How to Temporarily Block a Website

If you come across a site that you do not want the user of your computer to find, you can easily block it. This site could be a social networking site you do not want your kids to go to while they do their homework or a sports site that you want to block from yourself as you try to get some work done at home. This process takes about two minutes to complete.

Instructions

1. Hit the "Windows" key and the "R" key on your keyboard simultaneously.

2. Type "cmd" (without the quotes) in the Run field.

3. Enter "notepad C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts" (without the quotes) in the black command window that appears. Hit the "Enter" key on your keyboard.

4. Locate the "127.0.0.1 localhost" line in the Notepad document that appears.

5. Type "127.0.0.1 (Web site)" on the line below "127.0.0.1 localhost." For example, if the site that you want to block is Facebook.com, then type "127.0.0.1 Facebook.com" (without the quotes).

6. Save the Notebook file.

7. Repeat Steps 1 to 4 and remove the line that you created in Step 5 to unblock a site.

References

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