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- Price: Free to try (31-day trial); $29.90 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: May 01, 2007
- Total Downloads: 40,322
- Downloads last week: 31
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 30 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
True to its name, Child Control gives you a number of creative ways to control your kids' use of the computer.
For instance, it lets you restrict access to games or other applications to a certain amount of time per day, or you can set the PC to automatically shut down after a certain hour. If you're concerned about your child's Web-surfing activities, you can block sites that contain blacklisted words. Monitoring PC usage in your absence won't be a problem, as Child Control can send reports via e-mail. With special temporary-access codes, you can even extend usage time while you're away.
The application is decently protected against youthful computer prodigies; although kids will be able to see the utility via the Start menu, they must have the master password to disable it. For added protection, Child Control can disable the Task Manager along with other Windows system functions. Perhaps even more important, the interface is clean and won't confuse most parents.
All told, Child Control makes a nice pick for parents who want to keep an eye on their youngsters' doings on the computer.
Publisher's description
From Salfeld Computer :The software lets you set time limits for the PC and the Internet, and block or filter unwanted Internet content. You can limit access to internal Windows components and personal folders. A protocol informs you as to what happens on your computer and when. Access is protected via a password.
Version 9.39 fixes bugs for Windows Vista.
What's new in this version:
improved performance (less background activity) improved compatibility with common online games
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Version: Child Control 2007 9.39
"A great program... that just doesn't work."
Pros: The idea for this program is great - it does what Windows Vista does, combined with what various third party filters do, and then does a bit more!
The interface, while a little complex at times, is quite intuitive, and if you read the help file, it is easy to understand. It has loads of features, that all work well with each other, and this program SHOULD have got a four of five star rating...
Cons: ... however, it got one star from me. Why? It just doesn't work. Not in that it doesn't do what it's meant to - as far as I could tell, it was working. The problem was - I couldn't see very far, as the program KEPT CRASHING.
I first installed it on my Windows XP machine. I've tried a number of programs like this, and often recommend them to clients, and I thought this one might become the top of my recommended list. I fired up the program, and it seemed to be working! It detected all the user accounts, and enabled me to set up settings for them. It was all very neat.
I closed it to the system tray to test the web filter. I opened up IE and it blocked my homepage as expected. Then stopped. As it wasn't doing it anymore, I opened up the settings box to try and see what was going on. No luck - the box wouldn't event open. I closed it and opened it a few times... it decided to terminate svhost.exe without my permission and Windows restarted itself, before rebooting telling me that 'This error was caused by software you recently installed. We strongly recommend you uninstall this software.' Oh dear! I decided it probably wasn't worth it - that can't happen to a client even once, seriously - so I went into the control panel to uninstall it.
The uninstall panel opened and asked me for my password. I gave it, and it loaded the install program... and crashed. It terminated explorer.exxe, which Windows restarted for me, then WinLogon.exe, which made Windows stop responding... then svhost.exe again, so Windows restarted again. This was repeated twice more, just to see if has any effect, before I was forced to boot to safe mode, just to get rid of it.
From there, I noticed that you don't require a password when uninstalling from safe mode, so that's an easy security measure to bypass.
Oddly enough, it never reached my Vista PC. All in all, very disappointed. I would advise against installing it if you do not know how to deal with error such as this - just in case it happens to you.
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