Windows Vista Enabling Parental Controls in your …….ppt

Windows Vista: Enabling Parental Controls in your Application Brian Trenbeath FUN304 Program Manager Microsoft Corporation Why Parental Controls On?Windows? Primary gateway for kids to the Internet Parents want child safety features on their?computer Governments, Parent Groups, Media, Industry are all active in this space Microsoft and Windows at heart of the?discussion Basic Approach Goals: Help protect kids from bad people Help protect kids from bad content Guiding Principles: Give parents tools so that they know what activities their children are doing on the computer Give parents the tools to help decide what activities their children can do on the computer Provide controls to help kids form accidentally hitting ‘bad’?content Provide an extensible platform so that 3rd parties will be able to add value/improve upon the work we have done Non-Goals: Prevent ‘bad’ kids from doing ‘bad’ things Be the arbiter of what is appropriate content Windows Parental Controls Windows Parental ControlsWhat users see Parental Controls Panel Logging and Activity Reporting Restriction Silos Time Limits Game Restrictions General Application Restrictions Web Restrictions 3rd Party Settings Windows Parental ControlsBuilding Blocks Windows Parental ControlsRestriction Areas Time Limits Game Restrictions General Application Restrictions Web Restrictions API’s available to tell you if an action is restricted All settings also available through WMI Windows Parental ControlsTime Limits Windows Parental ControlsTime Limits Mechanism used to enforce is a Fast User Switch (FUS) Can subscribe to a disconnect warning?event Fires at ~15 minutes before and just before the forced FUS For example, multi-user programs, or programs that use audio may want to pay attention to?this Windows Parental ControlsGame Restrictions Working in Beta 1 Parental Controls – Game?Restrictions Windows Parental ControlsGame Restrictions Closely integrated with the Games Explorer GDF’s (Game Definition Files)