Vista - Can I disable Parental Controls?

01-09-2008

I have Windows Vista Ultimate.
Every time I turn on my computer, a little pop up window tells me to set a
password for Parental Controls.
HOWEVER, I do not need Parental Controls - I am the only user of the
computer and I have not activated the Guest Account or created any other user
account.
How can I stop this annoying pop up window from popping up EVERY time I turn
on my computer? Disabling Parental Controls? How do I do it?

**Brink** · 01-09-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Marisa

I have Windows Vista Ultimate.
Every time I turn on my computer, a little pop up window tells me to set a
password for Parental Controls.
HOWEVER, I do not need Parental Controls - I am the only user of the
computer and I have not activated the Guest Account or created any other user
account.
How can I stop this annoying pop up window from popping up EVERY time I turn
on my computer? Disabling Parental Controls? How do I do it?

Hi Marisa,

Check in Parental Controls to make sure it is turned off. If that does not help, you can disable the "Parental Controls" service. This tutorial will show you how to do both. (See: step 6 and Service at top)

Parental Controls - Setup and Use

Shawn

01-13-2008

Go Control panel, parental controls...click on your account photo and choose:
Parental controls OFF
activity reporting OFF
i hope this will help.
--
Laszlo Dobos
lacy.hu

"Marisa" wrote:

Quote:

> I have Windows Vista Ultimate.
> Every time I turn on my computer, a little pop up window tells me to set a
> password for Parental Controls.
> HOWEVER, I do not need Parental Controls - I am the only user of the
> computer and I have not activated the Guest Account or created any other user
> account.
> How can I stop this annoying pop up window from popping up EVERY time I turn
> on my computer? Disabling Parental Controls? How do I do it?

01-13-2008

This did NOT work, Dobos, because I have Vista: when I click the account, a
pop-up windows asks if I want to give the account a password... No other
options to turn Parental Controls off are available there. Thanks, anyway...

"Laszlo Dobos" wrote:

Quote:

> Go Control panel, parental controls...click on your account photo and choose:
> Parental controls OFF
> activity reporting OFF
> i hope this will help.
> --
> Laszlo Dobos
> lacy.hu
>
>
> "Marisa" wrote:
>

Quote:

> > I have Windows Vista Ultimate.
> > Every time I turn on my computer, a little pop up window tells me to set a
> > password for Parental Controls.
> > HOWEVER, I do not need Parental Controls - I am the only user of the
> > computer and I have not activated the Guest Account or created any other user
> > account.
> > How can I stop this annoying pop up window from popping up EVERY time I turn
> > on my computer? Disabling Parental Controls? How do I do it?

01-13-2008

I have Windows Vista Ultimate.
Every time I turn on my computer, little pop up windows tell me to set a
password as a way to activate Parental Controls.
HOWEVER, I do not need Parental Controls - I am the only user of the
computer and I have not activated the Guest Account or created any other user
account.
And I do not want to give a password to myselfâ€¦
How can I stop these annoying pop up windows from popping up EVERY time I
turn on my computer?

**Brink** · 01-13-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Marisa

This did NOT work, Dobos, because I have Vista: when I click the account, a
pop-up windows asks if I want to give the account a password... No other
options to turn Parental Controls off are available there. Thanks, anyway...

"Laszlo Dobos" wrote:

Quote:

> Go Control panel, parental controls...click on your account photo and choose:
> Parental controls OFF
> activity reporting OFF
> i hope this will help.
> --
> Laszlo Dobos
> lacy.hu
>
>
> "Marisa" wrote:
>

Marisa,

If you do not want to use Parental Controls, you can Stop and Disable the "Parental Controls" service to get rid of the pop-up.

Services

Shawn

01-13-2008

Make sure that none of the Parental Controls are turned on. You may be able
to completely remove the parental controls component through the add/remove
windows components tool.
guitardude
"Marisa" <Marisa@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F0ABA7A6-9F70-4FDC-B810-4D9E3831830D@xxxxxx

Quote:

>I have Windows Vista Ultimate.
> Every time I turn on my computer, little pop up windows tell me to set a
> password as a way to activate Parental Controls.
> HOWEVER, I do not need Parental Controls - I am the only user of the
> computer and I have not activated the Guest Account or created any other
> user
> account.
> And I do not want to give a password to myselfâ€¦
> How can I stop these annoying pop up windows from popping up EVERY time I
> turn on my computer?

**scrooge** · 01-13-2008

i think if you go into control panel and click on security center then on the left side
click on change the way security center alerts me . then don't notify me and don't display the icon. that may stop it for you
mike

01-14-2008

No, it did not work... Many thanks to Guitardude and Scrooge, but I still
would like some help...

"scrooge" wrote:

Quote:

>
> i think if you go into control panel and click on security center then
> on the left side
> click on change the way security center alerts me . then don't notify
> me and don't display the icon. that may stop it for you
> mike
>
>
> --
> scrooge
>

01-14-2008

marisa, try turning User Account Control off, go to control panel, user
accounts,turn user accounts on or off, choose off. general opinion is
this does not compromise security on your computer, it just means vista
wont nag you every time you run/install a program, which we all do at
our own risk anyway. hope this works for you.

--
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01-09-2008	#1 (permalink)
Marisa n/a posts	Can I disable Parental Controls? I have Windows Vista Ultimate. Every time I turn on my computer, a little pop up window tells me to set a password for Parental Controls. HOWEVER, I do not need Parental Controls - I am the only user of the computer and I have not activated the Guest Account or created any other user account. How can I stop this annoying pop up window from popping up EVERY time I turn on my computer? Disabling Parental Controls? How do I do it?
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01-09-2008	#2 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,045 posts	Re: Can I disable Parental Controls? Quote: Originally Posted by Marisa I have Windows Vista Ultimate. Every time I turn on my computer, a little pop up window tells me to set a password for Parental Controls. HOWEVER, I do not need Parental Controls - I am the only user of the computer and I have not activated the Guest Account or created any other user account. How can I stop this annoying pop up window from popping up EVERY time I turn on my computer? Disabling Parental Controls? How do I do it? Hi Marisa, Check in Parental Controls to make sure it is turned off. If that does not help, you can disable the "Parental Controls" service. This tutorial will show you how to do both. (See: step 6 and Service at top) Parental Controls - Setup and Use Shawn
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01-13-2008	#3 (permalink)
Laszlo Dobos n/a posts	RE: Can I disable Parental Controls? Go Control panel, parental controls...click on your account photo and choose: Parental controls OFF activity reporting OFF i hope this will help. -- Laszlo Dobos lacy.hu "Marisa" wrote: Quote: > I have Windows Vista Ultimate. > Every time I turn on my computer, a little pop up window tells me to set a > password for Parental Controls. > HOWEVER, I do not need Parental Controls - I am the only user of the > computer and I have not activated the Guest Account or created any other user > account. > How can I stop this annoying pop up window from popping up EVERY time I turn > on my computer? Disabling Parental Controls? How do I do it?
My System Specs

01-13-2008	#4 (permalink)
Marisa n/a posts	RE: Can I disable Parental Controls? This did NOT work, Dobos, because I have Vista: when I click the account, a pop-up windows asks if I want to give the account a password... No other options to turn Parental Controls off are available there. Thanks, anyway... "Laszlo Dobos" wrote: Quote: > Go Control panel, parental controls...click on your account photo and choose: > Parental controls OFF > activity reporting OFF > i hope this will help. > -- > Laszlo Dobos > lacy.hu > > > "Marisa" wrote: > Quote: > > I have Windows Vista Ultimate. > > Every time I turn on my computer, a little pop up window tells me to set a > > password for Parental Controls. > > HOWEVER, I do not need Parental Controls - I am the only user of the > > computer and I have not activated the Guest Account or created any other user > > account. > > How can I stop this annoying pop up window from popping up EVERY time I turn > > on my computer? Disabling Parental Controls? How do I do it?
My System Specs

01-13-2008	#5 (permalink)
Marisa n/a posts	Annoying pop-up windows I have Windows Vista Ultimate. Every time I turn on my computer, little pop up windows tell me to set a password as a way to activate Parental Controls. HOWEVER, I do not need Parental Controls - I am the only user of the computer and I have not activated the Guest Account or created any other user account. And I do not want to give a password to myselfâ€¦ How can I stop these annoying pop up windows from popping up EVERY time I turn on my computer?
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01-13-2008	#6 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,045 posts	Re: Can I disable Parental Controls? Quote: Originally Posted by Marisa This did NOT work, Dobos, because I have Vista: when I click the account, a pop-up windows asks if I want to give the account a password... No other options to turn Parental Controls off are available there. Thanks, anyway... "Laszlo Dobos" wrote: Quote: > Go Control panel, parental controls...click on your account photo and choose: > Parental controls OFF > activity reporting OFF > i hope this will help. > -- > Laszlo Dobos > lacy.hu > > > "Marisa" wrote: > Marisa, If you do not want to use Parental Controls, you can Stop and Disable the "Parental Controls" service to get rid of the pop-up. Services Shawn
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01-13-2008	#7 (permalink)
guitardude n/a posts	Re: Annoying pop-up windows Make sure that none of the Parental Controls are turned on. You may be able to completely remove the parental controls component through the add/remove windows components tool. guitardude "Marisa" <Marisa@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:F0ABA7A6-9F70-4FDC-B810-4D9E3831830D@xxxxxx Quote: >I have Windows Vista Ultimate. > Every time I turn on my computer, little pop up windows tell me to set a > password as a way to activate Parental Controls. > HOWEVER, I do not need Parental Controls - I am the only user of the > computer and I have not activated the Guest Account or created any other > user > account. > And I do not want to give a password to myselfâ€¦ > How can I stop these annoying pop up windows from popping up EVERY time I > turn on my computer?
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01-13-2008	#8 (permalink)
scrooge home premium vista (64bit) 271 posts	Re: Annoying pop-up windows i think if you go into control panel and click on security center then on the left side click on change the way security center alerts me . then don't notify me and don't display the icon. that may stop it for you mike
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01-14-2008	#9 (permalink)
Marisa n/a posts	Re: Annoying pop-up windows No, it did not work... Many thanks to Guitardude and Scrooge, but I still would like some help... "scrooge" wrote: Quote: > > i think if you go into control panel and click on security center then > on the left side > click on change the way security center alerts me . then don't notify > me and don't display the icon. that may stop it for you > mike > > > -- > scrooge >
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01-14-2008	#10 (permalink)
MIC n/a posts	Re: Annoying pop-up windows marisa, try turning User Account Control off, go to control panel, user accounts,turn user accounts on or off, choose off. general opinion is this does not compromise security on your computer, it just means vista wont nag you every time you run/install a program, which we all do at our own risk anyway. hope this works for you. -- MIC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIC's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=39365 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=891857 http://forums.techarena.in
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