Monday, March 17, 2014

Turn on Family Safety for your child's account

If you've ever wondered what your kids are up to on the PC and online, Family Safety can help. Family Safety lets you know which websites your kids have visited and which apps and games they've used. You can also choose to block or allow specific websites or other content, and even limit the amount of time they can spend on the PC. Now you'll have more time to find out what else they're up to. With Windows, you can help your kids use the PC responsibly.

If your child already has a user account on your PC, you can still turn on Family Safety and begin monitoring their activities.
  1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings.
    (If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, click Settings, and then click Change PC settings.)
  2. Tap or click Accounts, and then tap or click Other accounts.
  3. Select the account you want to monitor with Family Safety, and then tap or click Edit.
    If your child doesn't have a standard user account, see the previous To create a new child's account steps.
  4. In the Account type list, select Child and then tap or click OK.

Turn on Family Safety for your child's account

To create a new child's account

When you create a new account for your child—with or without an email address—Family Safety monitoring is turned on automatically. You'll start receiving reports about when and how your child uses the PC, and you can set or change additional limits at any time.
  1. Sign in to your PC with an administrator account.
  2. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings.
    (If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, click Settings, and then click Change PC settings.)
  3. Tap or click Accounts, tap or click Other accounts, and then tap or click Add an account.
  4. Tap or click the Add a child's account link.
  5. Do one of the following:
    • If your child already has an email address, enter it, tap or click Next, and follow the instructions.
    • If you want to get a new email address for your child, tap or click Sign up for a new email address and follow the instructions.
    • If you want your child to sign in to this PC only, tap or click Add a child's account without email, and follow the instructions.

Tip

  • Is your child too young to remember a typed password? You might want to set up a picture password for them, so they can sign in using a favorite photo instead.



    source : Microsoft

Friday, January 20, 2012

Keeping your kids safe online

  1. It's never too early to foster open and positive communication with children. It's a good idea to talk with them about computers and to stay open to their questions and curiosity.
  2. Always sit with your kids at this age when they're online.
  3. Set clear rules for Internet use.
  4. Insist that your children not share personal information such as their real name, address, phone number, or passwords with people they meet online.
  5. If a site encourages kids to submit their names to personalize the Web content, help your kids create online nicknames that give away no personal information.
  6. Investigate Web filtering tools (such as Windows Vista Parental Controls or Windows Live Family Safety for Windows XP SP, Windows 7 ) to help you engage with your kids and aid in parental supervision
  7. If you use family safety tools, create appropriate profiles for each family member based on their age. For more information, see Windows Live Family Safety or Windows Vista/ 7 Parental Controls.
  8. Help protect your children from offensive pop-up windows by using the pop-up blocker that's built in to Internet Explorer. You can also help block pop-up windows that appear when you're not surfing the Internet with Windows Defender. Windows Defender comes with Windows Vista. If you use Windows XP SP3, you can download Windows Defender for no charge.
  9. All family members should act as role models for young children who are just starting to use the Internet.
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