XPcop for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffNovember 7, 2008

This application claims to protect your children against harmful Web sites, but most of the principal features presented don't work. XPCop allows you to create multiple user accounts with personalized accessibility settings. Using its basic interface, you can set the usage settings, bandwidth allotments, and block and allow specific sites and programs. You also can disable some of the options found in the Start menu, Control Panel and Internet Explorer, and even restrict users from accessing particular drives. Unfortunately, XPCop doesn't perform any of these functions properly during testing and the help button follows suit by providing no information. We couldn't successfully hide any of the options selected and it wasn't effective at Web site blocking either. Parents will need to keep an eye out for a more functional utility.