Windows 10 Family Safety: Set child protection correctly

Windows 10 is about to start. As one of the innovations, "Family Safety" is introduced to protect young people and children. In this article you will find out what you should set in child protection and what should be observed.

Family Safety in Windows 10: Set time limits

So that your children do not sit on the PC for too long or late at night, there is a revised parental control in Windows 10.

• You can limit your child's PC use under "Computer time" and "Time limits" on the start page of the child lock.
• A usage period (for example from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.) can be specified for each day of the week.

Family Safety in Windows 10: regulate internet networking

There are dozens of sites on the Internet that are unsuitable for children.

• Child protection comes with a pre-made "black list" of websites that are blocked.
• In addition, you can add more. You can find this function under "Web Browsing" -> "Settings" -> "Block unsuitable websites".

Family Safety in Windows 10: Schedule programs to run

Here you can set that the execution and installation of unsuitable games or programs is blocked.

• To do this, you have to enter an age limit for your child and any unsuitable games or programs will be blocked.
• To do this, set the switch to "On" under "Settings" under "Apps and Games".

Family Safety in Windows 10: Other settings

From now on, you can manage your children's accounts on the Parental Control home page and view the latest activity.

• The last websites and your child's programs are displayed there.
• The various devices of your children can be managed and restricted in the device management. There you can see at a glance which of your children is online with which device.

If you want to test Windows 10, but you want to do without a correct installation, we will show you in the next practical tip how you can install the Windows 10 preview in VirtualBox.