To expand on what Cleve S. posted.....
You can also restrict internet access via the registry or IE's proxy
settings on the Internet Options...Connect tab, LAN settings button. Set it
to use a non-existent proxy server and then lock out access to the Internet
Options via the registry setting "NoBrowserOptions" below. Corresponding
registry entries re the proxy settings are also below..
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings]
"MigrateProxy"=dword:00000001
"ProxyEnable"=dword:00000001
These settings enable the use of a proxy server.
"ProxyServer"="
http://ProxyServername:80"
Contains the address of the Proxy server. Since we want to block web
access, just fill this in with a few random characters.
"ProxyOverride"
Use this setting if there are websites that you want your users to have
access to. Addresses should be separated by a semicolon (
.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Restrictions]
"NoBrowserOptions"=dword:00000001
This setting prevents users from opening "Internet Options" and
changing the Proxy settings back to default.
Other restrictions you may find useful are in this article:
The restrictions that are available to Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823057
Or you can use this method:
How to Configure Internet Explorer to Block Access to All But Approved
Internet Sites
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=267930
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Jon R. Kennedy MS MVP/IE
Charlotte, NC USA
(e-mail address removed)
Joe K said:
We have a computer in the shipping area of the business. It now has no
internet access. I would like to allow it to access only one site (i.e.
UPS.com) to print out shipping labels etc. Is there a way to lock down IE
to
just that one URL?
Machine is XP Pro SP2 & domain is running Win2K Server.
