Family Safety for Windows Live Photo Gallery

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Internet safety for children can be strengthened with family-friendly software.

Parents can use Windows Live Essentials' Family Safety to monitor their children's use of Essentials' Live Photo Gallery, related programs and the Internet in general.

  1. Windows Live Photo Gallery

    • Live Photo Gallery facilitates the organization, editing and sharing of photos. Editing tools let you swap elements of photos, such as by moving people into different backgrounds. Photos can also be directly uploaded from Live Photo Gallery to Windows Live Spaces, and social networking sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Flickr. These features raise the level of fun and creativity, but they also raise the raise question: "How safe is Live Photo Gallery for children?"

    Family Safety

    • Parents can restrict and monitor children's usage of Live Photo Gallery by employing Family Safety, another program in the Windows Live Essentials suite. Using the Family Safety filter outside of the suite, parents can also set boundaries for and monitor time spent on the computer, games played, programs used and sites visited.

    Windows Live Essentials

    • Family Safety and Live Photo Gallery are two of the Microsoft suite of free programs packaged in Windows Live Essentials 2011. Other programs included in the suite include: Messenger, Movie Maker, Windows Live Mesh, Writer (a blogging platform), Messenger Companion (a social networking tool) and more.

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