Limit internet browsing

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I have a windows xp Home box and would like to limit the pages users visit
to a few domains. is this possible with group policies or do I need
something else?
 
Assuming the users can not access the settings when you are done, can not
use an alternate web browser, and that they are not local administrators
one way that may work is to logon as the user and then configure Internet
Explorer to use a bogus proxy server such as 127.0.0.1 under tools/internet
options/connections - lan settings and then go into advanced and configure
"do not use proxy server for.." with the domains you want to allow them
access to such as *Microsoft.com. Then I would edit the registry so that
they can not access the connections page in IE per example below though that
would also prevent you from doing such unless you changed the registry
setting. Another option is to look at the capabilities of the free Microsoft
Shared Computer Toolkit that can prevent access to a lot of settings for
restricted users without affecting other users. XP Home does not allow
editing of Group Policy like XP Pro does. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx -- Shared
Computer Toolkit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel\ConnectionsTab: 0x00000001
 
|I have a windows xp Home box and would like to limit the pages users visit
| to a few domains. is this possible with group policies or do I need
| something else?

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How to Configure Internet Explorer to Block Access to All But Approved
Internet Sites
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=267930


SUMMARY
The following describes how to setup Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x so that no sites can be viewed, except those that are explicitly allowed by an Administrator. This is done through the Content Advisor system within Internet Explorer itself. To do this you must not be using Content Advisor or any 3rd Party Content Advisor application that interfaces directly into Internet Explorer.

NOTE: Content Advisor settings apply to all users on the local computer and cannot be changed by users who are not administrators on the local computer (Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 only). You cannot create different Content Advisor settings for different users on the same computer.
 
Ivor said:
Ok if you're using IE, but most people with any sort of a clue abandoned
that software long ago.

Maybe some form of parental control software..? There's plenty out there
to choose from.

Ivor
Click to expand...
You could always use one of those PROXIES and only allow addresses on
the 'white list' or 'allow list'.
At my job, all but local HTTP requests go to the company's Linux proxy
server, and if the url is NOT in their white/allow list, I will get an
'access denied' kinda error. This is the best way I can think of. PROXY!
(there are some XP proxy programs too and you can have it installed on
the same machine.)
P.S. But it is easy to just disable the proxy through the options ;)
but then you have to disable access to the options somehow :O
 
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