Parental Control / Content Advisor.

Lee1075 · Dec 8, 2010

I am having a few problems setting up a PC that i have bought for my son as a Christmas present. Seeing as he is only 13 my ex wife has asked me if i could make sure that he cannot access "xxx" websites :devil:, he has also previously entered gambling websites without realizing what the consequences can be, that cost the ex a few $.
I have set his Pc up using two accounts, one for his mum as Administrator and then his as a normal user. Thus he cannot change over the internet settings.
The first problem i have encountered is when i start windows using his account, i am automatically prompted to enter the administrators password to let programs boot that are in the start menu. For example GPU-Z.

The second problem is with the internet content advisor, i have set "sexual material & Nudity to limited, yet no matter what i-net site i try to open i am again asked to enter the admins password??????, i can’t even open these forums.

There must be a way around that, my ex wife is not to handy with PC´s, so i would love to get this set up.

Any help would be appreciated.

Edit: His Windows version is Win 7 Home Premium.

Valwynd · Dec 8, 2010

You could use the content advisor instead. This is a little bit of a more aggressive approach, as it blocks everything within IE by default, and is only unlocked with a password.

I tested it out a bit to be sure, and it works pretty well. Once you enable content advisor, it asks you for password for every site visited, but you can set each site to allow always, allow just once, or never allow. While this is inconvenient at first, it is very strict on what he can access, but won't give you loads of grief when he logs in to his account.

Another option is to use your router to block content during a certain time period during the day, if you know approximately when he's going to be on. This method usually works best when it's someone who has their own computer though, as you can block content to that computer, as opposed to just having to worry about his profile on your main computer (which leads to some of the issues you encountered).

Dzomlija · Dec 9, 2010

Lee1075 said:
I am having a few problems setting up a PC that i have bought for my son as a Christmas present. Seeing as he is only 13 my ex wife has asked me if i could make sure that he cannot access "xxx" websites :devil:, he has also previously entered gambling websites without realizing what the consequences can be, that cost the ex a few $.
I have set his Pc up using two accounts, one for his mum as Administrator and then his as a normal user. Thus he cannot change over the internet settings.
The first problem i have encountered is when i start windows using his account, i am automatically prompted to enter the administrators password to let programs boot that are in the start menu. For example GPU-Z.

The second problem is with the internet content advisor, i have set "sexual material & Nudity to limited, yet no matter what i-net site i try to open i am again asked to enter the admins password??????, i can’t even open these forums.

There must be a way around that, my ex wife is not to handy with PC´s, so i would love to get this set up.

Any help would be appreciated.

Edit: His Windows version is Win 7 Home Premium.

Because you have setup your sons account as a limited user, it will always ask for an admin username & password whenever he tries to perform an action that requires administrative rights.

If you go into Parental Controls, you can adjust what he can/cannot do:

Windows Parental Controls

If you download and install Windows Live Family Safety 2011, you will be able to apply website filtering also, and be able to monitor and modify access rights access online: