Customizing Access Levels

Getting Started Changing the Access Level Customizing Yahoo! Services

Getting Started With Customization

When you first set up Parental Controls for the members of your household, you probably assigned one of the predefined access levels to each person, based on that person’s age. In many cases, using the default access levels works just fine. However, you may decide that you want to customize the Parental Controls for a member of your household.

Tip: Before you try to view or customize any Parental Controls settings, be sure that you’re signed in as the Primary Member for your household’s Yahoo! account. Only the Primary Member can change Parental Controls settings.

Note: For important information about using Parental Controls with Microsoft Windows Vista™, see AT&T Help.

 

Here’s How

  1. Go to the Parental Controls main settings page. The current overall settings for your household members are displayed here.

    In the settings summary window, the current Parental Control settings appear for all family members.Enlarge

  2. Click on the name of the person whose detailed settings you want to view. The Settings page appears for that person. It shows you the person’s current access level and an overview of the restrictions in each settings area (Web Filter, Email, Messenger, and Yahoo! Services).

    An individual's settings page shows the current access level and an overview of the settings in each access category.Enlarge

 

What’s Next

From here you can change the overall access level for this household member. You can also customize any of the following aspects of the person’s Parental Controls settings:

  • Web Filter: controls what the user can access using an Internet browser
  • Email: controls who the user can exchange email with
  • Messenger: controls who the user can exchange messages with
  • Yahoo! Services, such as Chat, Groups, and Message Boards

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Words to Know

  • Access level: a predefined set of access settings appropriate for a specific age range of users.
  • Primary member: the person (an adult) who has financial responsibility for a household’s AT&T Internet Access account; same as "primary account".