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cboshdave's avatar
cboshdave
Aspirant
Oct 06, 2016
Solved

Disable Live Parental Controls button

I have setup netgear genie which seems good on the surface, but my kids just figured out another weakness.  There is a netgear genie icon on the desktop.  Click it, select parental controls and low a...
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  • DexterJB's avatar
    DexterJB
    Jul 27, 2017

    Hi cboshdave,

     

    The LPC (Live Parental Controls) filter will only work with browsers and not actual installed games.

     

    Regards,

     

    Dexter

    Community Team

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bennettg
Aspirant
Jul 21, 2017

So Dexter, does it look like a password protect will not be added to the desktop app and I should just delete it and use the web interface? I just want to know if I should wait for this seemingly easy fix/update or unistall and use the web only.

Thanks

DexterJB's avatar
DexterJB
NETGEAR Moderator
Jul 27, 2017

Hi cboshdave,

 

The LPC (Live Parental Controls) filter will only work with browsers and not actual installed games.

 

Regards,

 

Dexter

Community Team