Restrict Internet for Police Department

[Theodore Frank]

I work for a local police department. We just got a new computer
running Microsoft Windows XP and we are not connected to a domain
(standalone computer connected to the internet). There are two users:
Administrator and User. I would like the "Administrator" account to
have full access to the internet and I would like to either disable
internet access or restrict internet access (and allow only certain
sites) on the "User" account. Is this possible? Any help would be
greatly appreciated!

~Theodore

 

[Eric the IT Novice]

I think the easiest way to achieve this would be:

1) logon as administrator.
2) go to internet explorer folder and right click to bring
up properties.
3) choose security tab. Remove Users group from the
groups listed.

This should disable IE for the USER account.

 

[Testy]

Hmmm.. a local Police Dept. that cannot trust those who work there, very
interesting.....and scary.

Testy

 

[Theodore Frank]

The computer is not for people who work there. It has a program that
allows people to apply for certain town jobs. I only want them access
the police site, nothng else.

 

[Paul Bobrowski]

One setting I find that works for the average user is to set the proxy
server for the restricted user to 127.0.0.1 in Internet Explorer. Then
place the urls for the sites you want to allow in the don't use proxy server
for these addresses.

This is not secure; however, it restricts the address unless someone changes
it. You may be able to then lock the proxy settings with the policy editor.
Give it a try and see how well it works.