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Wolfy · 09-26-2007, 06:15 PM

My secretary has a problem with myspace and youtube and other sites.

She has actually asked me to check on her, because she knows she's being unproductive.

I don't have the time to deal with that shit. I'd fire her, or give her some time off, but she's great at what she does.

So how can I block certain sites during certain hours?

I know you can redirect sites using the host file, is there a way to set a cron job in windows to automatically edit the host file?

Or rename two files, perhaps? I do this on one of my linux servers to edit a file's accessibility by hour.

Like at 8 am rename clean host file to blank, and rename limitedhostfile to host file. Then at 5 PM rename blank to regular host, so normal internet accessibility is returned.

Or is there a program that will do this?

Any ideas?

09-26-2007, 06:15 PM
Wolfy Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 3,574	how to block certain websites during certain hours? My secretary has a problem with myspace and youtube and other sites. She has actually asked me to check on her, because she knows she's being unproductive. I don't have the time to deal with that shit. I'd fire her, or give her some time off, but she's great at what she does. So how can I block certain sites during certain hours? I know you can redirect sites using the host file, is there a way to set a cron job in windows to automatically edit the host file? Or rename two files, perhaps? I do this on one of my linux servers to edit a file's accessibility by hour. Like at 8 am rename clean host file to blank, and rename limitedhostfile to host file. Then at 5 PM rename blank to regular host, so normal internet accessibility is returned. Or is there a program that will do this? Any ideas?