How to Get Rid of the Parental Controls on Vista

One of the benefits of Windows Vista is the Parental Controls feature, which allows you to determine how much time your children or other users spend on the computer, monitor their activities and control which websites they visit. If you decide you no longer need to use Parental Controls for a user account on your computer, you can disable these controls as long as you are logged in as an administrator.

Instructions

1. Log on to the Vista computer with a user name and password that has administrator capabilities. To find out if your user account is an administrator, click "Start" and type "User Accounts" into the "Start Search" box. Open "User Accounts" and look for the word "Administrator" under your user name.

2. Click "Start" and open the "Control Panel."

3. Click "Set Up Parental Controls" under "User Accounts." The "Parental Controls" window will open.

4. Click on the name of the user for whom you want to get rid of Parental Controls.

5. Click "Off" under "Parental Controls" and then click "OK."

References

• Windows Vista Help: Set Up Parental Controls