Vista - Parental Time Controls for Internet Access

Hi, just trying to figure out if vista has time controls for internet access?
I put on the parental controls, but did not realise that it restricted
access to the whole computer and not just the internet. This would be very
useful, as I don't mind the use of the computer for homework etc. but not the
use of the internet when I am not there. Can anyone help?
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Thanks
dollydc

Hi, Dolly.I assume you have one Administrator account for yourself and user account(s) for other people using your computer for home work. To set up parental controls to the user accounts :-
Start menu> Control Panel> Parental Control> click on the user account you want to put controls on. Under Parental Controls heading, click ON ( a blue dot will appear ).Under Windows Settings heading, you can decide which web sites ( if any ) you allow, how much time can be spent with the computer etc,etc. After you have made all the restrictions, click OK. Please reply if this answered your request.
PS. I'm confused. Parental Controls DO NOT " restrict access to the whole computer", as you stated. It can't, at least not how I understand it.

Hi Dolly.

We have an excellent tutorial on parental controls. Here's the link: Parental Controls - Setup and Use

I hope this helps.

Hi David,

Not really what I was looking for - I had already done those things, but the
time restrictions are for the whole computer and not just internet access.
As parents of a teenager it is everyone's nightmare in today's environment to
have your kids use the internet when you are not there!
I would like my daughter to be able to use the computer, but only have
internet access at certain times. Perhaps this software is not available,
but I don't understand why not.
Hope you can help

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Thanks
dollydc


"davidjchuang" wrote:

Dolly,
With my limited knowledge I don't think Windows is capable to block all websites at any given time, parental controls or otherwise. However, may I suggest a way to work around it. How about select 1 or 2 websites you trust and put them on the ALLOW list. Meaning your children can ONLY log on to those sites, no where else, plus the time limit to the whole computer. It's not perfect. Close enough ? You indicated you know how to set up the controls, so I won't bore you with details. I'd like to hear from you whether it works for you or not. Thank you.