Chapter 4
Parental Control Software Reviews
NetNanny
Price: $39.95
System Requirements: Windows XP Home or Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4 or greater, Windows Me, Windows 98 Second Edition or Windows 98 with Service Pack 1; Pentium or AMD Athlon (K6/2 or higher) processor; 32Mb of RAM; 50 Mb free disk space; dial-up or broadband Internet connection; Internet Explorer 5 or greater. Requires Windows-based PC.
This is a powerful suite of tools that make it easy for a parent to set internet access rules and enforce them. Parents should set up individual Windows accounts and make them users, NOT administrators. I was able to bypass the program entirely using Windows administrator privileges and Taskman+, a free download I install on all of my Windows machines that increases application-killing ability of the built-in task manager.
Likes: Simple administrative interface, easy logging in/out, easy-to-configure time limiting, internet application blocking, monitored irc chatting allowed
Dislikes: Product can be bypassed with savvy and a Windows administrator account. A nerdy kid could probably figure it out. Also, program loads on all Windows logins, you have to create an unrestricted user for full access to the internet.
Overall: * * * out of five
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