Thursday 7 May 2015

How to enable navigation only on one website

Is your computer used by children and issues that they may happen on sites ill-suited to their sensibilities? No problem. There are solutions of parental controls that let you restrict access to the Internet at some specific sites.

Just think, you can also access the one Internet website site only by blocking access to any other address. And contrary to what you think it is an extremely easy and fast, just use the software right.

To learn more read on. In a jiffy you discover how to lock down access to the Internet on your computer by checking - even remotely - accounts used by minors.



If you want to allow surfing on a single website, and you're running Windows 7 you can rely on Family Safety, a free service from Microsoft that allows you to control the activities of children on computer and filter the list of Web sites accessible to the latter on all browsers . It works via a small program to install on your PC and its settings can also be adjusted remotely via the Internet.

Family Safety is part of Windows Essentials, a suite of free applications that also includes Movie Maker, Live Writer, and other solutions for multimedia and entertainment. Therefore connected to the Microsoft website and click the Download Now button to download the installation package of Windows Essentials on your PC.

When the operation is complete, run the file wlsetup-web.exe just downloaded and click the Yes button first and then the item Select the programs to install. Apponi then tick only next to Family Safety, and press the Install button to start before the download and then install the software. You may be prompted to restart the PC: In this case, click Restart Now and expects it to be completed the procedure.


Family Safety does its work by acting directly on the account of the user, this means that if you have not already done so you have to create an account for the child (or the person) who wish to allow navigation on a single website. Then went into the Control Panel in Windows, click on Add or remove user accounts (next to the icon of the two men at the top right) and select the Create new account.

In the screen that opens, make sure there is a check mark next to Standard User, type the name you wish to give the account (eg. John) and presses on the Create Account button located in the bottom right to complete the task.

At this point, go to the Start menu and launch Windows Live Family Safety by clicking on the icon of the software available in the Windows Live. Therefore accept the conditions of use of the service by clicking on the button accept and sign using the credentials of your account Outlook, Hotmail or Live. If you do not have one yet, learn how to open it reading my guide on how to create a Microsoft account.

Next, select the account of the person who restrict Internet browsing and click Next, select the Add [account name] from the pull-down menu in the screen that opens and press Save and Close to activate the control of Family Safety .


As highlighted above, the Family Safety settings can be adjusted remotely using any computer connected to the Internet. To make sure that the software that blocks all websites except one, connected to the control panel of the Family Safety online, log in with your account Outlook / Hotmail and select the name of the person you want to refine Web browsing.

On the page that opens, select the item from the Web Filter the left sidebar, then go on Restriction level and move the control rod of only allow list. At this point, click on the link list allowed, type the address of the only Web site that you want to make accessible account controlled, you're done.

If you want, you can also prevent downloading files from the Internet back in the Filter Web menu and putting the check mark next to Block downloading files from the Web. As easy as that?


If you're using Windows 8.1 and you want to find out how to enable navigation on a single Internet site, move the mouse pointer to the right edge of the screen and select the items Settings> Control Panel from the black bar that appears.

In the window that opens, click on the User Accounts and Family Safety, and went to the Family Safety section (which included "standard" in the operating system). Then select the name of the account limit browsing online and sets the filter Web by clicking on the item.

At this point, put a check mark next to [name] can only use allowed websites, click on Allow or block specific web sites, add the address of the only Web site to make it accessible and awards Allow. Finally, select the item from the Web Restrictions on the left sidebar, select the option only allowed lists and you're done. You can then adjust the settings Family Safety also by online panel, as seen on Windows 7.

If you have not taken steps to create a user account on which limit Web browsing, go to Control Panel> User Accounts and Family Safety> User Accounts and click on the first item Manage another account, and then click Add a new user in the settings PC.


OS X also offers a practical system to limit Web browsing users. If you have a Mac, go to System Preferences, then, click on the icon and unlock parental controls settings changes by clicking on the padlock located at the bottom left and typing the password for your user account.

At this point, select the account on which to apply restrictions, went to the Web tab, affix the check mark next to Allow access to only these websites and type in the box below the address of the only site to make accessible (if necessary eliminating those present by default).


Original post: Salvatore Aranzulla