Re: Restrict websites for some users only

From: Cycloid Torus (fictitious_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:26:59 -0500

I share similar interest and your reply indicates that it may be possible
with a proxy server (maybe a "smart router" type of thing?). Direction to
any source of additional information would be appreciated as I would like to
similarly restrict a variety of users (very young and innocent, young and
innocent, just plain naive, etc.) at different levels in XP Home.

Thanks,
CT

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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> Laurent wrote:
>> On a given Win XP Pro machine on a peer-to-peer network (no server or
>> proxy), I have six users accounts. I would like two of these accounts
>> (with admin privileges) to have unrestricted access to any website,
>> but the four remaining ones (with limited privileges) to have
>> restricted access to only websites I will specifically preauthorize,
>> just a handful.
>>
>> My router filtering feature is a all-or-nothing solution for all the
>> network, not something I want. Same with a number of software-based
>> solutions I found, including configuration of hosts file. Other
>> solutions I found require commercial softwares that do not support
>> multiaccount Windows installation.
>>
>> Configuration of Internet Explorer is not an avenue as it is not the
>> browser used on that machine.
>>
>> I would preferably need a free solution.
>>
>> Any advice or link welcomed
>>
>> Thank you !
>
> Won't be easy without a proxy server, sorry. I can't think of any way to
> do
> this natively.
>
>

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