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<?xml version="1.0"?>
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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" id="introduction">
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<info>
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<link type="guide" xref="index#setup"/>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<desc>Overview of parental controls, the <app>Parental Controls</app>
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application and its use in other situations where access restrictions are
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needed on a user.</desc>
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<link type="seealso" xref="creating-a-child-user"/>
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</info>
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<title>Introduction to Parental Controls</title>
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<p>Parental controls are a way to restrict what non-administrator accounts can
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do on the computer, with the aim of allowing parents to restrict what their
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children can do when using the computer unsupervised or under limited
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supervision.</p>
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<p>This functionality can be used in other situations – such as other
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carer/caree relationships – but is labelled as ‘parental controls’ so that
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it’s easy to find, as that’s what most people will be looking for.</p>
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<p>The parental controls for any user can be queried and set using the
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<app>Parental Controls</app> application. This lists the non-administrator
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accounts in tabs along its top bar, and shows their current parental
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controls settings below. Changes to the parental controls apply immediately.</p>
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<p>Restrictions on using the computer can only be applied to non-administrator
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accounts. The parental controls settings for a user can only be changed by
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an administrator, although the administrator can do so from the user’s
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account by entering their password when prompted by the <app>Parental
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Controls</app> application.</p>
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</page>
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