
Choose the user you would like to set up Family Safety for. Select User Accounts and Family Safety, then Set up Family Safety for any user.ģ. (Alternatively you can search for Control Panel on the Start menu.)Ģ. To turn on Family Safety, or change any user account, move your mouse to the bottom left of the screen, right click and then choose Control Panel. This offers greater control for you over what your children can do, it separates them from anything potentially unsuitable that’s on your account and also prevents them from accidentally damaging anything of yours.ġ.

On a shared computer, and especially one used by children, it’s important for everyone to have their own user account and login. Parents using Windows 8 can switch on Family Safety, which is a great improvement over the controls offered by Windows 7.
