W ant to block particular website from accessing other users? Then this article might help. This is just a simple technique and therefore do not require specialized software to block a website. You just needed an User Account with Administrative control on your Windows XP, 7 or 8. We need administrative account because we are going to modify a system file i.e. Hosts File. Basically Hosts file is a plain text computer file used in your Windows Operating System that maps hostnames to Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. So without going much into details let's look how it works. HOW TO BLOCK WEBSITE USING HOST FILE Things to do before modifying Host file: 1. Log in into your Admin a/c 2. Turn of your Internet Connection temporarily. 3. You may have to disable your Anti-Virus as well. Now let's actually modify the Host file. In Windows XP: 1) Go to "My Computer" → C drive → Windows → System32 → drivers → etc. 2) You will see the file named as hosts (wi...
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