How do I block websites on my XP when letting someone use the guest account?

Question

I've tried entering in the Internet tools restricted sites but user still able to get into it

Answer 1

easy get IE7 and read the help file. to long to explain

Answer 2

Note: This product is free to download on your computer with No limited trial periods at all, unlike other programs that you have to pay for to get a complete version from.

I know exactly what you need, because I have it on my computer right now, and I have to say, that this software is truly perfect for monitoring and blocking content. It's called: K9 Web Protection from: Blue Coat. Now if you want to view all internet activity, you can do it, if you wish to block any website that you know, you can do it, if you want to block specific categories such as pornography and/or others, you can do it, if you wish to create time restrictions for internet access, you can do it, if you block a website but you wish to view it, there is an administration password that you can create that will allow you access to the website. No one can uninstall this program, only you can, and it will ask for the password that you created, then it will uninstall. Here are all the categories of websites that you can block in greater detail:

Commonly Blocked Categories
Adult/Mature Content, Illegal/Questionable, Proxy Avoidance, Alcohol/Tobacco, Intimate Apparel/Swimsuit, Sex Education,
Cult/Occult, Nudity, Spyware Effects/Privacy Concerns,
Gambling, Open Image/Media Search, Spyware/Malware Sources, Hacking, Phishing, Violence/Hate/Racism
Illegal Drugs, Pornography, Weapons;

Other Categories
Abortion, Government/Legal, Restaurants/Dining/Food
Arts/Entertainment, Health, Search Engines/Portals
Auctions, Humor/Jokes, Shopping, Blogs/Newsgroups,
Job Search/Careers, Society/Lifestyle, Brokerage/Trading,
Military, Software Downloads, Business/Economy, News/Media,
Sports/Recreation/Hobbies, Chat/Instant Messaging, Online Games, Streaming Media/MP3, Computers/Internet, Pay to Surf,
Travel, Cultural Institutions, Peer-to-Peer (P2P), Vehicles
Education, Personals/Dating, Web Advertisements, Email, Political/Activist Groups, Web Communications, Financial Services, Real Estate, Web Hosting, For Kids, Reference, Gay/Lesbian, Religion, Unrated Web Pages

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Answer 3

Block the site in your HOSTS file
It's here:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
It doesn't have an extension, so you'll have to choose a program from a list. I recommend Notepad (it's just a text file).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file

I also highly recommend Firefox...

Free, fast, a small 5mb download, Firefox blocks pop-ups and sites from secretly installing programs on your computer. It will copy over your settings from other browsers (cookies, settings, bookmarks). Firefox is powerful too, it's more up-to-date than even IE7 according to the web standards (w3.org).

The main reason I like Firefox is because it's customizable.

Why is customizability important?

Imagine being able to do 2 small things and never seeing a banner ad, flash ad or an iframe ad again? (Remember, pop-ups are already gone)
Imagine being able to pause your computer's music player when the phone rings without having to switch to it?

Firefox puts the power back in your hands!

Firefox - http://getfirefox.com/
Adblock Plus - http://adblockplus.org/
Adblock Filterset.G Updater - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1136/
FoxyTunes - http://www.foxytunes.com/
Firefox Addons - https://addons.mozilla.org/

Answer 4

Internet Explorer's restricted sites does not actually block the websites but rather sets the security to high for those sites, which means ActiveX and Javascript are disabled. There are a few ways to block certain sites, such as using Internet Explorer's content advisor (article 1) or editing the hosts file. Editing the hosts file is the most effective but it is more complicated (article 2). Please refer to these 2 articles for more information:

1."How to Restrict Web Browsing Using Internet Explorer Learn " -- written by wikihow.com (http://www.wikihow.com/Restrict-Web-Browsing-Using-Internet-Explorer)

2. " Learn How to Block Access to Selected Websites" -- written by Winston's Attic (http://winston-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/learn-how-to-block-access-to-selected.html)

Blocking access to websites is nothing new. For example, you can use Internet Explorer’s content advisor to block access to websites with objectionable content (e.g. pornography, gambling, etc.). But, how to block access to specific websites, not based on content, is not so straightforward. For example, how would a mother with a teenager daughter block access to MySpace? Well, one way is to edit the hosts file. I have written about Windows hosts file in the past. If you are not familiar with the hosts file then read through the article before proceeding.


How does editing the hosts file block websites? Well, Windows always searches the hosts file for a website’s IP address before searching for it on a DNS server. If you change the IP address of an URL, you essentially redirect the web browser to that assigned IP address. A computer’s IP address is 127.0.0.1 (a.k.a localhost). Whenever you change an URL’s IP address to 127.0.0.1, you redirect your web browser back to itself. In other words, it leads to a dead end...[more]