Vista - Problem with Parental Controls

I did see that this problem was posted a year ago, but with no solution given. I am the Administrator for our computer and have sent one child to parental control, but the parental controls will not work for the 2nd child. Every time I attempt to add or change any account I get the error "Unable to make changes to parental control settings. If this problem persists, see your system administrator" Both my husband and I are administrators, so I attempted to make/add changes through his account and I received the same error. I really need to be able to add/change settings for these accounts. If there isn't a solution for Vista, can someone suggest for me different options as in different programs I can purchase/install. Thank you! I'm not sure how to verify for you that I'm not a child attempting to override controls, so maybe that is what the problem is with getting information regarding this issue?

Set up Parental Controls - Windows Vista Help

Two things to try:
turn off the parental controls, then turn it back on for both limited access accounts.
I would also try deleting his account, and then recreating it through the parental control setting under control Panel>user Accounts.

If this again fails it may be due to corruption and you can try to fix it with System Restore.

Before you get started, make sure that each child that you want to set up Parental Controls for has a standard user account because Parental Controls can only be applied to standard user accounts. To set up Parental Controls for your child, you'll need an Administrator user account. Parental Controls cannot be applied to an Administrator user account. For more information about user accounts and setting them up, see What is a user account?
To turn on Parental Controls for a standard user account

1. Open Parental Controls by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, and then, under User Accounts, clicking Set up Parental Controls.* * If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
2. Click the standard user account for which you want to set Parental Controls.
3. Under Parental Controls, click On.
4. Once you've turned on Parental Controls for your child's standard user account, you can adjust the individual settings that you want to control. You can control the following areas:
•Web restrictions. You can restrict the websites that children can visit, make sure children only visit age-appropriate websites, indicate whether you want to allow file downloads, and set up which content you want the content filters to block and allow. You can also block or allow specific websites. For more information, see Limit the content that children can view on the web.
•Time limits. You can set time limits to control when children are allowed to log on to the computer. Time limits prevent children from logging on during the specified hours and, if they are already logged on, they will be automatically logged off. You can set different logon hours for every day of the week. For more information, see Control when children can use the computer.
•Games. You can control access to games, choose an age rating level, choose the types of content you want to block, and decide whether you want to allow or block unrated or specific games. For more information, see Specify which games children can play.
•Allow or block specific programs. You can prevent children from running programs that you don't want them to run. For more information, see Prevent children from using specific programs.

rive0108 hit it right on the head. You can bring up the help menu if you get stuck at anytime as you’re walking through his instructions.
If you’re looking for something new, you might want to at least check out Family Safety from Windows: http://theauteurmovie.com . It has a lot of the same functionalities of the built-in Parental Controls, but takes things to the next level, letting you access and change settings via an Web interface. This means you don’t have to be in the home to make sure your family is safe on the Internet – pretty helpful.
Cheers,
Ron
Windows Outreach Team