Configure your computer to block sites easy, but unfortunately it is also easy for people (your children, for example) to modify the Windows HOSTS file to cancel. To avoid this we need to change at least two user accounts.
A bill will be a moderator (you) and the second account a limited user account (the children). Your Administrator account should have a strong password that nobody else knows (especially children). The limited user account (s)do not have the password, but can, if desired.
limited user accounts to prevent people from changing the computer. Then your children will not be able to develop new software, change system settings or delete files to install.
The creation of the driver and a limited user accounts are easy, but it is within walking distance. So I have a section that shows how a limited account on Windows XP and Vista. I would also like to see how a managerAccount
Make sure you are an administrator and limited user accounts are created, before reading the rest of this article.
How to make the computer find websites
Before you start talking about the Windows Hosts file, you can see how your computer finds sites.
Before You open your Web browser (Internet Explorer or Firefox).
The second type a URL, and then give http://www.yahoo.com.
The third computer will search the Windows hosts file for IP addressyahoo.com this IP address is displayed as 206.190.60.37.
Fourth As your hosts file has an entry for your computer yahoo.com query DNS servers TCP / IP settings for the IP address of yahoo.com.
The fifth computer to obtain the IP address for yahoo.com yahoo.com home page and the browser allows.
Thus, five steps above is actually a simple explanation of how you and your computer will have a website.
Block websites with Windows hostFile
Ok, since we now know that our computer search sites locally first (hosts file) that can change the contents of the hosts file I know our PC Access on the Web site is NEVER necessary. Sounds confusing sort eh?
Basically this means that instead of us in our hosts file will not load if the value of the land to 127.0.0.1 (which is the computer). Here's an example.
Your children are very myspace. Com O and put all kindsnasty virus (yes, many viruses from MySpace). com pages. You must have an end. Here's how:
First Log on as administrator
According Click Start (or in the small world of left on Vista)
Third Click Run (in Vista, the kind that says "Search")
Fourth Insert the word download. Click OK.
Fifth Double-click the folder Etc.
Sixth Right-click on the hosts file and click Properties.
Remove the seventh reading box only if selected.
Click 8thclick it and then click OK.
Ninth Double-click the hosts file.
10th Windows will ask to run the program to open file option. "Click Notepad
You get a 11 extry like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost
12 ° Add our myspace. COM items under this heading. Type 127.0.0.1 myspace. Com
13 Click Save
Now the 14th myspace …. go. Com you can not. The computer is convinced that myspace. Com is on the local computer, of course,not so the site will not load.
Finished 15th! Add other sites or domains that you want to block.