After:
The benefit of this hack is, there are a few features in Windows Vista which can only be used if your "Windows Experience Index" reaches the minimum requirements. So by increasing the Index manually, you can use those features.
Like You'll get toolbar in "Photo Gallery's Slide Show" while opening a wallpaper in Explorer.
How to:
1. Type following in Startmenu Searchbox / Run / Explorer Addressbar:
Quote:
%windir%\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore
And Press.
2. You'll one or more .xml files in the folder. Sort them by Date Created or look at their name. The file name will be in following format:
Quote:
How to BLOCK website without software!!!
Steps:
1] Browse C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
2] Find the file named "HOSTS"
3] Open it in notepad
4] Under "127.0.0.1 localhost" Add 127.0.0.2
Code:
www.sitenameyouwantblocked.com
, and that site will no longer be accessible
5] Done!
-So-
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.2
Code:
www.blockedsite.com
-->
Code:
www.blockedsite.com
is now unaccessible<--
For every site after that you want to add, just add "1" to the last number in the internal ip (127.0.0.2) and then the add like before.
IE: 127.0.0.3
Code:
www.yahoo.com
127.0.0.4
Code:
www.google.com
127.0.0.5
Code:
www.hotmail.com
etc
OR
Step 1
Click Start > Run. Type notepad C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts in the “Open:” field and click OK.
Step 2
A notepad will pop up. Find the line where it says “127.0.0.1 localhost”
Step 3
Immediately under the “127.0.0.1 localhost“, enter the website you want to block by using the format “127.0.0.1 webaddress.com”. For example, you want to block Google and Yahoo from being accessed:
You can block as many websites as you want, just make sure you only enter one URL per line. To remove the blocked websites, just simply remove the line and you are done.
The benefit of this hack is, there are a few features in Windows Vista which can only be used if your "Windows Experience Index" reaches the minimum requirements. So by increasing the Index manually, you can use those features.
Like You'll get toolbar in "Photo Gallery's Slide Show" while opening a wallpaper in Explorer.
How to:
1. Type following in Startmenu Searchbox / Run / Explorer Addressbar:
Quote:
%windir%\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore
And Press
2. You'll one or more .xml files in the folder. Sort them by Date Created or look at their name. The file name will be in following format:
Quote:
How to BLOCK website without software!!!
Steps:
1] Browse C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
2] Find the file named "HOSTS"
3] Open it in notepad
4] Under "127.0.0.1 localhost" Add 127.0.0.2
Code:
www.sitenameyouwantblocked.com
, and that site will no longer be accessible
5] Done!
-So-
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.2
Code:
www.blockedsite.com
-->
Code:
www.blockedsite.com
is now unaccessible<--
For every site after that you want to add, just add "1" to the last number in the internal ip (127.0.0.2) and then the add like before.
IE: 127.0.0.3
Code:
www.yahoo.com
127.0.0.4
Code:
www.google.com
127.0.0.5
Code:
www.hotmail.com
etc
OR
Step 1
Click Start > Run. Type notepad C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts in the “Open:” field and click OK.
Step 2
A notepad will pop up. Find the line where it says “127.0.0.1 localhost”
Step 3
Immediately under the “127.0.0.1 localhost“, enter the website you want to block by using the format “127.0.0.1 webaddress.com”. For example, you want to block Google and Yahoo from being accessed:
You can block as many websites as you want, just make sure you only enter one URL per line. To remove the blocked websites, just simply remove the line and you are done.
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