Windows Vista - Parental Controls (How To)

If you are concerned about what your children are surfing on the internet or want to restrict them on the time spent in browsing, you may use the built-in Parental Controls to do the restriction… if your computer is running on Windows Vista.

Windows Vista comes with Parental Controls (not for Windows XP). Even though it is not very powerful, it still serves the purpose.

Assuming you already have a user account created for the child, follow the steps below to block their usage:-

1. Start > Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety.
2. Click “Set up parental controls for any user” and select the user account that you want to control the access.
3. Click “Time limits” and then click on the blue box next to “Blocked”.
4. Use the grid to set blocks of time when your child can use the computer.

With this setup, your child will not be able to log on during blocked times. If the child has already logged on when time limits expire, he/she will be automatically logged off by the system.

For details, you may refer to:-
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/products/family/vista.mspx

As a parent, if you willing to spend money, then you can consider getting “Advanced Parental Control” for a better control (can also monitor the usage of your PC).

	Advanced Parental Control (BuyNow)

Thermal Cooker (焖烧锅)

Another money saving’s tip…

焖烧锅(Thermal Cooker)是近年来流行的一种新型节能锅。它分为内外两层，内层是金属锅，外层是保温材料，将内锅放在火上，里面的汤水烧开后拎到外锅里，盖好，过几个小时就可取出来吃了，汤、粥、饭，都可以用它来煮。

它利用保温材料或真空断热原理阻隔空气，内锅沸腾的热气不会流失，反而在锅内循环，自四面八方为食物加热，免电免煤气免照顾，时候一到自然就是一道热熟的美味佳肴。

它最大的优点就是放进去后就不用管它了，因为不需要火,不需要电，不会有任何安全隐患，你大可以放心去上班、逛街、睡觉，到时候取出来吃就行。

焖烧锅适用于炖、熬、焖等料理，依照食谱指示控制烹调过程,才能恰到好处。焖烧内锅借助其它炉具将食物加热至沸腾2~15分钟再移置焖烧外锅中盖紧。

根据研究，焖烧锅可节省约60%-80%的煮食时间。

总之它的好处可以: 省时！省能源！简便！炖汤，炖肉，排骨汤，熬粥,蒸蛋，新鲜可口的美味任你享受！还有一个关键,就是在焖煮过程中营养保持绝佳！