I have just discovered the hosts file. I d/l what looks to be a pretty good
hosts file. The problem is that now my wife claims it blocks some of the
sites she uses. Is there a program or an easy way to turn the hosts file on
and off?
As a side note - maybe I should ask her what sites she is frequenting.
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:45:02 -0400, "Steve Wahnd"
<magic88W@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I have just discovered the hosts file. I d/l what looks to be a pretty good
>hosts file. The problem is that now my wife claims it blocks some of the
>sites she uses. Is there a program or an easy way to turn the hosts file on
>and off?
Yes. Check on the freeware newsgroup for recent posts on this. You
could also create a simple batch file to rename hosts back and forth,
effectively toggling it on and off.
Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
"Steve Wahnd" <magic88W@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:biohb3$bjlcg$1@ID-127880.news.uni-berlin.de...
> I have just discovered the hosts file. I d/l what looks to be a pretty good
> hosts file. The problem is that now my wife claims it blocks some of the
> sites she uses. Is there a program or an easy way to turn the hosts file on
> and off?
> As a side note - maybe I should ask her what sites she is frequenting.
>
>
Steve Wahnd wrote:
> I have just discovered the hosts file. I d/l what looks to be a
> pretty good hosts file. The problem is that now my wife claims it
> blocks some of the sites she uses. Is there a program or an easy way
> to turn the hosts file on and off?
> As a side note - maybe I should ask her what sites she is frequenting.
What site did you get the HOSTS file from? Siljaline's reference give a
good minimal HOSTS file.
IE-SPYAD will add sites to the Restricted Zone and will permit them to be
displayed but not permit them to do any nasties.
Updated today.
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm#IESPYAD
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:45:02 -0400, "Steve Wahnd"
<magic88W@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I have just discovered the hosts file. I d/l what looks to be a pretty good
>hosts file. The problem is that now my wife claims it blocks some of the
>sites she uses. Is there a program or an easy way to turn the hosts file on
>and off?
>As a side note - maybe I should ask her what sites she is frequenting.
In case you didn't find it on the freeware n.g. here's a URL:
http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/HostsToggle/
Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
<null@zilch.com> wrote in message news:fr11lvof5si58vd4v5vl5of1oo964f0dcs@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:45:02 -0400, "Steve Wahnd"
> <magic88W@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I have just discovered the hosts file. I d/l what looks to be a pretty good
> >hosts file. The problem is that now my wife claims it blocks some of the
> >sites she uses. Is there a program or an easy way to turn the hosts file on
> >and off?
> >As a side note - maybe I should ask her what sites she is frequenting.
>
> In case you didn't find it on the freeware n.g. here's a URL:
>
> http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/HostsToggle/
>
I have used Hosts Toggle and so have others including the author of this:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
Toggle corrupts the HOSTS file - at least it *can* and did in many circumstances.
--
siljaline
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 12:06:21 -0400, "siljaline"
<siljaline@invalid.com> wrote:
>
><null@zilch.com> wrote in message news:fr11lvof5si58vd4v5vl5of1oo964f0dcs@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:45:02 -0400, "Steve Wahnd"
>> <magic88W@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I have just discovered the hosts file. I d/l what looks to be a pretty good
>> >hosts file. The problem is that now my wife claims it blocks some of the
>> >sites she uses. Is there a program or an easy way to turn the hosts file on
>> >and off?
>> >As a side note - maybe I should ask her what sites she is frequenting.
>>
>> In case you didn't find it on the freeware n.g. here's a URL:
>>
>> http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/HostsToggle/
>>
>
>I have used Hosts Toggle and so have others including the author of this:
>http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>Toggle corrupts the HOSTS file - at least it *can* and did in many circumstances.
Oh oh. Well, it wasn't a recommendation by me. Just something I saw
posted. I personally had/have no interest in it and didn't try it.
Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
<null@zilch.com> wrote in message news:afn1lv4od7ikkgd7vuoni0mhdo349rq9an@4ax.com...
> Oh oh. Well, it wasn't a recommendation by me. Just something I saw
> posted. I personally had/have no interest in it and didn't try it.
>
Not a problem
Just thought I would post the FYI - wasn't pointed at you just the app.
--
siljaline
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
"Steve Wahnd" <magic88W@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:biohb3$bjlcg$1@ID-127880.news.uni-berlin.de:
> I have just discovered the hosts file. I d/l what looks to be a
> pretty good hosts file. The problem is that now my wife claims it
> blocks some of the sites she uses. Is there a program or an easy way
> to turn the hosts file on and off?
> As a side note - maybe I should ask her what sites she is frequenting.
>
>
You might want to look at hostess, which makes it easier to manage
the host file. ie. add/remove entries and also toggle it on and off.
http://accs-net.com/hostess/
data64
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