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All parents are rightly concerned about their children and their online activity. The network provides a variety of useful, educational and entertaining materials, as well as content that is clearly not intended for the eyes of a child - violence, swearing, murder, drugs and much more. In order to put restrictions on unwanted sites and separate them from useful ones, they are looking for a way to implement parental control on the Internet.

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Parental Controls on the Internet you can do it even with standard tools Windows systems. Starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft has built a similar feature directly into the taskbar of every new version your system. With its help, you can create a special children's profile that will filter unwanted addresses and requests. You can also work with the blacklist yourself, adding or excluding sites, setting a schedule for working with your computer and the Internet, and much more.

You can implement parental control of the Internet on your computer at the browser level. The trinity of the most famous sites - Opera, Google Chrome and Mozila Firefox - have settings and various plugins for this.

For example, in Opera you can enable parental controls directly in the settings, and in Firefox you can download the popular BlockSite add-on, which allows you to create and work with black and white lists. Google Chrome has both capabilities, so the best solution for setting up parental controls on the Internet is to combine them: enable the appropriate option and install the Web Nanny add-on.

However, it is important to remember that when searching for how to set parental controls on the Internet, you do not need to resort to complete censorship and gross prohibitions. Often they work quite the opposite, and the child, fueled by interest and desire to see prohibited content, finds a way to bypass the protection. The best strategy for installing parental controls on the Internet is spyware to monitor its activity.

Mipko Personal Monitor is one such utility that allows you to:

Mipko Personal Monitor launches and collects information unnoticed by the child, so he will not know that his activity is being monitored. This will allow you to better understand his interests, as well as track with whom and on what topics the child communicates, in order to prevent trouble if something happens. The Mipko Personal Monitor program will help you ensure the educational process through a conversation about the dangers of the Internet, which blocking and parental controls certainly cannot do.

Problem safe internet for children is very relevant these days. The child returns home after school and is completely left to his own devices. While his parents are at work, he can freely play on the computer and use the Internet. The games that a child plays can be controlled, the Internet is another matter - in two clicks a child can find himself on the “18+” website and see scenes that go beyond the understanding of even an adult, or worse, find pictures online with scenes of violence, beatings, etc. d. Which negatively affects the child’s psyche, which has not yet had time to fully form.

An older child may be attracted by bright advertisements of various betting sites, online casinos, fortune telling and horoscopes that trick people into sending SMS and much more. We cannot prohibit a child from using the Internet all the time, but try to protect him from the negative influence of the World Wide Web. To do this you only need to devote a little time.

1. Standard Windows tools 7 on setting up parental controls.

The first step is to go to the control panel and select “Parental Controls”.

The second step is if we do not have an account for the child, create one (regular user). The administrator (you) must have a password set, otherwise the child will quickly bypass the restrictions.

Let's go to account and enter the required parameters.

Options available: time limit, launch games, launch programs.

The third step is setting up the computer work time for each day of the week.

The fourth step is to set a limit for games. It is possible to block the launch of all games or select a category of games that corresponds to the child’s age. Classification is carried out according to the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). For children of primary school age, games of class “E” correspond to scenes of mischief, and for teenagers “T”, with moderate scenes of violence and swearing, are acceptable.

If the classification does not suit you, you can manually configure the settings for games.

The fifth step is to indicate the programs that the child can run.

To hide potentially harmful content from children while surfing the Internet, special browser add-ons are used. With their help, you can both block access to certain sites and hide advertising that is not intended for children's eyes.

The Opera browser has a website blocking mechanism, but you will have to configure it and add unwanted websites manually. Over time, the procedure will have to be repeated as new advertisements appear, which is not very convenient. For this purpose, there are complex automated solutions with ready-made databases of advertising links and advertisements. By installing such a plugin for your browser, not a trace of advertising will remain, and if something remains, you can always blacklist such advertising.

List of plugins for the most popular browsers.

Opera AdBlock- the plugin is on the website

Adblock Plus- For Mozilla Firefox download on the website

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Google Chrome- you can choose AdBlock or Adblock Plus in the app store

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Simple Adblock For Internet Explorer you will need to download from the official website.

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3. Blocking unwanted sites.

The above plugins allow you to get rid of advertising on pages, but they cannot block unwanted page content or prevent a child from accessing a particular site. To filter out unwanted sites based on their content, you will need additional browser tools.

Firefox - plugin FoxFilter, download it from

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Google Chrome - plugin WebFilter Pro

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WebFilter Pro has a large database of sites with dubious content, which has a very positive effect on filtering out and blocking sites with unpleasant images and texts.

In the plugin settings, you need to select categories (adult sites, gambling, weapons and bad habits) by which sites will be blocked. If you consider it necessary, you can additionally block social networks and browser games.

If a child goes online to a site that falls under the selected categories, he will only see the following message.

And to prevent a child from being able to unblock the site and make changes to the filter settings, access to it can be password protected. Moreover, you can specify your email address in the settings. To which notifications will be sent when a child tries to access a particular site from the blacklist.

In conclusion, I would like to say that, unfortunately, WebFilter Pro, no matter how well it works, sometimes still misses sites. Therefore, let's move on to the next steps.

4. Setting up parental controls in antivirus programs.

The parental control function in antiviruses is available only in paid versions. Let's look at setting up parental controls using an example Kaspersky Internet Security

We launch the antivirus by double-clicking on the icon and in the window that appears, select “Parental Control” and set a password to prevent the child from changing the program parameters without the knowledge of the parents. Select an account that belongs to the child. Click the enable button and configure the settings.

The following options are available:

Account settings - you can customize your appearance (avatar) and you can assign a nickname. You also need to make sure that the (enable user control) checkbox is checked.

Using a computer - you can configure the time spent on the computer; it is possible to strictly specify days and periods of time. IN in this case The child is allowed to use the computer only from 12:00 to 14:00 and from 18:00 to 20:00. And on weekends it is allowed from 11 to 21 hours.

An additional parameter “limit use during the day” - allows you to set the time that the child can spend at the computer during the day. For example, you have set the possible operating time from 11-00 to 18-00, but it is additionally possible to limit the duration by setting the operating time, for example, 5 or 7 hours. And although the time range is 9 hours, the child will be able to spend no more time than this.
You can see your child’s time spent at the computer in reports.

Launching programs - allows you to create a list of programs that will be blocked from launching. The program can also be blocked by time, for example, allowing the use of Skype or some toy only from 17-00 to 20-00

Click on the “Add” button and in the window that appears, select the program we need from the list or indicate the path to its location on the hard drive.

Using the Internet - the function is similar to "Using a computer", we set the time according to which the child can turn on the Internet. You can limit your time, for example, spend no more than 3 hours a day.

Website visits - limit visits to sites that fall under selected categories. Using these settings, your child can be protected from a whole range of negative information on the Internet.

This menu item also allows you to “Block visiting all websites except those allowed in the exclusion list.” In other words, the child can open only those sites that you indicated in the list; others will not be available to him. These sites need to be added to the list by clicking on the "Exceptions" button.

Uploading files - you can disable downloading certain types files. In order to protect against viruses and Trojans, it is recommended to prohibit (programs and archives). Video and music are at your discretion if the Internet is unlimited.

IM correspondence - blocking unwanted contacts in popular chat programs (ICQ, QIP, Mail.Ru, Skype and others).

Social networks - permission to correspond with certain contacts. It will be possible to add a contact only after the child is active on one or another social network. In the reports, you can view correspondence with the selected contact. Social networks contain a lot of information that is not intended for children.

Personal information - a child, due to inexperience, can send personal information to other people: home address, phone numbers, credit cards and much more. By entering the necessary information into the register, you can prevent its transfer to third parties.
To do this, first generate them and click the “Add” button and add them to the list.

Keywords - by making a list of words, for example vodka, gambling, etc. You will be able to track what your child searched for and on what sites.

Parental controls are configured in a similar way on other antiviruses.

5. Gogul - children's web browser.

For primary schoolchildren, I would like to highlight the wonderful federal program for safe children's Internet - Gogul. (

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). Having downloaded and installed a component for Mozilla Firefox? You will turn your usual browser into a cute children's Internet browser. But main feature of this project allows the child to use useful resources Internet for training and development. To do this, set as home page website

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. "The Internet and Children" is a directory of sites intended for children, which are carefully selected and grouped by topic.

First of all, we go to the Gogul website. (gogul.tv) and register to create a personal account. IN personal account you can set up Internet use schedules, set up a list of allowed sites, view statistics on websites visited, etc.

The second step is to add children's accounts and set up Internet use.

Installing the “Gogul” add-on - download the add-on for the Mozilla Firefox browser from the official website. (Please download and install this browser first if you do not have it). During downloading, a request for permission to install the add-on will appear - we agree.

After the Gogul installation process is completed, a shortcut to launch the program will appear on your desktop. When you first start you will need to enter the address email and password specified during registration, and then click the “Activate” button

When the Gogul children's web browser is launched, a list of children's accounts will be clearly displayed and how much time is left available for using the Internet today.

We also recommend downloading a small program from this site that prevents the launch of other web browsers except Gogul, and also has other useful features(restricting access to folders, files and removable media) to limit a child’s access to the computer.

Let's summarize.

1. To introduce restrictions for a child to work on a computer, you must create a separate account.
2. Use browser add-ons if you do not have a paid version of the antivirus.
3. Use a comprehensive solution by setting up your own antivirus.
4. For children of primary school age, set up children's Internet Gogul.

All this will take you a little time, but you can to some extent protect your child from the negativity of the Internet, as well as control the time spent on the computer while you are at work.

Unfortunately, sooner or later the child will still encounter this problem - friends on the computer, children at school can be “enlightened” using a tablet or smartphone. It all depends on the parents’ approach to this issue and methods of education. It is necessary to have time to instill the correct moral principles in a child before the “street” teaches him to perceive everything completely differently.

Windows 7 Parental Control - Tool operating system to protect children from negative impacts emanating from software, to limit the time spent at the computer. With the help of the additional component Windows Live Family Safety, adults have the opportunity to control their children's activity on the Internet, receive information about programs launched, games, and sites visited.

There is a lot of unwanted and dangerous content on the Internet, programs and computer games may not be suitable for children by age. The child must be supervised in the absence of adults, so that, for example, he does his homework and does not play games on the computer at this time.

To solve many problems related to child safety, you can install on your computer systemic remedy Parental controls Windows 7.

If parental controls are installed on the computer, Windows 7 will limit children's ability to use the PC and introduce the following restrictions:

• the child’s time at the computer is regulated in accordance with the schedule;
• blocking the use of programs, games, multimedia, in accordance with age restrictions;
• adjusting permission to launch or block individual applications;
• compiling a “white” list of programs;
• prohibiting the launch of games with certain ratings based on the ESRB;
• a complete ban on launching games and applications.

The process of installing parental controls takes place in several stages:

• creating an account for a child;
• enable parental controls;
• setting up parental control settings.

Due to the fact that the Windows 7 Parental Control component lacks an important element: filtering and blocking sites on the Internet, this tool cannot be considered complete protection for children. Therefore, I strongly recommend installing the additional Family Safety tool on your computer, included in free package.

Windows Live Family Safety adds additional features to parental controls:

• the ability to control Internet traffic;
• prohibit certain sites on the Internet;
• allow visiting only sites from the list approved by adults, and block all other sites;
• Receive email notifications about your children's activities on your PC.

After installing and configuring the Windows Live Family Safety component, parental controls in Windows 7 will not be inferior in capabilities to the tool.

Creating an account for a child in Windows 7

To use parental controls in Windows 7, you must create an account for the child that will have limited rights in the operating system.

If the administrator account does not have a password, you will need to create a password to limit children's access to the “adult” system. When you start your computer, you will be presented with a choice to log in to: an administrator account (parent) and another account (child). Your child will not be able to log into your account without knowing your password, so they will only be able to use their Windows account with limited rights.

You can set a password for your account in the following way:

1. Go to the Start menu, open Control Panel.
2. In Control Panel, select Small Icons to view, and then go to User Accounts.
3. Click on “Create a password for your account.”
4. Enter your password, confirm your password, and if you want, you can create a hint (it will be visible to all computer users).

After this, we will create an account for the child:

1. In the “Make changes to a user account” window, click on “Manage another account”.
2. In the “Select an account to change” window, click on “Create an account”.

1. Give the account a name (choose any suitable name), assign the access type: “Regular”, and then click on the “Create Account” button.

You don't have to create a password for this account unless you use the Windows Live Family Safety add-on on your computer. Otherwise, come up with a simple password that your child will enter when logging into their operating system profile.

Enabling Parental Controls in Windows 7

Configure parental control settings:

1. A new account appears in the account selection window. Click on your child's account.
2. In the “Making changes to account X” window (X is the name of the child’s account), click on the “Set up parental controls” link.

1. In the Select a User and Configure Parental Controls window, select your child's account.

1. In the “Select actions allowed by X” window, in the “Parental Controls” option, activate the “Enable using current settings” option.

How to set up parental controls in Windows 7

In the setting " Windows Settings» Click on “Time limits”.

Use the mouse cursor to select the time to allow or disable work on the computer. The schedule can be created by day of the week.

Click on the “Games” option in the “Select game types” window. Which X Can Play? select the appropriate settings. Here you can prohibit games on your computer, set categories for games, and configure the prohibition of games by name.

The next option, Allow and block specific programs, will help you set up rules for using applications installed on your computer.

Choose one of two options: “Child can use all programs” or “Child can use only approved programs.” If restrictions apply, select programs that are allowed to run on your computer.

After completing all settings, click on the “OK” button.

That's it, parental control is ready to use. Restart your computer.

The child logs in to his account. If you try to run a blocked program, the operating system will display a message about this on the Desktop.

Install Windows Live Family Safety on your computer

Windows 7 parental controls do not have a function for regulating traffic from the Internet, so you need to install additional module"Family Safety" from Windows package Live Essentials.

In 2017, it stopped supporting the Main Windows components Live and removed links to download the application from the official website. The applications themselves continue to work in all latest versions Windows operating system, including Window 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7. You can download Windows Live from here.

Start installing components, in the “Select programs to install” window, check the box next to “Family Safety”. The remaining applications from the kit do not need to be installed.

Wait until the program is installed on your computer.

Setting up Windows Live Family Safety

Windows Live Family Safety settings are managed through the web interface. A parent can quickly change the settings of the parental control application by logging onto the Internet to the website page in the “Family” section from any device.

To run the application from the Windows 7 operating system, do the following:

1. Go to the "Start" menu, then "All Programs", from the "Windows Live" folder, launch "Windows Live Family Safety".
2. You can use Windows Live Family Safety only if you have a " account." Enter your account information (login and password). If you don't have an account, create a new profile. It won't take long. Account Microsoft entry can be created in advance.

1. In the next window, select the account to control. Click on the "Save" button.

Your Family Safety settings will take effect the next time you sign in.

Click the Family Safety icon in the notification area. In the window that opens, click on the link famelysafety.microsoft.com.

On the official website, enter your account information to log into your profile on the website page.

The Your Family web page contains the accounts of all users on the computer. The first is the controlled family member - the child's account.

From here you can download the Microsoft Launcher application for Android devices, with which you can track the movements of children on the map.

In the “Recent Actions” tab, while using parental controls, an adult will see a timer for working with the device, web browsing history, running programs, what computer games the child played. Data on children's behavior arrives with some delay.

From the “Device Timer” tab, parents can configure schedule settings for screen time. We set our schedule when we installed parental controls in Windows 7, so the previously created screen time schedule appeared here. An adult can at any time change the period of time when a child can have the opportunity to spend time on a PC.

After the allowed period of time has passed, the child will be forcibly removed from his account.

In the “Content Restrictions” tab, specify an age limit to block unwanted games, applications and multimedia.

Under Apps, Games and Media, review the allowed categories. Parents can allow individual applications or, conversely, prohibit the use of programs by adding them to the lists: “Always allow” or “Always prohibit”.

In the “Web Browsing” section, the adult sets rules for filtering Internet traffic for the child.

Turn on the "Block inappropriate websites" option. Mature content will be blocked using the SafeSearchc feature.

Blocking inappropriate sites on the Internet works in Windows 7 only with the Internet Explorer browser, so in the parental control settings you need to block all other browsers installed on the computer.

Here you can create a list of always allowed sites, or, conversely, a list of always prohibited websites. It is possible to allow only some Internet resources and block all other sites.

After completing the settings, restart your computer.

In the parental control settings, in the " Additional items Controls, Windows Live Family Safety will appear as a web content filtering and child activity reporting provider.

If a child tries to access prohibited information, they will see a request in the browser for permission to access the site.

How to disable Parental Controls on Windows 7

Let's see how to remove parental controls in Windows 7 if you no longer need them.

If your PC uses Family Safety, disable this tool. In Parental Controls settings, in the "Select a user and set parental control settings" window, in the "Advanced controls" section, instead of Windows Live Family Safety, select "None", and then restart the computer.

Now let's see how to remove parental controls in Windows 7. To do this, you need to follow these steps:

1. Open the Start menu, go to Control Panel, open the User Accounts option.
2. In the Make Changes to a User Account window, click Manage Another Account.
3. Select a controlled account, click on “Set Parental Controls”.
4. In the “Select a user and configure parental control settings” window, click on the child’s account.
5. The “Select actions allowed by X” window will open; in the “Parental Control” setting, activate the “Off” option.

Conclusions of the article

Windows 7 Parental Controls and Windows Live Family Safety help protect children from unwanted information on their computer. The system tool limits the time spent on the computer, controls access to games, programs, multimedia, and allows or blocks individual programs. The Family Safety component filters sites on the Internet and creates reports on the child’s activities on the PC.

YOUR DECISION
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Parental controls on your computer

Along with useful information for a child on the Internet, far from virtual dangers await him. Attackers in social networks, shock content and inappropriate content on websites, propaganda of violence and drugs - all this can harm a child. Parental controls on a computer are designed to limit children's access to the Internet and protect them from danger. Many people are immediately lost in how to install parental controls on their computer and start downloading third-party programs, picking up viruses and Trojans, but there is no need to rush in this matter.

There are quite a few ways to create parental controls on your computer. The simplest one is to use the built-in parental controls on your computer. Windows programs. With its help, you can create a black list of sites to which your child will be denied access, or a white list. It differs from black in that it allows you to access only the sites specified in the list, while blocking all others.

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Settings also allow you to provide parental time controls on your computer. You can set how long your child will work with the Internet or a specific site, and configure access depending on the time and day of the week. You can enable parental controls on your computer through the taskbar in all Windows versions, starting with Vista.

Another option for installing parental controls on your computer is to use similar functions in browsers. The most popular ones - Opera and Google Chrome - have the ability to enable parental controls over the computer directly in their options. You can expand the capabilities by installing add-ons, and in Mozila firefox this is the only way to block a child from entering some sites. With Mipko Personal Monitor you can perform remote parental control on your computer. This is a spy program that can:

You've probably heard how useful Parental Controls are in Windows.
Previously, people understood in words and did not interfere where they were not asked, but words have ceased to help and it is no longer possible to do without delimitation of powers.
All you need in Windows 7 is blocking games, blocking the installation and removal of programs.

First of all, about the principle of parental control

The differentiation of rights is achieved by creating a second account, when the owner of the first administrator account can control the computer, and the owner of the second account can simply use those programs and games that are installed by parents and allowed.
That is, if a child wants to play a game, parents must install it for him.
Therefore, if you were hoping to call a specialist who would do everything for you, then you made a mistake - you will have to suffer for the sake of your own child.

Let's take a step-by-step look at the entire process of enabling and setting up parental controls.
1. Go to “Control Panel / User Accounts and Family Safety / Parental Controls”.

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3. Enter the user name - for example, “Student”.

4. If the administrator account does not have a password, then a password must be set so that the child cannot change the settings and the parents do not use the account with reduced rights.

5. In the “Select supplier” list, select - NO and click on the picture of the created account, from the same window where we clicked on the link to create it.

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6. Now we are in the “parental control” editing window.
Here we must first enable parental controls!

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Then we follow the three links.
6.1. Time restrictions.
Here we highlight the cells in blue, prohibiting time on the computer.
6.2. Games – Violent and adult games can be limited here. You can also ban games altogether, which is what I did, so that they wouldn’t play counter games on the grid during working hours.

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In the window you can follow links and make more subtle settings.
6.3. Allowing and blocking specific programs - here you can block both games and programs. After clicking on the link, wait until the computer displays a list of programs.
7. Reboot the computer and check its functionality.

For example, if you want to install games from a student account, you will receive a message that this program is blocked by parental controls. The file name and its location on the computer will be indicated.
If you want to remove the program, you will be asked to enter the password for the administrator account.

We get an account in which you can only work with a narrow list of programs and for a limited time.

A couple of questions that concern everyone.
Is it possible to hack parental controls?
If a child knows the administrator password, then he can remove the password, delete the account, and disable parental controls.

How to block the Internet?
As for installing Internet blocking, for these purposes it is better to use a separate program which I wrote about in the article ““.
You can also block browsers in parental controls.

So, if they can’t hear you, then there’s no point in continuing to speak, you just need to turn off access.
I have only one piece of advice - try without fanaticism.
Computer addiction must be overcome by replacing it with a useful activity.
Develop clear rules - during classes, access to a computer is limited and that's it, and then the process will be less painful.
Keep your child occupied for a while when the computer is turned off, do homework with him, and don’t let him wander.
Do you agree?