Parental control and Web browsing restrictions in Vista system

In the Parental Controls article in Windows Vista, we've introduced the Family Safety Center through Windows Vista, where parents can set up websites that restrict children's browsing, access, and the types of websites that are banned by some online service providers. such as pornography or gambling sites, you can also enter a detailed list of website domain names to directly prohibit children to visit certain sites. More importantly, the settings for these browsing restrictions apply to the entire Windows Vista system, which is not only valid for Microsoft's own Internet Explorer, but other browsers are also under the control of this setting.

How does parental control restrict web browsing?

Let's take a closer look at how parental control works in Windows Vista when a child accesses a website that is forbidden.

For simplicity, it is still explained in the example of Parental controls in Windows Vista that Abby is a parent account, and Tamara is a child account, and when Tamara tries to access a site that is forbidden by a Abby setting, the browser will appear with a message similar to the following. Inform the website that it is blocked by its parents:

However, simply banning a child from visiting a website may be too absolute, after all, some sites may have some inappropriate content, but if they are accompanied by a parent, it may not hurt the child-and it might be related to the American cultural environment, such as the American film grading system, where PG ( Paternal Guidance: Parental guidance) level or PG-13, of course, this is a digression. --therefore, a link to ask for admin permission (ask an administrator for permission) is also visible in the Windows Vista prompt in the previous figure to provide a different option for Tamara.

If Tamara clicked on the link, a regular UAC window pops up, and if Abby, who has parental status, thinks the site content is acceptable and allows Tamara access, it can simply be granted access.

When Abby enters the password, another prompt will appear informing him of the sites that he is allowed to visit Tamara, as well as asking if Tamara will be allowed to visit the site in the future.

From the example described above, to achieve real parental control in the context of web browsing restrictions, it is important to set up a strong, hard-to-guess password, otherwise, Tamara can easily break through parental control restrictions.

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