Sunday, March 12, 2017
Blocking Unblocking a Website or I P Address in Windows Environment
Blocking Unblocking a Website or I P Address in Windows Environment
How to Block or Unblock a Website or IP Address within your Computer
Follow the Procedure as under :
- Open the Hosts File, Go to Run Command (Win Key + R) and type in "C:WindowsSystem32driversetchosts" or alternatively go to My Computer->Windows Installation Directory (Usually Drive C: ) -> Windows -> System32 -> drivers -> etc -> hosts file
- Open the file with notepad.. (If you are using windows Vista/7 or 8, Right Click the hosts file and select properties --> under the Security Tab, Select all options under your Username and/or Administrator such as Write,Read,Read & Execute, Special Permissions --> Click Apply and then open that file with notepad - otherwise you wont be able to save changes to your hosts file)
- Find labels such as 127.0.0.1 localhost and move to the last line and enter the IP address of the Website you want to block along with its name.
- It should look like this --> 74.125.236.148 www.google.com ( IP Address SiteName)
- Save the changes made by pressing CTRL+S..
- You have successfully blocked www.google.com from being accessed within your computer
To Know the IP Address of a Website open command prompt and type "ping sitename" (without quotes) where site name could be any site name you want to block such as Facebook.. It should look like this --> 31.13.70.49 www.facebook.com
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