Alternate Uses for our Parental Controls - FAQs

Small Business- Inter Office Use

How can I monitor and improve my employees’ productivity?

Solution: Ez Content Control

• Records chat time in Google, Skype, Instant Messenger and more so you can recommend more efficient use of office time by showing your employees logs of their undesired activity.
• Monitors internet traffic to block the access of websites and files which may otherwise interrupt and be distracting impeding employee productivity.

How can I remotely control employee’s use of computers after hours?

Solution: Ez PC Lock

• Control employees’ usage hours on PCs to ensure they are only using computers during work hours.

How can I save on my office PC electricity bills and encourage my office to go more “Green”?

Solution: Ez PC Lock

• Auto shut down or reboot computers (and shared computers) everyday prior or at business close saving on electricity bills when computers are not in use.

How can I improve the performance of my PC cleaning system (which might take hours to run) at the end of a work day?

Solution: Ez OFF or Ez PC Lock

• Set up PC cleaning system at a certain time each day and when it is complete, you can either set up PC Shutdown at the same time each day or use Ez PC Lock to remotely shut down after cleaning application is finished.

How can I keep up with my boss’ or other partner colleagues’ activity since work hour collaboration is difficult?

Solution: Ez Content Control

• Log where your boss or partner is and what he/she is doing to ensure you are keeping up with their activity. Especially useful during “swamped” times where communication and collaboration is important, but not done effectively.

How can I see who is unauthorized (unknown) using my computer?

Solution: Ez Content Control

• Check staff, HR or your boss using your computer while you are not in your office.

How do I log hours and bill clients?

Solution: Ez Content Control

• Used as tool to keep a simple activity log of software and internet usage so employees doing projects can look at usage logs after work is complete to bill clients and monitor billing hours.

How can I have documentation for dismissal of problem employees wrongfully using their PCs?

Solution: Ez Content Control

• Provides documentation for dismissal of suspected problem employee (real documentation/logs of activity), incase employee takes company to court for his/her idea of wrongful dismissal
• Allows for monitoring of employees that might take advantage of inappropriate usage of their PCs while the boss is not present.
• Although might be construed as spying, can be used as a possible proactive safeguard letting staff know their activity can be monitored if there is suspicion of wrongful use of computers (staff would be less likely to abuse office PC resources)

How can I protect proprietary and confidential company information?

Solution: Ez Content Control

• Protects and blocks access to productivity, copyrights, trade secrets and improper downloads.

How can I stop employees from tying up valuable network bandwidth?

Solution: Ez Content Control

• Blocks inappropriate websites and applications that can have large files attached (e.g. pictures, applications and videos) which would tie up and slow down more important company network traffic.

Home Use

In addition to limiting computer time and protecting children against chat room predators, cyber bullies and offensive spam, here are some alternative uses in the home: Home Use How can I control privacy – e.g. planning parties for my family?

Solution: Ez Content Control

• Provides privacy when you need to order gift items to ensure family member’s “prying eyes” cannot see your party planning activities.
• Controls can be turned on and off quickly and easily while you serf - for example when you order a gift you can turn off the software while you shop online, then re-activating Ez Content Control when you are finished shopping keeping your activities private.

How can I check up on my spouse for legal or general domestic battle purposes?

Solution: Ez Content Control

• Check who your spouse is communicating with.

How can a PC be used to monitor my child’s curfew or husband’s online gambling?

Solution: Ez Content Control

• Check who is up late at night.

How can I control my child’s use of computers attached to a wireless network when I’m not there?

Solution: Ez PC Lock

• Control all computers and notebooks within range of your wireless router by installing server software on your PC, but client software on your child’s PC.

School Use

How can my school track what kids are doing that they shouldn’t be doing?

Solution: Ez Content Control

• Confront children that are surfing content that is not appropriate on public or your computer and ensure they are doing real school work.

How can I shut down all the computers in my class/library instead of manually having to shut each computer?

Solution: Ez OFF

• Automatically shut down computers at the end of each school day after school lessons are finished.

How can I have remote control of networked PCs in my laboratory or computer classroom while conducting verbal computer lessons?

Solution: Ez PC Lock

• Freeze (or wake up) all computers while conducting computer lessons to control student access to the PC during computer lesson time ensuring they pay close attention verbal instructions while you are in front of the classroom.

Business/Center Internet Kiosk and Cyber Café Use

How can my business bill and control internet usage to make money?

Solution: Ez Content Control

• Control computer access and charge for internet usage at internet café’s, hotels, cruise ships, hospitals and restaurants, colleges, learning centres, law chambers and youth centres etc.

How can I control a customer’s usage time on a PC from their time of pre-ordering PC time at the cashier to the time they sit down at the computer?

Solution: Ez PC Lock

• Control customer PC usage time by allowing a cashier to unfreeze PC remotely when a customer sits down at the computer.
• Set the amount of time to automatically freeze it again after customer leaves PC station. Frees staff from having to approach customer when customers prepaid PC time is up; and freeze window can be set to display a customer centric message for customer to kindly go to counter to book more time if they wish to continue use.

Christian Programming for the Home and Pastors Use

How can I control web content other than Christian content and programs?

Solution: Ez Content Control

• Blocks programs and content other than Christian content to ensure your entire family and or church views the internet with a “Christian Perspective”.
• Blocks spam, porn and other undesirable content. Passive Anti Virus Use

Passive Anti Virus Use

How can I control my office, home or school from potential viruses?

Solution:Ez OFF, Ez PC Lock and Ez Content Control

• Passively control the amount of potential computer viruses contracted by PC users by controlling the amount of time to possibly contract and be exposure to viruses.
• Control access to sites and web email which might contain a higher propensity to contain viruses including: porn sites, unknown sender web email attachments, illegal online stores, adult chat rooms etc.