computers

[dakegra]

Came upstairs tonight to fined EB and his mates sat watching stuff on YouTube. Not really a problem, but made me wonder what sort of stuff they get up to online.

Maybe I should set him up a user account on XP? Microsoft do a parental control thing which I'm assumign I could put on *his* account but disable on mine...

thoughts? opinions? suggestions?

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[dakegra.livejournal.com]

yeah, EB is nine, but he's friends with two brothers down the street, one of whom is 12 (I think) and one slightly younger (but only just).

The PC is in our spare room - I do pop in from time to time to see what they're up to, and the XBox is set up so that if they try to play a 15-rated game they have to input a code, so they're used to parental controls.

He's got his own logon to the PC now, which he's quite excited about, and means he can keep his own stuff separate from his sister! Hopefully having a 'limited' XP account means he can still surf the net and play his games.

Maybe I need to have a chat with him about internets.

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

Kate & Holly have that. You need to authorise each site he wants to use, but I v rarely have to do that nowadays, as all their favourites are set up.