Deny User internet access

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All,

Not sure if this is the correct newsgroup...

I am not the IT guy at my office, but I'm trying to help the guy because he
is a MORON! He also does not hold any type of certifications in the IT
field.

He has been tasked to remove internet access on a computer that is shared by
multiple users -- it's placed in a room set-up for common access, but still
requires to be connected to the LAN for shared file access (EXCELL/ACCESS
files).

I'm involving myself because last time I checked, he was manually trying to
remove IE and all of its components (told ya he was a dope). This has
become my problem because while he is consumed with this problem, 30 new
computers are sitting in his store room collecting dust (including mine).

Are there any "magic buttons" that an admin can press to disbable internet
access on this one machine?

Rob
 
The "magic button" could be the Network firewall. Deny access to that
machine from there.

Tom
 
You may find the following a possible solution:

Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx

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| All,
|
| Not sure if this is the correct newsgroup...
|
| I am not the IT guy at my office, but I'm trying to help the guy because he
| is a MORON! He also does not hold any type of certifications in the IT
| field.
|
| He has been tasked to remove internet access on a computer that is shared by
| multiple users -- it's placed in a room set-up for common access, but still
| requires to be connected to the LAN for shared file access (EXCELL/ACCESS
| files).
|
| I'm involving myself because last time I checked, he was manually trying to
| remove IE and all of its components (told ya he was a dope). This has
| become my problem because while he is consumed with this problem, 30 new
| computers are sitting in his store room collecting dust (including mine).
|
| Are there any "magic buttons" that an admin can press to disbable internet
| access on this one machine?
|
| Rob
 
rob said:
All,

Not sure if this is the correct newsgroup...

I am not the IT guy at my office, but I'm trying to help the guy because he
is a MORON! He also does not hold any type of certifications in the IT
field.

He has been tasked to remove internet access on a computer that is shared by
multiple users -- it's placed in a room set-up for common access, but still
requires to be connected to the LAN for shared file access (EXCELL/ACCESS
files).

I'm involving myself because last time I checked, he was manually trying to
remove IE and all of its components (told ya he was a dope). This has
become my problem because while he is consumed with this problem, 30 new
computers are sitting in his store room collecting dust (including mine).

Are there any "magic buttons" that an admin can press to disbable internet
access on this one machine?

Rob

you could use this...

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1288
 
There are lots of things that can be done.

Is this a one location office? You could just blank the default gateway. Or
put a bogus proxy setting in IE.

I don't know your network set up, but you can also use a bogus hosts file on
the system with entries like *.com 127.0.0.1 that would direct all the
requests for .coms back to the host itself.

Or use a software restriction that blocks IE from running.
Check this http://pcsupport.about.com/od/quicktips/qt/disableie.htm
Or
http://sillydog.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2677
Or

What I find works the best and least intrusive: an IPsec filter on port 80
with a bogus shared key. Its an extremely sneaky and hard to detect block
and it kills all web site access.

This guy must be a diptard if he couldn't just type "disable IE" into
google.

Seriously, this kind of task should take no more than a half hour of time.

Now this diptard needs to reinstall the OS first, since IE isn't an actual
program, but an extension of explorer, which is the shell for the whole OS.
--
Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who do understand binary
and those who don't.
 
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