Downloadable hosts file to block websites






















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In order to do this, you have to find the IP address of the other site first. To do that, just open a command prompt click on Start and type in CMD and type in the following command:. In my example, I pinged Adobe. The IP address is Now I can simply plug that number into my hosts file in front of www. Now when I visit www. For example, it makes a difference if you use www.

Visit the website and see exactly what the URL is for the website you want to redirect. You should always try without the www first to see if that works.

Lastly, you can use the hosts file to create simple shortcuts to your own devices on the network. This branch is not ahead of the upstream master. Open pull request. Latest commit. Git stats 55 commits. Failed to load latest commit information. View code.

What's so special about this repository? Then to make things even worse To check your Windows version If you decide that you want the DNS Client service running You can make a little batch file that will flush the DNS whenever you desire.

Open Notepad and enter the following:. These instructions are intended for a single home-user PC. If your machine is part of a "Domain", check with your IT Dept. This especially applies to Laptop users who travel or bring their work machines home.

Make sure to reset the Service if needed prior to connecting reboot required to your work Domain Hostsman includes an option to turn off the DNS Service [ screenshot ]. When set to Manual you can see that the above "Service" is not needed after a little browsing - when set to Manual by opening the Services Editor again, scroll down to DNS Client and check the "Status" column.

It should be blank, if it was needed it would show "Started" in that column.



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