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Thread ID: 31261 2003-03-17 00:04:00 Internet Browsers and Porno csinclair83 (200) Press F1
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128709 2003-03-17 01:27:00 I'm surprised at the location! hosts is normally a little closer to the heart of the system.

I must start playing with XP so i get to know what i am talking about!

.Clueless
Clueless (181)
128710 2003-03-17 01:28:00 hehe yeah its quite a location lol..
so i just add the ones mentioned earlier..into there?
csinclair83 (200)
128711 2003-03-17 01:35:00 Add anything you wish to block.
You may find yourself adding to it as the other users find the sites blocked and find new ones.

If you have people using your computer who do not respect your wishes, i would strongly suggest enabling the guest log in, and changing the root/administrative password.

This will let them use the computer, but NOT install super free programs or any of the other wonders of the net. I think it will also prevent them from re-editing the hosts file (i think).

.Clueless
Clueless (181)
128712 2003-03-17 03:05:00 Hey..sorry took so long in getting back 2 ya...
had to dash off to town..

anyway...thanks alot to all of ya for helping me on this...YES it was successful...got a friend around to try it out and he moaned that i finally got something working that he knows nothing about :D
thanks alot guys!! :D
csinclair83 (200)
128713 2003-03-17 04:44:00 Just remove your bookmark for PressF1: they might find this thread. :D Graham L (2)
128714 2003-03-17 05:09:00 No csinclair83, dont add to the SAMPLE hosts file, thats just for telling you how to do it, it probably has an extension .sam, ie hosts.sam, that wont work. Make a new file just called hosts, no extension.

Cheers
Terry Porritt (14)
128715 2003-03-17 05:20:00 Or add to it (using notepad) , Save As hosts. (Then change the properties to System and Hidden). Graham L (2)
128716 2003-03-17 06:04:00 the next step is to check that history each day and add any sites you see that have been accessed.

and yes it is true that all they would have to do is deleate the hosts fiel and the porn will come back.

the trick is that if they dont know how you blocked it then they cant unblock it :-)

if they do remove the hosts file then remove the computer.
robsonde (120)
128717 2003-03-17 06:56:00 I'd be inclined to just not let them use the computer in the first place.

Also I agree with clueless. There is no way to block all of them.
-=JM=- (16)
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