Vista Tutorial - Parental Controls

I am the only user on my computer, so I use the administrator account. I am
having issues with parental controls blocking me from doing certain things,
(playing a downloaded game... family feud!) from a trusted site, but when i
go to set parental controls, I am told that there are none set for the
administrator account.
Please help?

Maybe its a blocked site under IE7...Tools....Internet
options...privacy...sites???????????
peter
"fanny" <fanny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news0009318-8D1A-4B7B-A6DC-0FD69B4FDF75@microsoft.com...
>I am the only user on my computer, so I use the administrator account. I
>am
> having issues with parental controls blocking me from doing certain
> things,
> (playing a downloaded game... family feud!) from a trusted site, but when
> i
> go to set parental controls, I am told that there are none set for the
> administrator account.
> Please help?

I have already checked that, and it's not the issue. I even made another user
account and set the parental controls to off, and still i couldn't play the
game.
I'm finding myself not wanting to use that computer, and I just bought it
last week.
Thank you for your suggestion

At my wits end
fanny

"pete" wrote:

> Maybe its a blocked site under IE7...Tools....Internet
> options...privacy...sites???????????
> peter
> "fanny" <fanny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news0009318-8D1A-4B7B-A6DC-0FD69B4FDF75@microsoft.com...
> >I am the only user on my computer, so I use the administrator account. I
> >am
> > having issues with parental controls blocking me from doing certain
> > things,
> > (playing a downloaded game... family feud!) from a trusted site, but when
> > i
> > go to set parental controls, I am told that there are none set for the
> > administrator account.
> > Please help?
>

fanny wrote:
> I have already checked that, and it's not the issue. I even made another user
> account and set the parental controls to off, and still i couldn't play the
> game.
> I'm finding myself not wanting to use that computer, and I just bought it
> last week.
> Thank you for your suggestion

You need to see what third-party software you have installed. It sounds
like you have McAfee, Norton, or even ISP-provided security software
where you've (inadvertently) activated the parental control functions.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

I have the same problem, Fanny, and I am feeling your frustration, too. I
have tried the fixes listed by Malke and Pete and still have no go.
Actually, it is funny b/c it is with the same family feud 2 game. It is not
a Norton block message, it is from the Vista parental controls. I am the
only user on this computer.

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO TURN OFF PARENTAL CONTROLS COMPLETELY? Seems like
it is a gross programming oversight if you cannot.

"Malke" wrote:

> fanny wrote:
> > I have already checked that, and it's not the issue. I even made another user
> > account and set the parental controls to off, and still i couldn't play the
> > game.
> > I'm finding myself not wanting to use that computer, and I just bought it
> > last week.
> > Thank you for your suggestion
>
> You need to see what third-party software you have installed. It sounds
> like you have McAfee, Norton, or even ISP-provided security software
> where you've (inadvertently) activated the parental control functions.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

fanny wrote:
> I am the only user on my computer, so I use the administrator account. I am
> having issues with parental controls blocking me from doing certain things,
> (playing a downloaded game... family feud!) from a trusted site, but when i
> go to set parental controls, I am told that there are none set for the
> administrator account.
> Please help?

Given that another user has the same problem with the same game, I
suspect it's the game, and not Vista, that is at fault. (It's up to the
programmers of the games to disable the game when parental controls
don't allow it - they probably have a bug there).
As a workaround, maybe it will work if you create a non-administrator
account, turn on parental controls, and allow all games on that account.

Alun Harford