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Originally Posted by pl001
User accounts in Windows 8.1 are pretty simple. Yet they are powerful enough to monitor and control anything and everything my kids do if I want. How does Chrome compare?
Another update with 8.1 is that your configuration and app settings are saved on SkyDrive, making restores or transferring to a new device easy.
Comparisons to Windows 7 aren't really valid anymore, especially when it comes to cloud computing. Not that 8 is perfect, but it is lightyears ahead of 7.
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Admittedly, I've not tried setting up a guest account on Windows 8.
Like everything in ChromeOS, the emphasis is on simplicity, so if you're looking for fine control Windows is probably the better option.
ChromeOS machines have a Guest account available on login; you don't need to set up anything. This provides a sandboxed environment for browsing the web, with no access to anything else on the machine - though you do get a file manager with temporary storage space if you need to download things, or use the USB or SD card ports.
While you can control your own content, or install a filter extension such as WebFilter Pro, these won't prevent a savvy user from changing the settings or removing the extension.
Google does provide the ability to have administrators manage devices, but you'll need to subscribe to a Google Apps for Business (or Education) account for this, which is likely overkill for family use.
I'd expect this to be an area which will get attention with future releases of ChromeOS, but for now it's a shortcoming.
Graham