this is for work. i want to block myself from looking at some websites because i am weak.
― bell_labs, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 21:37 (seventeen years ago)
if i try to go through internet options/content advisor it says i don't have permission to make changes :/
― bell_labs, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 21:40 (seventeen years ago)
you're one weird dude.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 21:42 (seventeen years ago)
just ask tombot to ban you
― Jordan, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 21:43 (seventeen years ago)
that doesn't help anybody
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 21:43 (seventeen years ago)
eh it's not specifically ilx i want to block. though that's on the list.
― bell_labs, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 21:45 (seventeen years ago)
pron?
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 21:48 (seventeen years ago)
the answer is no btw if you were allowed to use firefox you could use adblock to do this but with IE the only good way to do it AFAIK is to be an admin
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 21:49 (seventeen years ago)
content advisor tab in options, add the sites as never allow, set a monstrous confusing password that will be a pain in the ass to enter
― bnw, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 21:51 (seventeen years ago)
content advisor requires an admin login unfortunately :(
it is not pron, i just need to bore myself into doing work at my job that is extremely boring to me at this point. so boring that even internet message boards seem more interesting. i bascially need to eliminate distraction.
― bell_labs, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 22:12 (seventeen years ago)
Can you edit this file:
c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
If so, add in entries for all of the websites you usually go to that follow this pattern:
127.0.0.1 www.ilxor.com
Basically, you will be redirecting all of these websites back to your machine, rendering them inaccessible.
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 22:25 (seventeen years ago)
i can see that file, but i don't have anything to open/edit it with
― bell_labs, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 22:32 (seventeen years ago)
Any text viewer.
― svend, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 22:33 (seventeen years ago)
if you can save changes to that file you should fire your "administrator"
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 22:38 (seventeen years ago)
Try opening it with notepad.
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 23:33 (seventeen years ago)
also yeah, what TOMBOT said
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 23:34 (seventeen years ago)
Thing is though, if you can set these changes yrself, whats going to stop you undoing them later when you get bored?
― Trayce, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 23:46 (seventeen years ago)
setting up barriers is what helps me kick addictions
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 02:16 (seventeen years ago)
it is not pron, i just need to bore myself into doing work at my job that is extremely boring to me at this point. so boring that even internet message boards seem more interesting.
This is exactly my own problem of late, bell labs. I can only salute you for trying to remedy it, without knowing how to help you exactly.
― Bimble, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 02:21 (seventeen years ago)
i just started a thread about this recently - I was trying to find out if any of those net-nanny type programs are worth using.
― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 02:35 (seventeen years ago)