You can use Parental Controls to help manage how your children use the computer. For example, you can set limits on your children's access to the web, the hours that they can log on to the computer, and which games they can play and programs they can run.

When Parental Controls blocks access to a webpage or game, a notification is displayed that the webpage or program has been blocked. Your child can click a link in the notification to request permission for access to that webpage or program. You can allow access by entering your account information.

Before you get started, make sure that each child that you want to set up Parental Controls for has a standard user account because Parental Controls can only be applied to standard user accounts. To set up Parental Controls for your child, you'll need an Administrator user account. Parental Controls cannot be applied to an Administrator user account.

To turn on Parental Controls for a standard user account

• Open Parental Controls by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, and then, under User Accounts, clicking Set up Parental Controls.‌ ‌ Administrator permission required If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
  
  
• Click the standard user account for which you want to set Parental Controls.
  
  
• Under Parental Controls, click On.
  
  
• Once you've turned on Parental Controls for your child's standard user account, you can adjust the individual settings that you want to control. You can control the following areas:
  
  
  • Web restrictions.
    You can restrict the websites that children can visit, make sure children only visit age-appropriate websites, indicate whether you want to allow file downloads, and set up which content you want the content filters to block and allow. You can also block or allow specific websites.
    
    1. Under Parental Controls.
    2. Click Block some websites or content.
    3. Click Edit the Allow and block list.
    4. In the Website address box, type the address for the website you want to allow or block, and then click Allow or Block.
    
    
  • Time limits.
    You can set time limits to control when children are allowed to log on to the computer. Time limits prevent children from logging on during the specified hours and, if they are already logged on, they will be automatically logged off. You can set different logon hours for every day of the week.
    
    1. Under Parental Controls.
    2. Click Time limits.
    3. In the grid, click the hours you'll allow - the squares will change color to show your selection.
    
    
  • Games.
    You can control access to games, choose an age rating level, choose the types of content you want to block, and decide whether you want to allow or block unrated or specific games.
    
    1. All games.
    2. Specific games of your choosing.
    3. Specific games based on age ratings.
    4. Specific games based on content ratings.
    
    These four methods can be used in combination.
    
    If a game is not recognised by Windows it will not be blocked, if you discover a game that you want blocking, you can follow the next step.
    
    
  • Allow or block specific programs.
    You can prevent children from running programs that you don't want them to run.
    
    1. Under Parental Controls.
    2. Click Block specific programs.
    3. Click "User's name‌" can only use the programs I allow in this list.
    4. Select the programs that you want to allow. If the program you want doesn't appear in the list, click Browse to locate the program.