls on her teenage daughter's computer and I'm really not sure where to start.

Can you please point me in the right direction? I've already deleted some "naughty stuff" from this computer so there is a definite need for controls. I set the history to 30 days - it was set to zero, imagine that?!

Please and Thanks!

[Train]

Best bet, put the computer where everyone in the house can see what she is doing.

Kids and Grandkids did not like it, but it saved me tons of work.

[Welshjim]

GetaGrrrip--
1)IE Tools|Internet Options|Content tab|Parental Control button.
2) K-9 http://www1.k9webprotection.com/

And may I suggest you upgrade to WinXP SP3? MS offers no updates (security or otherwise) for SP2 which you indicate in your signature.

[GetaGrrrip]

Yes, they have been trying to watch her, but that isn't always possible. I will try suggestion #1 and they can see how that works. Can always do step #2 if the first one doesn't work.

Info. in my sig is OLD. I need to update it.

Thanks

[GetaGrrrip]

Parents are set up as user, child is set up as admin. I know I need to change this, but if do that is everything under the child's user name going to be deleted?

[Train]

Go into the child's account and set the parents as admin, reboot, verify the parents account is admin.

Be sure to password the parents account. And use a good strong password, You would not believe the number of parents who use the kids name for passwords.
Here is a password checker.
https://www.microsoft.com/security/p...d-checker.aspx

Once that is done, now you can make the childs account a user account.

Yes the parents will have to log in.

[jdc2000]

Nothing should be deleted under any of the user accounts when you change from User to Admin or Admin to User.

[GetaGrrrip]

Thanks guys!

I've already told her parents they need a really good password and I'll help them out with that.

[Train]

Good LUCK. By the way, kids will ask questions and get step by step help from school.

Be sure the parents backup what they will hate to lose as I have had to recover computers where kids got into the Safe Mode Admin account and changed things.
I just wiped everything and started over from a blank hdd.