Is this possible? My brother keeps going on Runescape, and it is driving me mad. Crap game, crap graphics... Can anyone help me? I have heard of doing this before, but don't know if it is possible and how to do it.

Forgot to mention: we are on AOL's browser. (I know its shit, but my parents think its the best one for some reason...)

[This message has been edited by Fletcher (edited 01-03-2005).]

if you have windows(any version)you will want ot edit the hosts file

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc go to this directory and open the filenamed hosts in notepad

than type in

"127.0.0.1 XXXXXXXXX"

whereas the x's inndicate the website, ip address or service you want to block



http://www. microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prjj_ipa_cilb.asp (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prjj_ipa_cilb.asp)



this should help you, you can get more info from gogole by searching for "window hosts file editing"

hope this information is helpful

[This message has been edited by electrictoad2004 (edited 01-03-2005).]

If you have a firewall you could just set it up to block runescapes ports... I think.

quote:Originally posted by electrictoad2004:

if you have windows(any version)you will want ot edit the hosts file

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc go to this directory and open the filenamed hosts in notepad

than type in

"127.0.0.1 XXXXXXXXX"

whereas the x's inndicate the website, ip address or service you want to block



http://www. microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prjj_ipa_cilb.asp (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prjj_ipa_cilb.asp)



this should help you, you can get more info from gogole by searching for "window hosts file editing"

hope this information is helpful



Thanks, I did this and my bro is really pissed off, its great. Anyway, I heard RS actually puts adware and shit on your PC, anyone know if thats true?

you can also block advertisement websites and sometimes their banners and popups

you can also keep certian software from 'phoning home', this is useful for cracked software or software that works with web-based regristration like edonkey

you can easily use donkey pro without a donation or regristration

this post sounds like i'm trying to sell you something, doesn't it?

(edit)

glad i could help you and aol is shit, good for taking up you harddrive space

aol installs in you computer like spyware, it's like pulling teeth to uninstall aol completely, one time a friend of mine ran the aol uninstaller on his computer then restarted the computer and there it was AGAIN. so now i get paid 20 bucks for uninstalling aol from people's computers in my town

[This message has been edited by electrictoad2004 (edited 01-04-2005).]