KidDesktop – Bringing Computer Safety Back
Kids love computers and they instinctively want to push all those buttons on the keyboard and click on all those icons on the desktop. Even a well-meaning child can accidentally click on an important document, an older sibling’s school assignment, financial documents, treasured pictures, or more and – UH OH! – KidDesktop.com
KidDesktop is a kid-friendly Windows desktop alternative that makes it simple and safe for the kiddos to use the computer without the worry of accessing harmful web content or deleting your files or applications. With KidDesktop, your child can visit only child-friendly sites, watch videos from a personalized YouTube playlist, play games, upload pictures from a camera and view pictures locally.
When your child logs onto your computer he or she doesn’t even see the Windows desktop. Instead, the child sees a child-friendly, customized start screen and an activity bar with their own favorite activities. The desktop is icon-driven with spoken help: The start screen and Activity Bar are completely icon-driven, and even include spoken help, to make it easy for even non-reading preschoolers.
As both a teacher and a mother (and a blogger and a non-verified internet addict) I know there is great value in the web as a research tool among other things, but so much of what’s out there is unsafe for children. Instead of saying which pages or sites your child CANNOT visit, KidDesktop allows you to designate sites they CAN visit so you don’t have to know about all of the bad ones in order to block them. Each site has its own icon on the child’s activity bar. With each site you set up access for, you can decide if your child can leave the site, view pop-up ads from the site, print from the site, or download from the site.
With KidDesktop, your files are safe. Your child can’t purposefully or accidentally open, change, or delete any other files or programs installed on your computer because your child doesn’t even see those items. Children only see the KidDesktop screen with their own customized activity bar.
Even my 2.5 year old can safely use the computer now that we have installed his KidDesktop. He feels like a big kid and we aren’t worried about him downloading a virus or getting a flash of porn while he’s trying to find the next hidden letter in his online game.
Anyone can try it free for 15 days, but if you have kids that access the computer, you’re going to want to buy the full version.
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Win it! We’re giving away a fully licensed copy of KidDesktop to one lucky reader. Simply leave a comment before noon mst on December 15, 2008 to be entered in the random draw.
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December 8th, 2008 at 8:02 am
This is such a good idea.
December 8th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Our first experience with kid surfing was when we noticed our then 10 year old son had typed “nakid woman” (sic) into Yahoo search. I wondered why there were all these cached images titled “Tiffany” and “Amber” and “Starr”.
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December 8th, 2008 at 11:58 am
love the concept
December 8th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
wonderful product!
December 8th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
My 5 yo has been erally enjoying the computer. I am sure it is only a matter or time before he stumbles upon something he shouldn’t!
December 8th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
What a great idea. My 9 year old son is starting to get online and I would hate for my files to be destroyed.
December 8th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
This is a good idea! My kiddo is just starting to get interested in the computer so something like this would be great.
December 8th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Sounds like something we could really use. Thanks for the chance.
December 8th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
I like that it is icon driven so my almost four-year old will be able to use it, as well as my 10 year old. Thanks.
December 8th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
great product
December 8th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
love it
December 8th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Great prize!
December 8th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Nice contest.
December 8th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
I am a teacher, and When my grandson comes over, the first thing he does is run to my laptop, because he knows I will let him play the educational games that I have set up for my students.I am always afriad that he will accidentally delete some of my work, or students scores. This would be a fantastic tool for me, and one that I could recommend to other parents.
December 8th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Brilliant! This would come in very handy!
December 8th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
My little guy is only 1 but this would be great to have just so we can get prepared. Thanks for the giveaway.
December 8th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
nice
December 8th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
great product.
December 9th, 2008 at 9:35 am
count me in
December 9th, 2008 at 11:12 am
This would be awesome, thanks!
December 9th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I would love to win this great prize.
December 9th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Now that is a great idea!!! count us in!
December 9th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
This would be awesome to have for my boys.
December 9th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
My almost 4 year old son has been playing a preschool game on daddy’s old laptop. I worry that one day he will go exploring…
This is a great concept!
December 9th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Cool!
December 9th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Very nice.
December 10th, 2008 at 11:43 am
I like it.
December 10th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Count me in please!
December 11th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
This would be great for my family.
December 11th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
enter me
December 11th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Please enter me. Thanks.
Heidi
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December 11th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
This would be great for my daughter who is 4.
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December 12th, 2008 at 1:27 am
you know this is really great…now i need to win another computer for him
December 12th, 2008 at 11:22 am
I would love an opportunity to try this out.
December 12th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
We could totally use this at our house.
December 13th, 2008 at 3:33 am
wow, what a wonderful idea, let me tell you
we have had our share of surprise search results.
December 13th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Terrific
December 13th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Great gift! A great product!
December 13th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
hi,please enter me I want to win
December 13th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
count me in
December 13th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Thanks for another great giveaway. If i would win this, i would give it to my best friend whom has one of her kids at the age where he’s wanting to be on the computer.
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December 13th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
PLEASE COUNT ME IN ON THIS AWESOME GIVEAWAY
December 14th, 2008 at 2:10 am
I’d love this for the grandkids
December 14th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Though my son is really good about only going on sites specified by me, I have two nieces who have surfed themselves into sites I wouldn’t go to. This would be really nice to have, not only for my kids, but for my kids friends who play on the computers at my house as well!
December 14th, 2008 at 10:53 am
enter me
December 14th, 2008 at 11:49 am
we could use this
December 14th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
This is a really need idea – my kids would love this!
December 14th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
This would be great for my youngest niece. She has an older sister that is allowed to go on a few sites that she isn’t allowed to go on and this would help her feel like it’s her computer too and her mom would feel more secure.
Thanks for the nice giveaway.
December 14th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
My nephew is 12 and he is into everything and we need some extra extra monitoring for him and his little sister
December 14th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
I love the concept of it. Cute.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
What a great product, thanks for offering such a great giveaway.
December 14th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
I think this is a great idea, and even if I don’t win will at least give the free trial a whirl!
December 14th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
we need this for our kids compiuter in the shop from too many accidentaly downloads!!
December 14th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Would love to give this a try–thanks!
December 14th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
This is great!! When my son gets on the computer all my icons are all rearranged.
December 15th, 2008 at 1:26 am
I have a nine year old and a six year old that love to get online to play games and watch music videos. However, I have found that some sites that appear to be designed with children in mind, have chat and other features that I do not approve my children using. Often, it is something I do not recognize straight away, thus it causes some strife whenever I must ban them from visiting such sites. It would make me feel so much more secure having a product such as this installed on our computer and would allow me to have more control on their surfing abilities, which is something I truly believe is necessary in today’s advanced society.
December 15th, 2008 at 4:34 am
I need this.
December 15th, 2008 at 9:39 am
This is a great concept especially since my youngest son is starting to get onto the computer more and more. THanks for a great giveaway
December 15th, 2008 at 10:01 am
This would be great. Maybe it will prevent her from downloading those stupid screensavers that EVERY SINGLE KID SITE likes to push. *grrrrr*
December 15th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!
December 15th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
WOW great idea. my kids are just now wanting computer time so this would come in handy.
December 15th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Good luck!