Hello all, I just left a lady's home who is having problems with a teenage child. The lady wants to have some way of disabling the internet access completely when out of the home, but leaving the PC able to run so her daughter can do homework etc. She has ADSL and AOL. we tried just disconnecting the incoming cable but when connected again, there is a right carry on with the AOL "fix it" program, not difficult for me, but for the lady , an impossibility. besides, I don't like all this uncoupling and recouping, it will eventually lead to product or component failure. Her system is win xp pro, and I'm not too familiar with the ins and outs of this system yet So the problem is, how to disable internet access but leave the PC operational...............BTW, all in the house have their own accounts with AOL and their own passwords, so it has to be complete internet shut down, is this possible??? Billy --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.705 / Virus Database: 461 - Release Date: 12/06/2004 -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.