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Parental Control
13-09-2009 9:40 PM
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Does anyone have any tips on how I can achieve either or both of these goals please.
Re: Parental Control
13-09-2009 9:55 PM
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You can block sites for all users by adding entries to your hosts file.
But children will always find a way round these restrictions...
If you only want to block some users, it is impossible to do reliably.
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: Parental Control
13-09-2009 9:57 PM
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What Operating System are you using?
Vista has configurable parental controls built-in.
To argue with someone who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead - Thomas Paine
Re: Parental Control
14-09-2009 10:01 AM
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put a sticky label on the face of each one with the name of the person it refers to. and the amount of time allowed
set the alarm to ring when the time limit has been reached. then pass the computer keyboard/laptop to the next person,
having set their alarm clock accordingly...
Alternatively. Pull the mains switch (or router link ) after the time has elapsed !
P.S. site restrictions as per "Strat`s" Suggestion !
Re: Parental Control
14-09-2009 2:22 PM
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Re: Parental Control
14-09-2009 2:55 PM
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Re: Parental Control
14-09-2009 3:04 PM
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http://www1.k9webprotection.com/
So feel free to take a look and see if it suits your needs? If it is of any use, then a report back here would help others with the same query.
Maurice
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Re: Parental Control
14-09-2009 8:55 PM
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Start I will have alook for the controls you mention in Vista, which is the OS in my daughter's machine. I'll also have a look at Bluecoat.
Not sure whether to laugh or cry but my isssue temporarily went away today as said laptop was left at the bus stop and is currently missing. Am sure it will somehow re-surface though.
Re: Parental Control
14-09-2009 9:06 PM
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Sorry to hear about the laptop. Hope it turns up.
To argue with someone who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead - Thomas Paine
Re: Parental Control
26-09-2009 8:04 PM
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Has anybody tried it on a PlusNet wireless network? Any problems? Any advice would be gratefully received. Are there other ways to achieve this?
Many thanks
Worried Parent (LeedsKa)
Re: Parental Control
26-09-2009 8:13 PM
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However to make it work you will need a fixed IP address which isn't standard with Plusnet or indeed many ISP's
To change the DNS servers on the Thomson router have a look at the library article http://community.plus.net/library/hardware/how-to-change-the-default-dns-servers-in-a-thomson-speedt...
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