How to Block Gaming sites

[Wrigleyvillain]

Most brain development is done by that age. At that point only long exposure of massively violent media can change behavior. At a young age you are FAR more influenced by such things. Its why I monitor things my kids watch closely.

I'll buy that. I also appreciate how you said "violent media" because games are often unfairly singled out. True, games are interactive and you are the one pulling the trigger etc but movies with live actors can seem much more "real".

Harold you could also uninstall the GPU drivers so they cant run anything 3D. And/or Flash. Still should be able to do native res in 2D. Not really the best solution but another layer of "protection".

 

[Fizban]

or Barracuda, that works really well, as you can get it to block proxies to those sites if they try and bypass it, Kids are really resourceful you'd be surprised

Surprised?

Nah, back when I was in high school (about 10 years ago) my mother had a setup where to access to various websites were blocked, and to access them she had to come and enter her password for it to give me access. It was also setup to limit my daily usage and only allow me to use the internet during specified times of day.

I quickly outsmarted her by finding a website that was blocked, but which I knew she would approve, and then running a keylogger while asking her to come and let me access the site in question.

Afterwards I just logged on as her from then on as I had her password.

 

[Bo$$]

f you are using Windows 8... you could use "Family Safety"; it is built in.

Some info: Keep your family safer

More info: Protecting your kids with Family Safety

If you are using Windows 7... you can get it here as part of "Windows Essentials 2012"

If you are using Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (32-bit edition only), Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit editions), Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit editions), or Windows Server 2008, you can use this download link: Windows Live Essentials Version 14

I have never used it; but, Heck it's free and I like free.
It looks to be able to do what you want.
Goodluck on blocking the little guys... it will good practice for them to try and overcome your attempts to block them.

For kids..... Really, They'll bypass that in weeks... I'd only use that against elderly to prevent them downloading viruses or giving themselves heart attacks on the internet. Microsoft stuff is free for a reason... rather basic and prone to manipulation

 

[AsRock]

Can this not be done though parental controls ?( if he's on vista \ win 7 ).