Parental Controls Usage Guide

C: Creating A Bypass Account

If you have a personal computer that the children do not use you may wish to add a Bypass Account to this computer so a different level of Parental Control is applied at all times.

Bypass Accounts can only be installed on Windows computers.

• To install this click the Add a bypass account link in the top right of the page.
• There are three stages we must go through:
  1. Download the user utility program
  2. Add a Bypass Account
  3. Set the Filtering Level for the Bypass Account and log in

• Click the Download the user utility link. You will be prompted to save the Netgear User Utility file, click Save.
• Once the file has been downloaded we now need to add a bypass account for the utility to use. Click Add a bypass account.

• Enter a username and password for the bypass account, verify the password and click Add Account.

• Your new user account has now been added. We now need to set the level of protection for this bypass account, click Manage bypass account.

• Click the Edit Filtering icon

 

• Most people require bypass accounts so their computer is not subject to the protection of the Parental Controls. Because of this the default Filtering Level is Minimal which only blocks access to known phishing attacks. This is the recommended setting.
• Once you have selected your preferred Filtering Levels click Save Filtering Level.
• Next, we need to install the Bypass application. Browse to the location of the downloaded utility and double-click the install file.

• You may see a security warning asking you if you want to run this file. Click Run.
• If you are running a Windows computer you may have another security warning asking if you want to allow Netgear Parental controls User Utility to make changes to the computer. Click Yes,

• To start the installation process click Install.

• The program will now install and you will see a window advising that the program has been installed. With the Launch NETGEAR Live Parental Controls User Utility box ticked, click Finish.

• The utility will now scan for your router.

• Once found, you are asked to enter your router's username and password and click OK. By default the password is password.

You can now enter the password for your bypass account which you specified earlier and click Login.

• You are now logged in with your bypass account. You need to log in to the Netgear User Utility, which is located under the Start Button and Programs, each time you start your computer.

You should ensure that there is suitable supervised guidance when children are using a computer with a bypass account as your filtering will not apply.

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