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I have a computer in my house, XP, that is shared by two of my kids,
plus there's a guest login for when we have people staying with us.
I'm using the hosts file to block access to web sites that my kids
waste too much of their time on and that suffices nicely.
However, a situation may be arising where I might want my son (Tom) to
have access to some sites that I don't want my daughter (Sue) to have
access to (both have separate logins on this computer and neither
knows the other's password).
So the hosts file method (one hosts file per computer, used by all
logins) won't work. I know that I could probably create a batch file
to swap the relevant hosts file into place upon login, and that
wouldn't be too hard, but I'm wondering if there's a better solution.
My router (an ancient but "gets the job done" Netgear model) only
allows per-computer blocking, not per-login.
Again, what I want is a good way ("good" means easy and free!) to
allow me to block access to certain sites for Sue's login but not for
Tom's.
plus there's a guest login for when we have people staying with us.
I'm using the hosts file to block access to web sites that my kids
waste too much of their time on and that suffices nicely.
However, a situation may be arising where I might want my son (Tom) to
have access to some sites that I don't want my daughter (Sue) to have
access to (both have separate logins on this computer and neither
knows the other's password).
So the hosts file method (one hosts file per computer, used by all
logins) won't work. I know that I could probably create a batch file
to swap the relevant hosts file into place upon login, and that
wouldn't be too hard, but I'm wondering if there's a better solution.
My router (an ancient but "gets the job done" Netgear model) only
allows per-computer blocking, not per-login.
Again, what I want is a good way ("good" means easy and free!) to
allow me to block access to certain sites for Sue's login but not for
Tom's.