Getting Started With Parental Controls

What Is Parental Controls? What Do I Need To Do for My Family? Creating User Accounts Setting Initial Access Levels Activating Parental Controls

Activating Parental Controls

To get the full benefits of Parental Controls for online protection, especially for web filtering, you need to activate the Parental Controls client software on each computer that your children use.

Note: You must create at least one sub account before you can activate the Parental Controls client on your computer.

 

Here’s How

  1. Verify that the Parental Controls client is installed on the computer.

    If it’s not, go to the AT&T Software Center to download and install it

  2. There are several places where you can activate the Parental Controls client.

    • The first time you set the access level for a member of your family (that is, for a new sub account), you may see the following page:

      The Protect this Computer page shows that Parental Controls are currently inactive.Enlarge

    • In the This Computer panel on the Parental Controls page. (Remind me how to get there.)

      The This Computer page shows that Parental Controls are currently inactive.Enlarge

    • On the Online Protection Dashboard

  3. Click the Activate button.

  4. Restart the computer to finish activating Parental Controls.

  5. Repeat steps 1-4 for each computer that your children use.

 

What’s Next

Parental Controls with standard settings are now active on your computer or computers. You should see a small gray lock icon in the system tray of the start bar in the lower-right corner of the screen.

The Parental Controls icon, a picture of a small gray lock, appears in the system tray of the start bar.

To deactivate Parental Controls, repeat the steps shown above, but click the Deactivate button.

To learn more about specific Parental Controls features and how you can customize them, take a look at the tutorials listed below.

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Words to Know

  • Sub account: an account linked to the primary account, typically for another member of the household; same as "member account".