Comments on: Parental Controls – Windows Family Safety

By: oliver

oliver — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:39:34 +0000

Hi Steve,

I didn’t look at NetNanny during our round up, simply because it’s a paid-for product and we were just looking at the free options. It’s certainly well rated and used extensively (though perhaps more state side than in the UK). I’m planning to have a look at this again later on this year and will try to include more paid-for options during the next round up.

Thanks for the comment.

Olly

By: Steve Hayes

Steve Hayes — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:59:18 +0000

Do you think Netnanny works better?

By: oliver

oliver — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:51:51 +0000

It should work just fine with XP 64bit. What errors are you seeing ?

By: Sonia CArreau

Sonia CArreau — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:13:56 +0000

I have been trying to download the Windows Live family safety settings but it doesn’t work. I have the Windows XP pro x 64 edition. Does any Windows Live Parental Control work with this edition? If yes, could you please send me the internet link or tell me what to do?
Thank you

By: oliver

oliver — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:05:52 +0000

Hi Dag,

It certainly does allow for 3rd parties to create their own filters in order to add functionality or maybe to route traffic via another service. However I don’t know of any companies using this ability at the moment.

By: Dag

Dag — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:57:11 +0000

Hi, I have read that Microsoft has an API to its parental control feature allowing third party developers to expand it. Do you know of any such developer in the works, that might, for example, add the time limit you are talking about?