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??

Many Thanks

Ellis

 

How many PC's? Are they stand alone, workgroup or on a domain? Best way is a proxy server and point each machine through that.

 

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

 

You probably mean the hosts file:

c:\%windows folder%\system32\drivers\etc\host

Add what you require and point them at 127.0.0.1

 

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

 

hi, yeah thats it!

What do i need to add to block msn messenger

 

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.

 

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.

 

Possibly, just tell them not to and introduce a policy ?

 

Uninstall it... and as above, anyone caught with it gets the chop

 

buy yourself ISA and Websense for a proxy server and I'll pop over and set it up for you I *AM* Big Brother

 

msn also has msnweb so you dont need to download the program just sign on the net.

 

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!