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20 February 2007, 01:48 PM
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Hi,
I need to block some websites off at work, because the staff are taking the P!ss with how many sites they are going on.
I now that there is somewhere withing the Windows - System32 file where you can type in the web address?
Does anyone know??
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Ellis
I need to block some websites off at work, because the staff are taking the P!ss with how many sites they are going on.
I now that there is somewhere withing the Windows - System32 file where you can type in the web address?
Does anyone know??
Many Thanks
Ellis
20 February 2007, 01:54 PM
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these pc's arnt really on a network, the only thing that is been shared is the internet connection,
im not technical enough to set up proxy's etc and i have tried to block the sites into the router but no joy,
the thing that seemed to work before was to edit this txt file which is within the system32 folder on every machine, but i have forgotten where it actually is
im not technical enough to set up proxy's etc and i have tried to block the sites into the router but no joy,
the thing that seemed to work before was to edit this txt file which is within the system32 folder on every machine, but i have forgotten where it actually is
20 February 2007, 02:16 PM
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are you talking about the hosts file for dns lookup?
if so its %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc (systemroot is the folder you chose to install windows in, ususally c:\winnt or c:\windows)
add a line that looks like
127.0.0.1 news.bbc.co.uk
or whatever site you are trying to block
if so its %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc (systemroot is the folder you chose to install windows in, ususally c:\winnt or c:\windows)
add a line that looks like
127.0.0.1 news.bbc.co.uk
or whatever site you are trying to block
20 February 2007, 03:29 PM
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Hi,
try this
127.0.0.1 messenger.hotmail.com
127.0.0.1 dp.msnmessenger.skadns.net
if the users arent too clued up you could change their windows firewall if theyre using xp sp2. just untick messenger on the exceptions list and see if that helps.
try this
127.0.0.1 messenger.hotmail.com
127.0.0.1 dp.msnmessenger.skadns.net
if the users arent too clued up you could change their windows firewall if theyre using xp sp2. just untick messenger on the exceptions list and see if that helps.
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MSN is increadebly hard to block as it has numerous servers and ip addresses plus it also uses port 80 to get out, I managed to block it on my router at home but it was not straight forward.
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i have a company where most o my mates work, tell them something and its in one ear and out of the other! ill try the few little bits and bobs above!
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