I want to disable Zone.com

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I would like to disable zone.com games, but in a way that my son does not figure out that I have tweaked it. Any ideas? I am running Windows XP
 
Hi Devin,

If you want to restrict users from accessing online game sites
such as Zone.com you need to change their account type to
Limited User. This will cause the software to fail to register.

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Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
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I would like to disable zone.com games, but in a way
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that my son does not figure out that I have tweaked it.
Any ideas? I am running Windows XP
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he's going to know u did something when he tries to get
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on and can't.
 
Get a firewall and disable those ports.
I am not sure wich ones it uses does anyone else know?
Devin said:
I would like to disable zone.com games, but in a way that my son does not
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figure out that I have tweaked it. Any ideas? I am running Windows XP
 
Some games are Java applets. They might not use ports that could be blocked
without disabling the browser.

Disabling Java (not Javascript, dispite similar name two different things)
might be efective.

I suspect the main concern for many parents would be the lobby chats. The
chats might require a port, but I don't recall which one.

Until you can figure out something more sophisticated, how about a rule that
the browser history will be checked for the zone, and the history file
better not be cleared either?
 
Hi Robert,

Actually lobby chat can be turned on and off via a registry value now. :-)

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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| I suspect the main concern for many parents would be the lobby chats. The
| chats might require a port, but I don't recall which one.
|
 
Hi mzw7lm,

Zone lobbies use ports 28000 to 29100.

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

| Get a firewall and disable those ports.
| I am not sure wich ones it uses does anyone else know?
| | > I would like to disable zone.com games, but in a way that my son does not
| figure out that I have tweaked it. Any ideas? I am running Windows XP
| >
|
|
 
This is what I have done to stop ads and restrict access to
certan sites on the internet.

Look in the c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc directory. In
there you will find a file called host . open it with
wordpad. Add the following line:

0.0.0.0 www.zone.com

Save the file then make sure that it DOESN'T have a file
extension. He won't be able to goto that site.

If you goto www.alanofdale.net/download/hosts.zip unzip
this file into your c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc
directory. This will block access to over 70,000 different
ad and adult type sites.

Goodluck!!
-----Original Message-----
I would like to disable zone.com games, but in a way that
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my son does not figure out that I have tweaked it. Any
ideas? I am running Windows XP
 
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