Restrict Local Admin Internet Access

Question

Hello,

I am operating in an environment with a few clients that have local windows accounts, a user and an admin. Within Local Users and Groups Manager, I have an "Administrators" group, and I need that group specifically to NOT have access to the internet. I have tried to set Firewall policies but I have no successfully restricted only the Administrators group. I have tried to update the Group Policy "Deny access to this computer from the network" but that also did not work. Again, these clients are not tied to a domain. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Try Third Party Firewall applications. They offer more granular control over user and group-based network access than the built-in Windows Firewall.

Answer 2

Hello Timothy Allen,

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

You can try to configure a proxy server to control internet access. 

1.Configure the proxy settings to point to a non-existent proxy server, effectively blocking internet access for those users.

2.You can also use a proxy server to allow access to specific websites while blocking others. This can be done by configuring the proxy server to route traffic only to the allowed sites.

I hope the information above is helpful.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to let us know.

Best Regards,

Daisy Zhou

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