posted by admin on Jul 29
TheONEJay asked:
Ok, I don’t have the money to buy a blocking program, so I need a cheap alternitive. I’m also not a techi so I don’t understand how to use “hosts” or whatever. I need help, someone PLEASE and the putting it in the restricted section doesn’t work.
Ok, I don’t have the money to buy a blocking program, so I need a cheap alternitive. I’m also not a techi so I don’t understand how to use “hosts” or whatever. I need help, someone PLEASE and the putting it in the restricted section doesn’t work.
August 2nd, 2009 at 5:01 am
you can buy a router that allows you to block sites
August 5th, 2009 at 10:24 am
control panel - internet options - go to the security tab and add sites you want blocked in that list (sites button)
August 5th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Assuming you are using Windows XP…..
Open c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts in notepad or any other text editor.
Assuming you want to ban google, add the following line to the hosts file:
127.0.0.1
Using this method is better than using the security tab in the internet options menu as it’s harder to find by the kids.
August 7th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
One way, in Internet Explorer, is to click on ‘Tools’, ‘Internet Options’, click on the tab that says ‘Content’, at the top is Content Advisor - click on ‘Enable’ - You can then filter sites by ‘Language’, ‘Nudity’, ‘Sex’ and ‘Violence’ - by moving the bar to the right on each of these options increases the level of filtering.
JJ
August 8th, 2009 at 12:50 am
Using the hosts file is a great method, depending on why you are blocking the sites. What if I tried to explain it so that it is very easy? Would you give it a shot?
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
You just need to go to this folder.
You can go to “My Computer” then “windows” then “system32″ then “drivers” then “etc”
Now in this folder, just find the file called hosts and open it.
If it asks you what you want to open it with, just select notepad.
No go to the very bottom of this file and add the sites you want to block, and redirect them to your own computer. This is MUCH easier than it sounds. Just add this line:
127.0.0.1
You can add as many of these lines as you want, just replace the in each line with the website you want to block.
When you are done, just save the file.
Your done!
If you want to unblock them, just delete the line.