Parental Controls

Question

We just bought our boys lenovo laptops. We need to block adult content and disable certain websites. We have logged on as administrators on the laptops. We have updated all content restrictions on microsoft.com and its still allowing adult websites and websites that we’ve put in manually. How do we control the websites if putting them in the family settings in microsoft is not working?

Answer 1

Happy holidays to you, and best wishes for the new year.

Even under the best of circumstances there are limits on what you are able to block because, fundamentally, content providers like YouTube, Facebook, Spotify, etc. don't give a damn about protecting our kids from inappropriate material.

To their credit, Microsoft's own parental controls are effective but quite limited. There is a great deal of third-party parental control software that you should definitely consider for more comprehensive protection.

Something else to consider is a third-party DNS service, which will completely block undesired websites, but those websites will be blocked for every computer in your household. I use OpenDNS, which is free.

But I have to emphasize: No amount of parental control is going to prevent YouTube from showing inappropriate videos to your kids.

Answer 2

how do I sent parental controls

Answer 3

Hi,

My name is Angel. I am an Independent Advisor. Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I would recommend that you review the following Microsoft guide about "Set up parental controls for Windows 10":

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12439/...

To Block inappropriate apps, games, and media on Windows 10:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/402634...

Hope the information provided is useful. If the issue persists, reply here and we will be glad to help you.

Angel.

Answer 4

Hi Casey

An important part of configuring parent controls in Windows 10, your children must have Microsoft Accounts that are configured as Child accounts.

So, make sure both have Microsoft Account email addresses under 18.

Also, make sure the accounts they are signed into Windows 10 with are limited user accounts. See steps how to change account privileges.

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/create-manage-...

Follow these steps to then setup and configure Family Safety:

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/setup-family-s...

Information in the above links are sourced from a trusted Microsoft MVP Blog.