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Using Parental Controls in Windows Vista

Fat Drive Warning

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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.

  1. Fat Drive Warning
  2. Parental Controls Main Console
  3. Windows Vista Web Filter
  4. Edit the Allow / Block List
  5. Restricting Time For Using The Computer
  6. Controlling Access to Games
  7. Restricting Access to Other Programs
  8. Viewing Activity Reports

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