Windows Live Family Safety Service - what is it?
In this practical tip, we explain what the Windows service "Windows Live Family Safety Service" is all about.
Windows Live Family Safety Service - Microsoft's comprehensive protection of minors
The "Windows Live Family Safety Service" is a special protection of minors from Microsoft. It was developed for the newer version from Windows 7. When you install the service, you have a special website and a free program that allows you to prohibit and monitor certain activities of your little ones. You can use these functions with "Windows Live Family Safety Service":
- Family Safety Filter: This is the free program that you can download here. This means that you have extensive settings that you can apply to the account to be protected. Among other things, you can determine the time how long your child can sit in front of the computer or prohibit certain programs on the PC.
- Family Safety website: This website allows you to edit all settings for the protected accounts centrally via the Internet. To do this, log in with your Windows account. In addition, the activity report and surfing behavior of your children can also be viewed here.
- Windows parental controls: Windows parental controls are preinstalled as standard from Windows 7. It is also activated when you install "Windows Live Family Service". Here you can define the rights of the individual user accounts.
You can download the complete package of the "Windows Live Family Safety Service" here for free. Read here how to limit time access to your PC under Windows 7.