Setting up parental controls in XP

[learninmypc]

I'm letting a family borrow my XP Pro for a bit so I need to know how to configure it so no bad sites can be accessed. Using Google Chrome only. I went here http://www.windows-help-central.com/parental-controls-in-windows-xp.html
but not much good. Am I missing something ??

 

[learninmypc]

Ok, I went into Control Panel>Internet Option>Internet Properties>Content Advisor>Approved sites & added 2 approved websites, how do I block bad websites?

 

[DelJo63]

Edit Drivers\Etc\Hosts

insert "127.0.0.1 bad_domain_name" (not the full url)

Save and reboot

 

[learninmypc]

Ok & pardon my ignorance, but how do I get there to do that?
@jobeard , is this correct

1. Click Start -> All Programs -> Accessories.
2. Right click “Notepad” and select “Run as administrator”
3. Click Continue on the UAC prompt.
4. Click File -> Open.
5. Change the file filter drop down box from “Text Documents (*.txt)” to “All Files (*.*)”.
6. Browse to “C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc”.
7. Select “hosts” and click “Open”. Got it here https://www.google.com/search?q=Edi...i57j69i59.733334j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

[learninmypc]

Now I'm more confused
Microsoft XP/2003/2000

1. Browse to Start > Programs > Accessories > Notepad.
2. Click File > Open.
3. Browse to “C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc”.
4. Select “All Files (*.*)” from the Files of Type drop-down menu.
5. Select “hosts” and click “Open”.
6. Insert the test servers IP and your domain name. For example: 100.100.100.100 mywebsite.com.
7. Close Notepad. Save when prompted.
8. http://www.dirigodev.com/blog/web-d...w-to-edit-your-hosts-file-on-mac-and-windows/

 

[DelJo63]

Now I'm more confused
Microsoft XP/2003/2000

1. Browse to Start > Programs > Accessories > Notepad.
2. Click File > Open.
3. Browse to “C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc”.
4. Select “All Files (*.*)” from the Files of Type drop-down menu.
5. Select “hosts” and click “Open”.
6. Insert the test servers IP and your domain name. For example: 100.100.100.100 mywebsite.com.
7. Close Notepad. Save when prompted.
8. http://www.dirigodev.com/blog/web-d...w-to-edit-your-hosts-file-on-mac-and-windows/

It should ALWAYS BE 127.0.0.1 mywebsite.com, and never the real IP of the PC.

Here's how it works;

• The DNS lookup for mywebsite.com returns the 127.0.0.1 from the Hosts file
• the browser then attempts to open port 80 (for http) or 443 (for https) to get to the websever
• and that open fails because you don't even have a websever on the PC at any address
• and the browser can't show anything - - AKA you've successfully blocked mywebsite.com

This works for first level access (such as a manually typed URL) as well as any secondary access within a webpage such as advertisements.

 

[learninmypc]

I will try my best, if all else fails, I'll reinstall, I guess

 

[learninmypc]

Ok, I don't know if I did it right or not but since their kids will be closely watched by an adult, I'm just going to add account logins for their kids. I thank you for your help