Parental Controls?

Mmartin_47

Well, just realized Parental Controls do not come with Vista Enterprise (using the .vhd running on top of VirtualPC).

To those who passed 70-620, did you find it necessary to perform the practice exercises covering Parental Controls and Content Advisor?

dynamik

They're pretty straight-forward. I wouldn't worry too much if you can't get any hands-on with them, but you should read about them and be familiar with the options since you will probably get some questions about them. 620 is more of a home-user exam.

amp2030

I used Enterprise as well for study, read the chapter on Parental Controls thoroughly in the MS Press book and tried to memorize from the pictures what the main menus are. Didn't come up in my test but I know it's covered, so worth knowing. 620 was by far the easiest MS exam I took, so don't worry too much.

jamesp1983

anyone know if there is a trial download of any other version besides enterprise?

Nobylspoon

jimmypizzle83 wrote:

anyone know if there is a trial download of any other version besides enterprise?

You have 30 days to evaluate on any version, they are all included on the same installation media.

Nobylspoon

dynamik wrote:

They're pretty straight-forward. I wouldn't worry too much if you can't get any hands-on with them, but you should read about them and be familiar with the options since you will probably get some questions about them. 620 is more of a home-user exam.

+1

The parental controls are very easy to navigate, they were designed with non-tech parents in mind.

For practice I have been offering to set up parental controls on computers parents bought their kids for Christmas. Along with setting them up with the restrictions they request I also make sure they know how to use all the parental control features so they can make adjustments on their own as they see fit.

Claymoore

I do remember a question or two about parental controls, but my only experience with them was reading about them in the Sybex study guide and the Technotes here on TechExams. That was enough for the exam.

skrpune

Nobylspoon wrote:

jimmypizzle83 wrote:

anyone know if there is a trial download of any other version besides enterprise?

You have 30 days to evaluate on any version, they are all included on the same installation media.

Very true...so you could do a virtual install of Home Premium or Ultimate if you really wanted to play around with the features of Parental Controls or Media Center, etc.

But while it does help to get hands on practice with those features, you can totally get by with reading about them. I practiced using Business edition & had no hands on with Parental Controls or Media Center but was able to do just fine with an 838. Just put a little extra effort into reviewing those areas you don't have access to and you'll be good to go.

jamesp1983

Thankfully my girlfriend's step mom has Home Premium. Parental Controls are pretty easy to configure. I forgot about all versions being present on the install media though... Thanks!!

Psoasman

I would set up some standard accounts and play with parental controls. They are very basic to use...most parents can use them. You may see a sim in this area, but if you read the sim objectives....they are pretty straightforward.

Sie

As said, I wouldnt worry. Spend the time on other areas.