If you are a parent, you know it is not always possible to personally supervise each minute of your system usage, when you first configure Windows Vista; it is a good idea to create separate user accounts for each of your children. Vista’s parental controls are monitored and configured from the Parental Control Panel. You access the parental control panel by selecting Start->Control Panel->User Account and Family Safety->Parental controls.
When you decide to track your children’s system usage, Vista records all the process provided by each user, including which web sites they visit, who they instant message, which games and applications they launch and what files they download. You don’t want your children spending longer time in front of the PC. Vista offers time limits you can use to restrict computer usage. When your child is using the PC and nearing the end of an approved time period, he will receive a 10-minute and 1-minute notification that his allowed time is just about up. If he fails to log off before his time is up, Windows will suspend his current session and display the login screen so that another user can use the computer.
You can configure Windows vista to allow or block access to games based on their age ratings windows tracks the type of game by to content flags embedded in the game itself, and only allows that access you permit of end user. You may not need your child to have access to each application installed on your computer. To use Vista Block specific programs feature to display a list of all installed programs. It includes a built-in web content filter, which can block access to specific web pages, based on page content. When your child tries to access a blocked page, he sees a screen that explains why the site is unavailable to them.
