Parental Control Settings
Parental Control Settings -> Child tab
Restriction level
You can choose between High, Recommended and Low. The High level will cover all the content categories (”Pornography, erotic materials”, “Drugs”, “Violence”, “Explicit language”, “Weapons”, “Gambling”, “Chat”, “Web mail”), the Recommended level will cover all the categories but two (”Chat” and “Web mail”), the Low level will cover only “Pornography, erotic materials”, “Drugs”, “Violence” and “Explicit language”. You can also select a custom level of restriction if required, by checking/unchecking the desired boxes in the settings window.
Click on the By default button to change the security level to default.
Click on the Settings… button to open the settings window for Child profile.
Action
You can specify the default action to be performed when an attempt to access an unsuitable site is detected. There are two available options: Log Event and Block access.
Time limit
The time limit option allows you to restrict Internet access at specified times and/or limit the total daily Internet access time.
Click on the Settings… button to display the Time limit settings window.
Child profile settings:
Blocked categories of websites: check/uncheck one or more boxes according to your needs.
“White” list: all the addresses listed here will not be blocked. Use the Add link to add new addresses to the list or click on the Edit/Delete links to edit/delete the existing ones. You can enter address masks as well, by using the wildcards * (any sequence of characters) and ? (any single character).
“Black” list: all the addresses listed here will be blocked. Use the Add link to add new addresses to the list or click on the Edit/Delete links to edit/delete the existing ones. You can enter address masks as well, by using the wildcards * (any sequence of characters) and ? (any single character).
Time limit settings:
Limit daily operating time on the Internet: check this box to enter the maximum number of hours per day your child should spend surfing the net.
Allow Internet access at a specified time: check this box and click on the Add link in order to set the time interval during which the Internet access will be allowed.
Parental Control Settings -> Teenager tab
Check the Use profile box to activate the Teenager profile.
User identification
Password: set here a password for profile switching. In order to switch to a protected profile, the users will be required to enter the password you set. You can switch to a different profile by clicking on the User profile link in the Content Filtering section of the main program window.
Click on the Users… button and then on the Add new item link to assign the current profile to a specific Windows user account.
Customize the Restriction level, the Action and the Time limit options in the same way explained above for the Child profile.
Parental Control Settings -> Parent tab
Check the Use profile box to activate the Parent profile.
Password: set here a password for profile switching. In order to switch to a protected profile, the users will be required to enter the password you set. You can switch to a different profile by clicking on the User profile link in the Content Filtering section of the main program window.
Click on the Users… button and then on the Add new item link to assign the current profile to a specific Windows user account.
When the Parental Control is enabled, if you have not set before a password for application access, you will be prompted to set it now. By restricting the access to the program, you will prevent the Parental Control settings from being changed.
