like using shortcuts which are a good habit, simply hold the windows key + letter R and voila, the Run box appears.
It is in this Host file that you are going to tell your computer not to visit a site
.
In other to have full access to this file, Click Start and search for notepad, right click on Notepad and select Run as administrator.
Look at the taskbar on notepad click on File>Open>This Pc>Local Disk C:>Windows>system32>driver>etc
When you get to this etc folder, at the bottom of notepad open box change the Text Documents drop down box to All Files.
Double click on Host and type the following code at the bottom of the page
127.0.0.2 website you want to block
127.0.0.3 www.website you want to block
127.0.0.4 another website you want to block
127.0.0.5 www.another website you want to block
You can follow the above pattern to add as many websites as you want.
Type in this code %windir%\system32\drivers\etc in the Run box and hit the Enter key.
This etc folder contains a file called Host and some other files. We are interested in the Host file here.It is in this Host file that you are going to tell your computer not to visit a site
.
In other to have full access to this file, Click Start and search for notepad, right click on Notepad and select Run as administrator.
Look at the taskbar on notepad click on File>Open>This Pc>Local Disk C:>Windows>system32>driver>etc
When you get to this etc folder, at the bottom of notepad open box change the Text Documents drop down box to All Files.
Double click on Host and type the following code at the bottom of the page
127.0.0.2 website you want to block
127.0.0.3 www.website you want to block
127.0.0.4 another website you want to block
127.0.0.5 www.another website you want to block
You can follow the above pattern to add as many websites as you want.
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