Computer newbies: Parental Control
Parental Control
by cecistarr - 10/11/08 9:22 AMI'm planning on buy a new computer for my niece and nephew. However my sister as voiced some concerns about things my nephew prints off the internet. Also, the two children print a varity of what amounts to crap, because they don't know any better.
I'm wondering if there is a program I can also purchase which can limit what programs has have access to the printer or can block all print jobs without a proper password.
Does such a parental control program exsist?
I don't want to block their internet access, just what they can print.
Thanks
one suggestion.
by tylersmiller - 10/11/08 5:39 PM In reply to: Parental Control by cecistarrmy school uses PaperCut found at http://www.papercut.com/
Basically, each student gets a virtual $5.00 to print what ever they want. Each black and white print is 10 cents and a color print is 25 cents. Then if we go over that limit, we actually owe the school our own money and cannot print at all. So this would be good for you to track what they print and how much they can print. i think there is a free client for one machine, and a cost for like a business or company or school, in my case.
good luck and hope this helped.
If this is Windows XP or Vista...
by John.Wilkinson
- 10/17/08 8:28 PM
In reply to: Parental Control by cecistarr
Such is natively supported. Just have your sister go into Printers through the Control Panel, right-click on the desired printer, select Properties, and choose the Security tab. From there she can select a username (self, niece, nephew, etc) or group (everyone, administrators, etc.) and switch between Allow and Deny as a print permission. With XP she will then have to print all documents from her account, while with Vista she can just enter her administrative password on their account on a per-document basis if UAC is enabled.
Hope this helps,
John
Note: Depending on the edition of XP/Vista she may have to enter Safe Mode for the Security tab to appear.
Vista Has Good Parental Controls
by retexan599 - 10/18/08 3:24 PM In reply to: Parental Control by cecistarrI use the Parental Controls that come with Vista. Once you learn to use them, they are very effective.
(NT) -> Does not apply to printing, though.
by John.Wilkinson - 10/18/08 3:48 PM
In reply to: Vista Has Good Parental Controls by retexan599
Windows SteadyState
by tylersmiller - 10/18/08 3:30 PM In reply to: Parental Control by cecistarrTry this freebie from Microsoft. I have not used it a lot, but you can set a lot of restrictions for the machine, and this might have what you are looking for.
Parental Control Software
by lvcabbie - 12/3/08 10:17 AM In reply to: Parental Control by cecistarrWhatever you do, do not buy Webroot Parental Control software. It is convoluted and they NEVER respond when you report a site to be properly categorized.
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