making pc safe for kids use

sare^baw's · 19 Sep 2009 at 20:59

hi people, i have got 2 pcs for the kids in my house, old dell gx270 desktops and 22" monitors, the kids are 11, 10 and 8.

they are not pc savvy but i want to set each pc so they cant add or remove programs or delete any files from the wrong places etc, i am happy for them to use the internet but i want to block sites like you tube, basically i would rather only 'allow' certain sites after i check them rather than only banning certain ones.

whats the best way to do this, i have been using pcs for 9 years but this is the first time i have had to do anything like this

marc2003 · 19 Sep 2009 at 21:01

have a play with windows steady state.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx

jbloggs · 19 Sep 2009 at 21:08

K9 may be of use for limiting/filtering internet access...

SpiderX · 19 Sep 2009 at 21:15

+1 for steady state, and having internet filtering would be good too

brummie · 19 Sep 2009 at 21:26

family safety from microsoft is excellent too.

HungryHippos · 19 Sep 2009 at 21:32

you can use the in built parental controls in Vista/Win 7 to do much of what you ask

You can limit access to websites by blocking specific sites or only allowing ones you want, you can also limit access times and such as well.

Best way to stop them messing aroung too much is probably to give them local user accounts to work with, this way they will be unable to do anything that requires admin rights without your being there.

ricky200 · 19 Sep 2009 at 22:06

Others said everythin you need. Almost everything.

Kids are smart... For my friend's son, it took 1 year to break internet limitations (he is 14).
Kid just got somewhere linux booting from cd