Hosts

[siljaline]

<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.


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[null@zilch.com]

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

[siljaline]

<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.


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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_