Burconix Ltd are working in partnership with a large secondary school based in Solihull, West Midlands. The post-holder will proactively. You will be required to support the School. Help Register Login. Latest Threads. Published on 22nd September PM. Mix these in with fears of online grooming via the use of communication methods such as instant messaging and email and we have a perfect storm of political and media pundits claiming not enough is being done to protect children who access computers in the home.
But they're wrong, companies such as Microsoft have been including free tools OS permitting of course for several years now, and theirs, in the form of Windows Parental Controls also now called Windows Live Family Safety according to their website are installed as part of the Live Suite of tools which also includes Messenger, DVD Maker etc.
The strange thing is that I have not taken an in depth look at these for quite some time now, in fact I last looked when they were first launched for Vista several years ago. User accounts for each child you intend to apply restrictions to on the PC. You should also note that with the Windows 7 client the control panel application has a drop-down box labelled 'Select a provider' in the additional controls section at the bottom. This part is designed to integrate third party applications into the parental controls suite, but as of yet I have not found any!
Apparently if you have one installed then they will appear in the drop down box and you can select that over the Microsoft controls. Once you have selected the account you wish to manage it will then ask you to login with your Hotmail Live account details, once you have done this you will be taken to the account settings page via your default browser as all the config pages are web based.
Now I won't bore you with details because it is so well laid out and simple to use it is obvious a lot of time, effort and thought had gone into the design. Almost all the controls are based on easy to understand check boxes and drop-down menus. Essentially from the account page you can set the following items accessed via a menu on the left hand side: Web filtering - Where you can set a filtering level for all the internet your child might access.
Web filtering lists - You can block individual sites and domains here. Activity Reporting - Shows what sites have been visited and when. Contact management - This part allows you to restrict what messaging and email contacts can be used. What is really neat about this is that Hotmail and Messenger will be restricted regardless of where your child logs on and on what computer.
Requests - When your child encounters a blocked website they can request its unblocking here. Time limits - Restrict the times your child can use the computer. Game restrictions - Block access to games by their age rating. Nice feature. Program restrictions - Be able to block access to individual applications and games on the computer. Each of these modules can be turned on or off and are off by default. I've included below a some screen grabs of each page just so you can get an overview of just how easy it is to use.
Attached Files controlpanel. Sure there are. And if you're worried about the online safety of your children you can find out how to use them in this article. Tip : also read this great tip that will make your somewhat older children explore the internet in a more exciting, constructive way. It's a proven method to make young people realize that there's much more to the internet than instant messaging alone.
They learn valuable, in-demand skills and if they play it smart they can even generate an income with it. If you want to learn how to protect your internet and computer privacy you could easily spend the better part of your weekend reading reviews on parental controls and internet filtering software.
But why not start by using the built in parental controls in Windows XP? No filtering software is perfect and they all have their weak spots, but in order to prevent your children from viewing inappropriate content, you have to explore the possibilities. The Content Advisor in Internet Explorer is one way to protect your family's online safety. That is if you use Internet Explorer to go on the internet of course.
Most other browsers offer their own mechanism to deal with internet safety. You will also notice the "Approved Sites" tab. It allows you to add sites manually and specify if you want the site to be always blocked or always allowed.
The "General" tab lets you specify if websites without rating system should be blocked or not. You can also set a supervisor password and find rating systems in the "General" tab. Choose a secure password, write it down and store it in a safe place. You will need this password whenever someone needs access to restricted content and whenever you need to change or disable the Content Advisor. You will see a check box to enable parental controls and a rating drop-down list to specify the rating to apply.
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