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Using Parental Controls in Windows Vista

From Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP, for About.com

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Fat Drive Warning

Windows Vista comes with built-in Parental Controls that provide parents with power and flexibility to allow them control and monitor the activities of children on Windows Vista computer systems. With the Parental Controls, parents can define the time of day that the computer is available, block unapproved games or programs, and filter Web sites to restrict access to inappropriate content.

To open the Parental Controls console, follow these steps:

  • Click on the Start icon at the lower left of the screen
  • Select Control Panel
  • Click on Parental Controls

If there are any drives on your computer that are formatted using FAT or FAT32, you will receive a warning box. The FAT warning explains that parental controls do not work for restricting access to data or programs on any drives or partitions that are not formatted with NTFS.

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