The first pane in the Safety Settings dialog box is General, which offers three basic settings of surfing restrictions: high, medium, and low. You’ll notice that clicking each button changes the settings in the other panes, so you can use this as a basic way to set restrictions. If you’d prefer a set of custom settings, you can make those changes individually in the other panes; the setting in this pane will then automatically become Custom.

Click the Exit Preferences button to close the Safety Settings window. You can also close the window by clicking the close box.

You can quickly select a homepage theme for the browser by using the menu at the top of the section. There are more options available for customizing the homepage on the Homepage tab.

When the Safety Settings window is open, all restrictions on internet use are disabled. This lets parents examine Web sites without the child protection features interfering. The browser displays a reminder when the Safety Settings window is left open behind other windows.