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How to block chat windows in gmail

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by gkarthik9

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Hi all,

I have a team of 10 members and these people always chat in gmail chat windows even there is work.
I need a solution to block the chat windows in all the browsers and in all the systems except mine.

Please help me out to block chat windows in a gmail website.

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by seanferd

or what you are willing to pay for.

What kind of network and operating systems do you have? Do you have administrative rights? A lot of possibilities depend on what you have to work with.

If this is the only chat site or app you are concerned with, you can block mail.google.com in a firewall, or with OpenDNS filtering. However, this will block all Gmail as well.

by gkarthik9

Hi Seanferd,

I would like to block the gmail chat window alone and the should have the access to open gmail account.

I think this is possible, because sometimes i get the message below the chat list as "ur n/w administrator has blocked the chat" and then 1 links would be given like "learn more".

So please can anybody tell me the process to block the gmail chat window alone?

Thanks in advance,
karthik.

by older mycroft

Usually if you've been online on Gmail for an extended period of time and your browser's cache has overflowed.

Either clearing the browser cache or logging out and logging back in to Gmail will clear that condition.

It's just a Gmail server message.

[i]It happens to me every 2 or 3 days.[/i]

This is the entire message you've been seeing:

[b]'Your Network administrator has disabled chat in Gmail,' your network administrator or ISP has chosen to block chat in Gmail. If you've verified that your network has not blocked chat, as a first step, please ensure you have a good Internet connection and refresh your browser. If you're still experiencing difficulties, this may be caused by a conflict with software on your computer, browser cache that needs to be cleared, or a temporary problem on the Gmail server.[/b]

Here is the Gmail explanation:

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=34331

This message CAN be misleading but that's nothing new for computer error messages. ;)

:)

by gkarthik9

Hi Mycroft,

Thats ok but this does not answer my questioin of blocking the gmail cha window in teh gmail account.

please help me out........

by older mycroft

They'll probably just tell you what I have.

Then again, maybe not. ;)

by gkarthik9

Well, have you read my question?
if yes, then tell me how to block the gmail itself.
otherwise please....

by older mycroft

Infantile in the extreme.

So you've got 10 folk sitting about chatting using Gmail and you want someone to tell you how to block this chat facility, so that these 10 folk can't do it anymore and they'll get on with their work.

Oh wait though, YOU still want to be able to waste your working day chatting.

THAT is hardly a question.

Now - you've 'seen' the capability for this function on Gmail and I've explained it to you. If you don't like the answer and you're not prepared to inquire with Gmail themselves, I really can't see why I should bother doing whatever you're not prepared to tell me to go and do!

Humph !! :^0

by older mycroft

Blocking DNS lookups to chatenabled.mail.google.com, by returning 127.0.0.1

These 10 folk won't have anything to do though. ;)

Oh - and nor will you! :D

by computercookie

Do you have the authority?
Have you been breaking any laws by monitoring their use of the computer?

The real answer in "Team", if they were your team you wouldn't have to rely upon solutions like the one you're seeking!

by gkarthik9

Hi,

As an MD of the company i dont require any kind of permissions to work on the computers of the team.

Although the problem has been solved and i dont require any kind of suggestions any more Thanks for ur effort.......

by nagesh2233

open notepad run as administrator open the "hosts" file location C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc and copy "127.0.0.1 chatenabled.mail.google.com" and save. The chat window is blocked

by kasiviswanath

@nagesh2233
it is not working can u please help me more
can u elaborate fully

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