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    can i stop other people from going on certain sites from my laptop

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Jairo21, Dec 30, 2008.

  1. Jairo21

    Jairo21 Notebook Enthusiast

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    G'day,
    I was wondering whether I could restrict people in my household from going on certain things on the internet. But I was wondering how to do it, is it possible to do it from my laptop so that they will not be able to go on certain things from their laptop? If so that would be great.
     
    Jairo21, Dec 30, 2008
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    daljeet Notebook Evangelist

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    Which browser you are using ?
     
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    Evaders99 Notebook Consultant

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    Make an administrator account and enable file sharing in Windows. Make sure you can get to their c: drive and put the sites you want to block into the hosts file (doing a redirect to localhost or something)
     
    Evaders99, Dec 30, 2008
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  4. Jairo21

    Jairo21 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Daljeet, Do you mean firefox? i can use ie as well. How do i make the admistrator account and file sharing and enable filesharing. and redirecting im probably going to have problems with
     
    Jairo21, Dec 30, 2008
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  5. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    Do you use a wireless router?
     
    Xirurg, Dec 30, 2008
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    zephyrus17 Notebook Deity

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    If so, you can just go into the wireless router setup page and enter the websites that you don't want to be visited unless a password is provided.
     
    zephyrus17, Dec 30, 2008
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    no just a normal modem with 4 ports
     
    Jairo21, Dec 30, 2008
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Do you know the exact domain names and/or IP addresses of the sites you wish to block?
     
    Shyster1, Dec 30, 2008
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