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Family Settings

On the

Family Settings

screen, you will be able to change the settings for a family member or add a new family

member. Click a family member’s name to change his or her Internet privileges. You will see the

All Settings

screen, which lists several categories of settings. Refer to the “All Settings” section for more information.

New Family Member

To add a new family member, click the

New Family Member

button. On the

Name & Password

screen, follow

these instructions:

1.

Enter the nickname and password that the new family member will use to access the Internet. Re-enter the

Password in the

Re-enter Password

field. Click the

Cancel

button to cancel your changes. Click the

Next

button to continue.

2.

Click the radio button next to the appropriate age category for the new family member. There are five

categories: Child (under 12), Youth (12-15), Mature Teen (16-17), Adult, and Family Manager. Read the online

category descriptions to learn what types of restrictions are enabled for each category, or refer to the

“Maturity Level” section.

3.

Click the

Back

button to return to the previous screen. Click the

Cancel

button to cancel your change. Click

the

Finish

button to save this new family member profile (the default restrictions of the age category you

select will be active).

If you want to customize the restrictions for the new family member, click the

Customize

button. You will see

the

All Settings

screen, which lists several categories of settings, such as Time, Web Browsing, E-mail, and

Instant-Messaging Restrictions. Follow the on-screen instructions; for more information, refer to the “Time

Restrictions,” “Web Browsing Restrictions,” E-mail Restrictions,” and “Instant-Messaging Restrictions”

sections. Click the

I’m Done

button when you are finished with your changes.

I’m Done

. When you have finished making changes to your Parental Controls account, click the

I’m Done

button

to exit the Parental Controls Billing & Support Center website.

Figure 6-17: New Family Member

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All Settings

For each family member you will be able to customize the following privileges:

•

Online Reporting

•

Maturity Level

•

Time Restrictions

•

Web Browsing Restrictions

•

E-mail Restrictions

•

Instant-Messaging Restrictions

•

Password

•

Delete

I’m Done

. When you have finished making changes to your Parental Controls account, click the

I’m Done

button

to exit the Parental Controls Billing & Support Center website.

Online Reporting

On the

Online Reporting

screen you can select the kinds of activities you want to monitor. There are three

categories: Web Browsing Restrictions, E-mail, and Instant Messaging. For each category, you have three levels

of monitoring available. Click the radio button next to your choice in each category.

Web Browsing Restrictions

. Select one of the following:

No reporting of Web sites visited

,

Report only

blocked Web sites

, or

Report all Web sites visited

.

E-mail

. Select one of the following:

No e-mail Reporting

,

Report only Blocked e-mail activity

, or

Report All

e-mail activity

.

Instant Messaging

. Select one of the following:

No Instant-Messaging/Chat reporting

,

Report only Blocked

Instant-Messaging/Chat activity

, or

Report all Instant-Messaging/Chat activity

.

Click the

Save

button to save your changes, or click the

Cancel

button to cancel your changes.

Figure 6-19: Online Reporting

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Maturity Level

On the

Maturity Level

screen, click the radio button next to the appropriate age category for the designated family

member. There are five categories:

Child (under 12)

. Web browsing is limited to general interest and unlisted sites. E-mail and instant-messaging

services are prohibited. Internet access is allowed from 3 PM to 8 PM on weekdays and from 8 AM to 9 PM on

weekends.

Youth (12-15)

. Web browsing is limited to “Child” categories plus sex education sites. E-mail services are

prohibited. Instant-messaging services are restricted to a list of approved correspondents. Internet access is

allowed from 3 PM to 10 PM on weekdays, and from 8 AM to 10 PM on weekends.

Mature Teen (16-17)

. Web browsing is limited to “Youth” categories plus games, lingerie and swimsuits, nudity,

and web communication sites. E-mail and instant-messaging services are prohibited. Internet access is allowed

from 3 PM to 11 PM on weekdays and from 8 AM to 11 PM on weekends.

Adult

. All services are unrestricted. This category is recommended for adults only.

Family Manager

. All services are unrestricted. Access to the Parental Controls settings is permitted. This

category is recommended for adults only.

Click the

Save

button to save your changes, or click the

Cancel

button to cancel your changes. After you select

and save the Maturity Level setting, then you can customize the other settings, such as Time, Web Browsing, E-

mail, and Instant-Messaging Restrictions.

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Time Restrictions

On the

Time Restrictions

screen, click any hour to allow or deny Internet access (green indicates allowed Internet

access, and red indicates blocked Internet access). To allow Internet access for an entire day, click the day of the

week in the

Allow All Day

row. To block Internet access for an entire day, click the day of the week in the

Block All

Day

row. If you want to reset the Time Restrictions to the default settings for a specific age category, click the

appropriate age category in the

Reset to

row. If you want to always block Internet access, click

Always Block

. If

you want to always allow Internet access, click

Always Allow

.

To cancel your changes, click

Undo Changes

. Click the

Cancel

button to cancel your changes and return to the

previous screen. Click the

Save

button to save your changes.

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Web Browsing Restrictions

On the

Web Browsing Restrictions

screen, click

Web Site Categories

if you want to block and allow Web sites by

category. Click

Blocked & Allowed Web sites

if you want to block and allow specific Web sites.

Web Site Categories

. On the

Web Site Categories

screen there are 16 categories listed:

•

Adult Content

•

Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco

•

Anonymizers

•

Criminal/Illegal Skills

•

Gambling

•

Games

•

General Interest

•

Hate/Discrimination

•

Lingerie, Swimsuits

•

Nudity

•

Personals & Dating

•

Sex Education

•

Unknown

•

Violence

•

Weapons

•

Web Communications

Click a category title for an online description of the category. Click the checkbox of a category to allow or

block access. A checkmark indicates an allowed category, while a stop sign indicates a blocked category. If

you want to reset the category blocking to the default settings for a specific age category, click the

appropriate age category in the

Reset to

row. If you want to block all categories, click

Block All

. If you want

to allow all categories, click

Allow All

.

To cancel your changes, click

Undo Changes

. Click the

Cancel

button to cancel your changes and return to

the previous screen. Click the

Save

button to save your changes.

Figure 6-23: Web Site Categories

Figure 6-22: Web Browsing Restrictions

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