Windows Help & Advice – May 2019

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Child-proof

Windows 10

“Keeptabsonwhatyourchildren

are up to on your PC with parental

controlsin Windows10”

eing a parent is stressful and

time-consuming enough

without having to worry

abouteither what your child is using

their(oryour) PC for, or for how long.

To save you from having to constantly

monitor their use in person, Windows

10 includes a powerful collection of

parental control options, which can

act as your eyes and ears when you

are busy with other things.

Using built-in parental controls, it

is possible to place restrictions on the

websites that can be visited, the apps

that can be run, and when the PC can

be used. While you might expect the

options to be configured in Settings,

you’ll need to visit your Microsoft

account online, and from there

manage all the user accounts you

have set up on your PC and added

to your family. This enables you to

control settings from any Internet-

connected device, and monitor

yourchild’sPCuseremotely.

1 Setting up child accounts

To take parental control of a child’s account, it first needs

to be configured correctly. To do that, go to Start > Settings >

Accounts > ‘Family & other users’. Click ‘Add a family member’

and create as many accounts as you need for the members of

your family – just follow the on-screen instructions, indicating

that you would like to create an account for a child.

2 Ensure accounts are limited

If you’re setting up a child account from scratch, it will be as

a Standard User, so the account can’t be used to make potentially

damaging changes to Windows. If you’re using an existing

account, check its status. In the ‘Family & other users’ window

ensure none of the accounts are set as Administrators. If any are,

click them, then ‘Change account type’ and select Standard User.

Step-by-step Master parental controls

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RECENT ACTIVITY

You can see which

apps and games

your child has been

using, the websites

they’ve visited and

their search history.

SCREEN TIME

Use this to impose

time restrictions on

how long your child

can use Windows 10

• or their Xbox One
  console – for.

CONTENT

RESTRICTIONS

Enables you to block

access to games,

apps, media and

sites you don’t want

your child to use.

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Windows 10

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