Windows Vista Parental Controls and Virtual Public School Sites

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I really loved the parental controls until... I discovered my son could not
do all his schoolwork. I have tried editing the controls to allow the
unitedstreaming website, etc. all to no avail. Does anyone have any
suggestions. I have a child that will do what he isn't supposed to with
parental controls turned off but with them turned on he can't do what he is
supposed to. I feel caught between a rock and a hardspot.

For those that don't know unitedstreaming is an educational part of the
Discovery networks and is used extensively by virtual public schools. It
also uses other tools like Brainpop and I don't think that works either. It
seems anything that requires a video to play will not work.

Please help!
 
Re: Parental Controls and Virtual Public School Sites


NoNicky62;536405 Wrote:
> I really loved the parental controls until... I discovered my son could
> not do all his schoolwork. I have tried editing the controls to allow
> the unitedstreaming website, etc. all to no avail. Does anyone have any
> suggestions. I have a child that will do what he isn't supposed to with
> parental controls turned off but with them turned on he can't do what he
> is supposed to. I feel caught between a rock and a hardspot.
>
> For those that don't know unitedstreaming is an educational part of the
> Discovery networks and is used extensively by virtual public schools.
> It
> also uses other tools like Brainpop and I don't think that works
> either. It
> seems anything that requires a video to play will not work.
>
> Please help!


Has the "streaming.discoveryeducation.com" URL been correctly added to
the allowed websites list?


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Re: Parental Controls and Virtual Public School Sites

At this moment I'm not really sure. The problem I had has gone from bad to
worse and I can do nothing with that computer at the moment. I thought I
would try Advanced Parental Controls. They are highly rated when I checked
them out. I thought I was disabling the parental controls for the "Mom &
Dad" account. Instead the program disabled the "Mom & Dad" account which
happens to be the only administrator account on that computer and was of
course, the account which controlled the program. Now I can not even restore
the computer to a time before the APC program was installed because Vista
asks me for an administrative password but doesn't give me a spot to enter it
because the only administrative account is disabled. I don't even know if it
will let me reimage the computer to the factory settings and if I have to go
that far I can guarantee you one program I won't be purchasing...

"dzomlija" wrote:

>
> NoNicky62;536405 Wrote:
> > I really loved the parental controls until... I discovered my son could
> > not do all his schoolwork. I have tried editing the controls to allow
> > the unitedstreaming website, etc. all to no avail. Does anyone have any
> > suggestions. I have a child that will do what he isn't supposed to with
> > parental controls turned off but with them turned on he can't do what he
> > is supposed to. I feel caught between a rock and a hardspot.
> >
> > For those that don't know unitedstreaming is an educational part of the
> > Discovery networks and is used extensively by virtual public schools.
> > It
> > also uses other tools like Brainpop and I don't think that works
> > either. It
> > seems anything that requires a video to play will not work.
> >
> > Please help!

>
> Has the "streaming.discoveryeducation.com" URL been correctly added to
> the allowed websites list?
>
>
> --
> dzomlija
>
> ____________________________________
> Peter Alexander Dzomlija
> Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? -And as
> you die, so shall I be Reborn-...
>
> - ASUS A8N32-SLI-Deluxe
> - AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4800+
> - 4GB DDR400
> - 128MB ASUS nVidia 6600 PCI-Express
> - Thermaltake Tai-Chi Watercooled Chassis
> - 1207GB Total Formatted Storage
> - Vista Ultimate x64
> - CodeGear Delphi 2007See my rig at:
> http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/ee312/Dzomlija/Venus/
>
> My Weblog:
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Re: Parental Controls and Virtual Public School Sites

On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:19:01 -0800, NoNicky62
<NoNicky62@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I really loved the parental controls until... I discovered my son could not
>do all his schoolwork. I have tried editing the controls to allow the
>unitedstreaming website, etc. all to no avail. Does anyone have any
>suggestions. I have a child that will do what he isn't supposed to with
>parental controls turned off but with them turned on he can't do what he is
>supposed to. I feel caught between a rock and a hardspot.


Look, if you keep on making a big deal about porn, your kid is gonna
wonder what all the fuss is about and be more determined to view it
than ever!
 
Re: Parental Controls and Virtual Public School Sites


Paul Knudsen;538922 Wrote:
> Look, if you keep on making a big deal about porn, your kid is gonna
> wonder what all the fuss is about and be more determined to view it than
> ever!


Paul, are you a parent? Your statement is crude and uncalled for. This
is a Vista NG, not a parenting NG!


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____________________________________
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Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? -And as
you die, so shall I be Reborn-...

- ASUS A8N32-SLI-Deluxe
- AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4800+
- 4GB DDR400
- 128MB ASUS nVidia 6600 PCI-Express
- Thermaltake Tai-Chi Watercooled Chassis
- 1207GB Total Formatted Storage
- Vista Ultimate x64
- CodeGear Delphi 2007See my rig at:
http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/ee312/Dzomlija/Venus/

My Weblog:
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Re: Parental Controls and Virtual Public School Sites


"Paul Knudsen" <pknudsen@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:kflml35s056okk1hh91elr8ah3mng947d6@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:19:01 -0800, NoNicky62
> <NoNicky62@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I really loved the parental controls until... I discovered my son could
>>not
>>do all his schoolwork. I have tried editing the controls to allow the
>>unitedstreaming website, etc. all to no avail. Does anyone have any
>>suggestions. I have a child that will do what he isn't supposed to with
>>parental controls turned off but with them turned on he can't do what he
>>is
>>supposed to. I feel caught between a rock and a hardspot.

>
> Look, if you keep on making a big deal about porn, your kid is gonna
> wonder what all the fuss is about and be more determined to view it
> than ever!
>


While that is the Smart answer it does nothing to allay this parents real
concerns. NN please come back and tell me what you did and found difficult
in setting up PCs.
 
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