Access the internet through calculator, notepad, etc
Access the internet through calculator, notepad, etc
Futility | 30413 Reads | This is my first go at an article, so if you're going to criticize, please make it constructive. I already know it's short, but it's not exactly a complicated process.
When I'm in my programming class (Java) at school, the teacher always blocks Internet Explorer because a few idiots decided to check their email right in front of her, which is bad at my school. Until this incident, I had always used the internet to move past my teacher's requests. I would finish the assignment early and spend the rest of the time researching more advanced techniques. (I know, I'm a nerd, but hey- Java is useful)
So, when I got home, I decided to try and fix this problem. I searched around the internet using the best tool known to man (google.com) and came across this strategy.
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When you open the windows calculator, calc.exe, you can go to help and then click help topics.
Note: This can be done through any of the basic Windows applications, such as notepad. -
Right click on the title bar and go to 'Jump to URL'
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Type your URL (Make sure you put in http://)
There you have it. Now you can search around the internet using your own private little browser which is easily hidden if and when a teacher walks by.
I tested this at school and it worked like a charm!
Thanks for reading
ghost 16 years ago
yea i just tried it and it didn't work for me. maybe cause i'm using windows vista.
ghost 16 years ago
gosh, I should have tried that at my old school
too late now, my new school doesn't do that
thehacker3 16 years ago
for those of you whose school blocks helpctr.exe i found a work-around for it. idk if it's just my school but we use something called synchroneyes very similar to ur description of LANschool. anyway, what i do in my school is jsut hold windows key and f1 at the same time and i get a ton of popups saying helpctr.exe has been disallowed. the ram floods and idk why but all the restrictions on the computer fly away and i get full access to internet, even the sites that are usually blocked. DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!!! I CRASHED MY COMPUTER!!!
yours31f 16 years ago
Vista has this option disabled. xp, and 2000 does not. I tested on all three and it works. also you can port the notepad over to linux and run it that way. Good article Btw. I like it short. its to the point and saves time by not wasting extra characters that you have to read pointlessly.
RootsBabilonia 14 years ago
Very interesting! But you like doing things the hard way! If disabled the IE in your school … The easiest way would be to use the Windows Explorer to navigate … I doubt they have blocked the windows explorer! HAUHAUHAUAHUHAUHAUHAUHUAHUA
But it's a cool tip!
RootsBabilonia 14 years ago
Very interesting! But you like doing things the hard way! If disabled the IE in your school … The easiest way would be to use the Windows Explorer to navigate … I doubt they have blocked the windows explorer! HAUHAUHAUAHUHAUHAUHAUHUAHUA
But it's a cool tip!
RootsBabilonia 14 years ago
Very interesting! But you like doing things the hard way! If disabled the IE in your school … The easiest way would be to use the Windows Explorer to navigate … I doubt they have blocked the windows explorer! HAUHAUHAUAHUHAUHAUHAUHUAHUA
But it's a cool tip!
RootsBabilonia 14 years ago
sorry … NOSCRIPT was that did it! Asked to resubmit the information and posted it three times! :)
bahpomet1105 9 years ago
Cool work around. I always use the autorun feature of a usb to run a seperate browser then tunnel it through proxies