[SOLVED] Blocking Runescape

[Indoril Nerevar]

Hi all,

My parents have decided to take my brother's computer privileges away for the year to try to improve his school grades, but the one thing they're not sure about is blocking Runescape, which he plays a lot. The way the school timetable works, my brother gets every Thursday off (supposed to be used for study, etc.) and often he's going to have the house to himself, since my parents are out working - so they can't stop him from getting on the computer (he uses my dad's computer, as it's the only one with net access).

What's the best way to stop him from getting on Runescape, without limiting the usefulness of the rest of the computer, as it needs to stay on all the time for work purposes? The system is running Windows XP SP2 with IE7.

[jrich1231]

Originally Posted by Indoril Nerevar

Hi all,

My parents have decided to take my brother's computer privileges away for the year to try to improve his school grades, but the one thing they're not sure about is blocking Runescape, which he plays a lot. The way the school timetable works, my brother gets every Thursday off (supposed to be used for study, etc.) and often he's going to have the house to himself, since my parents are out working - so they can't stop him from getting on the computer (he uses my dad's computer, as it's the only one with net access).

What's the best way to stop him from getting on Runescape, without limiting the usefulness of the rest of the computer, as it needs to stay on all the time for work purposes? The system is running Windows XP SP2 with IE7.

I used to play runescape... but there is always a way around this... I've found a way to block websites from being accessed though... try this and tell me how it works, it should keep him from being authorized to access the website .... locate your "hosts" file mine is located in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc, if you're using windows XP... now after you've located this file, open it with notepad... it should say on one line:
127.0.0.1 localhost
In the next line... enter www.runescape.com
then save, and exit and restart you're computer and tell me how this works... if it doesn't work i have another fix

make sure you add the 127.0.0.1 on before runescape.com... make it exactly like the localhost line, except where it says localhost, make it www.runescape.com

It works for me, I've used it before, but let me know how it works for you :)

[Go The Power]

Hi Indoril Nerevar,

As said above the easyiest way to do this would be useing the HOST file.

Just click Start => Run an copy and paste this command into the run box:

notepad %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

press OK.


You should see a screen like this: (Unless the HOST file has been modified)

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost

Copy the below line:

127.0.0.1 www.runescape.com

and paste it Underneath 127.0.0.1 localhost

[Indoril Nerevar]

Thanks guys, that worked perfectly. Much appreciated.