My employees can use my computer but how do I not give them access to the internet?

Answer 1

There are a few ways that you can do this. The first question is, Do They use e-mail? Do they use resources on your network? (shared files and printers).

- Unplug the internet modem when it is not in use.

- Add an advanced Keylogger or other software that TURNS OFF the internet access, except my password. Parents use this for controlling their kids. But I am not sure that you want to treat your employees as KIDS.

- Write a section for your employee handbook about computer usage. Tell them NO. When you inform employees of the policy, you can FIRE them when you have adequate evidence of thier rule breaking. Be sure to write up warnings EVERY TIME an employee breaks the rules. These personel files that contain warnings will be the threat of certain termination, and they will STOP. You did not hire KIDS, these are ADULTS. Treat them with respect, but inform them of the rules. There is no need to be secretive about your policies.

Good luck and Happy Computing!

Answer 2

Each user should be set up with their own profile on your machine, and not be using YOUR profile. You can set up a new profile like this: (The following instructions are for Windows XP)

Click start - Settings- Control Panel.
Click USER ACCOUNTS.
Click Create a New Account.
Give this new Profile it's own unique name (Fred is ok if you only have one Fred in your office. If you plan to let all users access the computer through this limited access account, you can use any name you wish. "Employee", "Standard" or even "User1")
Click NEXT.
Give the user LIMITED ACCESS. This means they cannot get into things they should not. It also prevents them from installing programs such as browsers.
Click CREATE ACCOUNT

Next, set a password for this new User account. (You can leave the password blank, and allow all users to use the same Limited Access Profile. By leaving this blank, they would not need to enter a password to get into the Limited access profile.)

Now, as already stated, adults should act like adults and accept the policy of 'No Internet". Barring the acceptance of a general policy of "Just say NO", people are going to be people, and you still want to block as much as possible from the aforementioned profile.

You CAN block this new user account by changing the Content in IE.
Log on to the New Profile.
Open IE.
Click Tools - Internet Options - Content.
Click the ENABLE button.
Click the EXCEPTIONS tab.

On this tab you can EXCLUDE any site you want, even groups of sites. As an example, type *.com and click NEVER. (NOTE: the asterisk is important. Typing .com is not the same block as typing in *.com) The entire group of DOT COM sites are now blocked. Continue to do this for any other known group of sites such as *.ca (Canadian equivalent to .com) *.uk (England) and even *.biz, *.inf *.org and any other you can find or think of. Remember you can always add more later, so it's not important to put them in here at once.

Next. Click the APPLY button.

Now, you want to password protect these settings.

Click the GENERAL Tab.
Click CREATE PASSWORD
(Remember to use a password YOU can remember and which THEY cannot guess!)

There is a space for a hint if you want to use it. This can be left blank if you feel confident that you will not forget your password.

Click APPLY
Click OK.

Dont forget to log out of this profile and log back into YOUR profile. (A note about YOUR user account. Make sure that YOUR account is password protected. Change the Password regularly. Do not write the password down anywhere. Make sure you are using your own account and not the built in Administrator account. If you are, use this account to create your own profile and password protect it differently from the Administrator account.)

Answer 3

**Password Protect your internet browser file**

As danuitti said, There are many ways to do this. One of the ways can be to install a password protection software. (There are free programs available, a simple search should help) and then password protect your internet browser file. For Microsoft Internet Explorer, this file is iexplore.exe. Locate it on your system and password protect it.

Next time, whenever your employee tries to browse any website, he/she will be prompted for the password.

Good luck !!

Answer 4

Is there something wrong?

Answer 5

say no