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1 | Melissa

January 24th, 2009 at 9:57 am

I tried your method but when I click save it says that it can’t and to make sure the path is correct. I can’t figure out how to get it to save my chances without that message coming up. Any thoughts on what’s wrong?

2 | Chuck

February 3rd, 2009 at 3:10 pm

Hey, i tryed doing this but only some websites get blocked not all of them! :(

3 | wojtekm

September 22nd, 2009 at 9:49 pm

1) u have tyo have admin access to save this file
2)
u have something wrong with your syntax
make sure u added both http://www.website.com and website.com ie:

127.0.0.1 http://www.100888290cs.com
127.0.0.1 100888290cs.com

4 | elai

September 23rd, 2009 at 11:56 am

I’ve tried but it didn’t block any website, does it work on googlechrome and Firefox?
I did just the way it’s explained here……….

can you solve the prob please?

5 | eisabai

September 24th, 2009 at 10:26 am

Hi elai. This solution is not browser-dependant. However, as wojtekm said, you need to have administrator right on the computer to save the file. And please make sure the syntax is correct and you have entries for both with www and without.

6 | Martin Sandbach

November 17th, 2009 at 7:46 am

I see others have commented about having admin rights. One step I still see missing is after editing the hosts file you must close and reopen all your browser windows for the changes to take affect. I also make a point and click instructional video on how to complete the steps in this blog. The video can be found here.

http://helpviavideo.com/watch.php?vidid=37

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