Often a computer is used by the whole family. All modern operating systems support multi-user operation. But children and adults require a different protection against faulty operation of the computer and the dangers that lurk on the Internet.
Since I was recently put on sometimes a PC with Windows 7, which is to be used by two generations, I was able to get to know the parental control of Microsoft. General safety measures:
Both Mac and the PC should be set up for young and old user accounts without administrator rights and at least enable the firewall with the operating system supplied. In Windows 7 to a virus scanner is essential. A backup of your data using standard tools or additional software is also very useful.
Components of a child safety:
As a father for me are the following functions to protect children on the computer important:
- a time limit
- the restriction of programs
- Web filter a highly adaptable
Implementation on Mac and Windows 7
MacOS 10.6 (aka Snow Leopard) and Windows 7 (with restrictions) meet these requirements. The difference lies in the implementation.
I'll start with the time limitation. On the Mac can be an exact period of time (minimum 30 min) for the weekdays and the weekend set separately, so that the child be divided his time at the computer. In Windows 7 you can share the other hand, only certain hours a day for computer use. The long faces are at least then the kids when they play outside, and only then should not the computer. Otherwise you would have to constantly adjust the times.
Sun suboptimal as the time limit for Windows 7 is also regulated by the restriction of programs. As an administrator, you can get a list of over 100 that is executable files (*. Exe) set although they actually intended to share only the browser. The result is that we are free either too much or too little files. In my case it was too little, so I had when you first registered with the account of the child to share at least another 20 files.
Are you on Mac Firefox is free to do so a single application - that's it. Furthermore, there you have the opportunity to unlock unique applications. On Windows, - off or on for ever.
The web filter initially found in Windows 7 is not available. The article on youth protection in the current ct 'assisted me. For the web filter you need the free program Family Safety , which can live but only gets a Windows account. Apple retains customers in themselves, but not so clumsy. Much worse is that the complete configuration and the activity logs only through the website and view are set. And who wants to have his child on the Internet web requests to a server from Microsoft, which is most likely not even in Germany. I do not.
Therefore, you should disable this option, but then the Webverhalten the child no longer understand.
Conclusion: Noted the positive side, the child protection is now included in all Windows versions. The implementation gets enough of me to note in terms of data security but insufficient. With Apple's parental controls are all components under the system settings in one place. They are fine-grained set and the data remains on your machine. The Parental Control on a Mac is so for me the clear winner in this little comparison. The best protection is, however, when you discover along with the child's computer and the Internet, and it points to dangers. The road to do it, too.
Often a computer is used by the whole family. All modern operating systems support multi-user operation. But children and adults require a different protection against faulty operation of the computer and the dangers that lurk on the Internet. Since I was recently put on sometimes a PC with Windows 7, which is to be used by two generations, I was able to get to know the parental control of Microsoft. General safety measures: both on Mac and the PC should be set up for young and old user accounts without administrator rights and at least enable the firewall with the operating system supplied. In Windows 7 to a virus scanner is essential. A backup of your data using standard tools or additional software is also very useful. Components of a parental control: As a father for me are the following functions to protect children on the computer important: a time limit, the restriction of programs, a highly adaptable Web filtering implementation on Mac and Windows 7: MacOS 10.6 (aka Snow Leopard) and Windows 7 (with restrictions ) meet these requirements. The difference lies in the implementation. I'll start with the time limitation. On the Mac can be an exact period of time (minimum 30 min) for the weekdays and the weekend set separately, so that the child be divided his time at the computer. In Windows 7 you can share the other hand, only certain hours a day for computer use. The long faces are at least then the kids when they play outside, and only then should not the computer. Otherwise you would have to constantly adjust the times. Sun suboptimal as the time limit for Windows 7 is also regulated by the restriction of programs. As an administrator, you can get a list of over 100 that is executable files (*. Exe) set although they actually intended to share only the browser. The result is that we are free either too much or too little files. In my case it was too little, so I had when you first registered with the account of the child to share at least another 20 files. Are you on Mac Firefox is free to do so a single application - that's it. Furthermore, there you have the opportunity to unlock unique applications. On Windows, - off or on for ever. The web filter initially found in Windows 7 is not available. The article on youth protection in the current ct 'assisted me. For the web filter you need the free Family Safety program, which can live but only gets a Windows account. Apple retains customers in themselves, but not so clumsy. Much worse is that the complete configuration and the activity logs only through the website and view are set. And who wants to have his child on the Internet web requests to a server from Microsoft, which is most likely not even in Germany. I do not. Therefore, you should disable this option, but then the Webverhalten the child no longer understand. Conclusion: Positive hold, is that child protection is now included in all Windows versions. The implementation gets enough of me to note in terms of data security but insufficient. With Apple's parental controls are all components under the system settings in one place. They are fine-grained set and the data remains on your machine. The Parental Control on a Mac is so for me the clear winner in this little comparison. The best protection is, however, when you discover along with the child's computer and the Internet, and it points to dangers. The road to do it, too.
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