with parental controls parents can limit
the types of games children can play
which programs they can run and more to
set the parental controls click the
Start menu and go to your control panel
from here select set up parental
controls for any user under user
accounts and family safety note that if
you're not logged on as an administrator
you will need to provide an
administrator password at this time
click on the account you would like to
manage then click on to turn parental
controls on you can now control the time
limits which games your child can play
and whether to allow or block specific
programs let's start by changing the
time limits click on any square and drag
the mouse the blue areas are the blocks
of time or your child cannot use the
computer
when you're done click okay now let's
change the game's settings where it says
can will junior play games click yes
then you can set the game ratings which
range from early childhood to adults
only we're going to select everyone now
some games don't have a rating and you
can choose to allow or block those games
you can also block types of content for
example you can check each type of
content that is violence related to
block violent games note that you may
not need to do this as these types of
content may already be blocked based on
the rating that you have selected so now
the games are set there's also the
option of blocking or allowing specific
games when you're done click OK in
addition to controlling games you can
also allow or block other programs such
as financial software or chat programs
or any programs that you may not want
your child to use so now you can see
that parental controls are on for this
account
note that any administrator can change
the parental controls settings so to
provide a safe environment make sure
your child does not know your
administrator password
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