How to Block Websites Through Group Policy
In the Windows Server operating system, you can set up a group policy that will manage the settings on all of the computers in your domain. If you want to control the web browsing abilities of your users, you can configure your group policy to block certain websites from workstations. Before the website blocks can be added to the group policy, you must set them up in Internet Explorer on your server.
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Instructions
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Launch Internet Explorer on your PC server.
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Go to "Tools" in the menu bar and select "Internet Options."
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Go to the "Security" tab, click on "Restricted Sites" and then specify which websites you want to block through the group policy.
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Open the "Start" menu, expand the "Administrative Tools" submenu and select "Group Policy Object Editor."
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Navigate to the "User Configuration\Windows Settings\Internet Explorer Maintenance\Security" directory on the left side of the window.
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Double-click on the item labeled "Security Zones and Content Ratings."
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Select the "Import the current security zones and privacy settings" radio button.
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Press "OK" to save the group policy configuration. The blocked sites that you set up in Internet Explorer will now be applied to all of the workstations in your domain.
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great, Good job.
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On Windows Server 2008 R2... this does not work due to IE 9's advanced security settings on the server are incompatible with the ones on the workstation (especially if their using XP at all, which can only us eup to IE 8). Go to the ehelp on content filtering... this works, but only for IE.
