Website filtering thing

I have a question about my school filtering system. They get pretty much everything ... I mean even google images is banned, and sometimes I need it for projects. I'm just wondering... Is it a proxy, a software or something external that controls it. Also, the blocker thingie is called "net sweeper".. >_> I just want to know; is it somewhere on the computer or is there anyway to find out? I checked add/remove... it was there =/

This is for educational purposes... seriously

 

It's probably on a server.

 

If its anything like my school internet, they either have a proxy server in the school itself, or in another school/library that you get the net from (the Local Gov't ISP, that is). There could be a program on all the machines to check what people are up to on the machines.

Seriously, if you got to Add/Remove you are better off than me. In our school, they have locked.. EVERYTHING. Hell, even to get to your personal network drive you need to do a dodgey work-around. Talk about sacrificing functionality for security...

 

School filters suck... They pretty much filter out everything that you need. Once though I was looking for pictures of some band.. when I was actually supposed to be looking up something for some english report. And well lets just say some not very nice pictures were displayed. I don't think the school filters know what they're even doing.

 

Hmm, that was confusing. You were looking for non-work-related stuff, and some "not very nice pictures" came up. Hmm, suprising!

BTW, if you REALLY need an image, try using another counties images google.
http://images.google.de
http://images.google.fr
http://images.google.co.il if you want a laugh

 

Yup ^_^ It wasn't that confusing.... lol but okay.

 

I'm not a kid >.>

Haha, getting to the add/remove was tough... I had to double click a folder in the start menu. Click up until I got to C (Typing C:\windows into the address bar would be blocked) and then I could get into windows. From there I somehow found an executable or dll or something. Then I got into add/remove...

I also got into taskman (look for it) and from taskman you can access run, under file! In run I opened cmd and messed with ipconfig... rofl...

But sometimes in business class; it's so damn boring. I finish all my work, and I can either do other work (if I have any) or try finding sites that haven't been blocked...

Hmm, if only I could find a way into internet options... I'm pretty sure it's a proxy. That would make the most sense...

Well, if anybody has any idea (without resorting to 3rd party programs; I don't want anything that can be traced back to directly me) please post