I just read from internet that by watching or reading pornography will damage your brain. That research remind me to post this guide for my friend who ask me to write about parental software for his laptop. He found some porn address and a few video from his own laptop and he swear to me that he never open and download the video. He has suspect but he won’t punish before gather more proof. I suggest him to install parental software that work as watcher for his kids. He use office computer during work and leave his laptop at home.
My suggestion are :
1. Add special account / new user with policy.
2. Change DNS to opendns and set to block porn and gambling site.
3. Install parental software
I have test a few parental software and I choose kidswatch for this guide.
Download latest version of Kidswatch
Get latest version from here.
Kidswatch available for 15 days trial, let you measure their performance.
Download and save to My Document or other directory.
Double click to start install.
I accept the term in the license agreement.
Click Next.
Information about parent account and kidswatch administrator.
Click Next.
Information about kids
Click Next.
You’ll need at least one “parent account”; this account is your daily account.
Click “add administrator” to add one.
Enter username, password twice.
Click OK.
Create child account; this account will be used by your children.
Click Add child button.
Enter username and password twice, make sure to set easy to remember password.
Click OK when you’re done.
Choose restriction level, kidweatch have 4 levels :
- Child
- Youngster
- Adolescent
- Teen
Daily report selection for child
Check as many as you want. I prefer for visited web sites and computer usage.
Click Next.
Summary will be displayed, click Done.
Enter your email where report will be sent.
Click Next.
Real time alerts
Choose one or two, click Next.
Setup will install the program and configure with all information provided.
Click Finish.
Sample email reports I got from kidswatch :
| KidsWatch Visited Web Sites Report for: Child on computer PC-PC |
| Period: From 27/02/2011 To 28/02/2011 |
| There was no activity to report in the period that was specified. |
|   |
|   |
| ******************************************** End of report for user Child ********************************* |
|   |
|   |
| KidsWatch Computer Usage Report for: Child on computer PC-PC |
| Period: From 27/02/2011 To 28/02/2011 14:16:37 |
| There was no activity to report in the period that was specified. |
Well, thats information are correct since no one use my laptop beside me 
I’ll explore more about this software.
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