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	<title>Comments on: Windows 7/XP/Vista: How to Block Unwanted Sites Without Additional Software</title>
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		<title>By: Braca85</title>
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		<dc:creator>Braca85</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>not working on windows 7.... :-( How can I fix this?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>not working on windows 7&#8230;. :-( How can I fix this?</p>
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		<title>By: Raju</title>
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		<dc:creator>Raju</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi
This solution is not for windows 7 its work onlu windows XP</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi<br />
This solution is not for windows 7 its work onlu windows XP</p>
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		<title>By: shivam chauhan</title>
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		<dc:creator>shivam chauhan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 15:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i tried this method but i can&#039;t save the file at the etc folder with the host.txt 
there is an error </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i tried this method but i can&#8217;t save the file at the etc folder with the host.txt<br />
there is an error</p>
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		<title>By: Latino</title>
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		<dc:creator>Latino</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For those of you who aren&#039;t getting this to work on Windows 7, here are the required steps:

1) Open notepad with administrator rights
Open Start Menu, type &quot;notepad&quot; in the search box, right click the notepad icon and select &quot;Run as administrator&quot;

2) In Notepad, open the hosts file
Choose option File &gt; Open from the menu, go to C:WindowsSystem32driversetc and choose the &quot;hosts&quot; file
Note: the &quot;etc&quot; directory will probably be hidden, but you can just press F4 and type the path above

3) Insert your sites
Go to the end of the file and enter a new line with the following format
127.0.0.1 site1 site2 site3
replacing &quot;site1&quot;, &quot;site2&quot; and &quot;site3&quot; with the url&#039;s of the sites you want to block.

Example:
127.0.0.1 facebook.com hi5.com myspace.com

You can put as many sites as you want on that line. Just remember to separate them with a space and never press enter (to keep them all on that line).

4) Save the file and close Notepad

5) Open a command line client
Open Start Menu, type &quot;cmd&quot; on the search box and press enter

6) Flush the DNS cache
In the CMD window type &quot;ipconfig /flushdns&quot; and press enter.

This command will clear the dns cache and reload the hosts file.
With this you don&#039;t need to restart your computer after changing the hosts file.

I also advise you to close and re-open your browser.

Hope this helps =)

Best regards,
Latino</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For those of you who aren&#8217;t getting this to work on Windows 7, here are the required steps:</p>
<p>1) Open notepad with administrator rights<br />
Open Start Menu, type &#8220;notepad&#8221; in the search box, right click the notepad icon and select &#8220;Run as administrator&#8221;</p>
<p>2) In Notepad, open the hosts file<br />
Choose option File &gt; Open from the menu, go to C:WindowsSystem32driversetc and choose the &#8220;hosts&#8221; file<br />
Note: the &#8220;etc&#8221; directory will probably be hidden, but you can just press F4 and type the path above</p>
<p>3) Insert your sites<br />
Go to the end of the file and enter a new line with the following format<br />
127.0.0.1 site1 site2 site3<br />
replacing &#8220;site1&#8243;, &#8220;site2&#8243; and &#8220;site3&#8243; with the url&#8217;s of the sites you want to block.</p>
<p>Example:<br />
127.0.0.1 facebook.com hi5.com myspace.com</p>
<p>You can put as many sites as you want on that line. Just remember to separate them with a space and never press enter (to keep them all on that line).</p>
<p>4) Save the file and close Notepad</p>
<p>5) Open a command line client<br />
Open Start Menu, type &#8220;cmd&#8221; on the search box and press enter</p>
<p>6) Flush the DNS cache<br />
In the CMD window type &#8220;ipconfig /flushdns&#8221; and press enter.</p>
<p>This command will clear the dns cache and reload the hosts file.<br />
With this you don&#8217;t need to restart your computer after changing the hosts file.</p>
<p>I also advise you to close and re-open your browser.</p>
<p>Hope this helps =)</p>
<p>Best regards,<br />
Latino</p>
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		<title>By: Crystalguy536</title>
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		<dc:creator>Crystalguy536</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>it is asking permission 2 get saved .how can i give permission.??????
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>it is asking permission 2 get saved .how can i give permission.??????</p>
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		<title>By: mr tact</title>
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		<dc:creator>mr tact</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>,,,ancient and no longer applies to W7</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>,,,ancient and no longer applies to W7</p>
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		<title>By: Affanbinsayeed</title>
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		<dc:creator>Affanbinsayeed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I tried to  block particular website but its unable to save the file ...It asking me where to save ,i checked in properties everything is ok... please help me...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I tried to  block particular website but its unable to save the file &#8230;It asking me where to save ,i checked in properties everything is ok&#8230; please help me&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Benjch</title>
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		<dc:creator>Benjch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not working in Windows 7 :-( </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not working in Windows 7 :-(</p>
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		<title>By: Ergzay</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ergzay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Confirmed doesnt work</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Confirmed doesnt work</p>
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		<title>By: Annoyed Amos</title>
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		<dc:creator>Annoyed Amos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Same, It Dosen&#039;t Works..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Same, It Dosen&#8217;t Works..</p>
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