Windows Vista, the new operating system of Microsoft, will include a control panel for parental controls. Using these controls, parents can limit their child’s online activities, the types of games that their child can play, and more.

Vista also has the capablity to track the sites that the child visited online. Parents can set a control by age group or categories such as tobacco and alcohol. It also tracks other online activies which includes tracking who the child has emailed.

Parents can also program what kind of things a child can download.