Guest acetoolguy Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Hi all, I want to set up an account on my computer for my 10 year old grandaughter to use, give her her own desktop etc. While I don't want to make it impossible for her to use searhes etc I am concerned about those searches might return. I know I've been surprised a few times. How do I set it up so she can go to webkins, disney etc without me having to worry about what might pop-up? Thanks in advance for any insights.... -- Steve
Guest Newbie Coder Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Re: Safer desktop Steve, There are applications like Net Nanny (http://www.netnanny.com/) etc which will take care of that type of searching. Be careful as some of these software packages are rogues Some routers have word filtering too where you can add the obvious words Firewall will also allow you to filter things ISPs like AOL use ratings so if you use that then it can be controlled Use the firewall to block IM ports if you need to go that far -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "acetoolguy" <acetoolguy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:132DB22D-9C9D-4523-84FA-EAF34042ED9B@microsoft.com... > Hi all, I want to set up an account on my computer for my 10 year old > grandaughter to use, give her her own desktop etc. While I don't want to make > it impossible for her to use searhes etc I am concerned about those searches > might return. I know I've been surprised a few times. How do I set it up so > she can go to webkins, disney etc without me having to worry about what might > pop-up? > > Thanks in advance for any insights.... > -- > Steve
Guest Plato Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Re: Safer desktop =?Utf-8?B?YWNldG9vbGd1eQ==?= wrote: > > Hi all, I want to set up an account on my computer for my 10 year old > grandaughter to use, give her her own desktop etc. While I don't want to make > it impossible for her to use searhes etc I am concerned about those searches > might return. I know I've been surprised a few times. How do I set it up so > she can go to webkins, disney etc without me having to worry about what might > pop-up? Honestly, most kids these days already know what sites to avoid. If they dont, then teach them. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest dobey Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 Re: Safer desktop "Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message news:46bf8b1e$0$174$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com... > =?Utf-8?B?YWNldG9vbGd1eQ==?= wrote: >> >> Hi all, I want to set up an account on my computer for my 10 year old >> grandaughter to use, give her her own desktop etc. While I don't want to >> make >> it impossible for her to use searhes etc I am concerned about those >> searches >> might return. I know I've been surprised a few times. How do I set it up >> so >> she can go to webkins, disney etc without me having to worry about what >> might >> pop-up? > > Honestly, most kids these days already know what sites to avoid. If they > dont, then teach them. > > > -- > http://www.bootdisk.com/ > Google has some options on filtering search returns also. I think most search pages probably do.
Guest The Stoat Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 Re: Safer desktop I use Norton Internet Security which has a 'parental control' feature that can be turned on/off. I don't know if it's the best around but it has a list of blocked websites (that's continually updated). I just make sure it's switched on when my nieces and nephews come over. "Plato" wrote: > =?Utf-8?B?YWNldG9vbGd1eQ==?= wrote: > > > > Hi all, I want to set up an account on my computer for my 10 year old > > grandaughter to use, give her her own desktop etc. While I don't want to make > > it impossible for her to use searhes etc I am concerned about those searches > > might return. I know I've been surprised a few times. How do I set it up so > > she can go to webkins, disney etc without me having to worry about what might > > pop-up? > > Honestly, most kids these days already know what sites to avoid. If they > dont, then teach them. > > > -- > http://www.bootdisk.com/ > >
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