How to Edit the HOSTS file in Vista Or Windows 7

How To Edit The HOSTS File In Vista or Windows 7

The HOSTS file is where your computer goes first to translate a domain (404TechSupport.com) to an IP address (96.30.24.98). It’s mostly been replaced by the use of DNS because it would be impossible to keep up with all the new websites created or server changes that occur daily. Despite that, it still has its uses for correcting something locally or filtering sites. Malware might also find its useful to redirect web traffic to a different server. For that reason, Windows has tightened up security on the file and editing the file requires a little trick.

If you were to just go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc and open the hosts file in Notepad, you wouldn’t be able to save your changes.



Instead, you need to go under the Start Menu and either type Notepad or find its listing. Then right-click on Notepad and choose to ‘Run as administrator’. A prompt should come up and you can give it permission.



Once Notepad open go to File, Open (change file type in the dialog box from .txt to all files) and browse to your HOSTS file. You’ll then be able to make and save changes as needed.

TL;DR – Run Notepad as an Administrator (even if you are using an administrator account), open the HOSTS file, and save your changes.

BLOCKED WEBSITE FROM YOUR PC.......

How to block certain website on your computer?

Some of common reasons to block unwanted websites are, may be you wants to avoid spammers, porn and gambling sources. At home may be you want to prevent your children to access explicit or crude language sites. You can block the unwanted websites in all web browsers without using any third party software. This process only needs to edit the system host file.

Perform the following steps to edit the system host file:

• To active this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

• First click on Start button and select "Run". Now type "notepad" c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" then press Ok button to open host file.

Now a notepad window will appear with the title "host Notepad".

Now locate the line 127.0.0.1 localhost and here press the Enter key to change the line then type the websites name. For example if you want to block site www.myspace.com then type as:

127.0.0.1 localhost

127.0.0.1 www.myspace.com

• Here you can add many sites with prefix 127.0.0.1.

• Now go to File menu and save these setting.

• When you want to restore access to this site, simply remove this line and again save it.

• Close the host file and reboot your computer after any changes to go into effect.

INTERNET EXP. SHORTCUT KEY........

Useful Internet Explorer Shortcut keys

Key Purpose

• F1 Used to open the help of Internet Explorer.

• F3 Open the search window with in explorer.

• F4 View the previously opened websites

• F5 Refresh the webpage.

• F6 Used to select the address bar.

• F10 Used to select the main menu bar.

• F11 View webpage in Full Screen View (on/off).

• Print Screen Used to capture the full screen.

• Esc Used to stop any downloading page.

Shortcut keys with the Combination of Ctrl key

Key Purpose

• Ctrl+A Used to select the full page of active screen.

• Ctrl+B Used to open "Organize Favorites" windows to organize the list of favorites.

• Ctrl+F Used to find any word or phrase in a page.

• Ctrl+H Used to open the history of previously opened websites

• Ctrl+I Used to open the list of favorites.

• Ctrl+E Open the search window with in explorer.

• Ctrl+P Used to send the print of active webpage.

• Ctrl+O Used to move to new location (type new website name, document or folder to open in internet explorer).

• Ctrl+W Used to close the active windows.

• Ctrl+N Used to open the active webpage in new window.

• Ctrl+F4 Used to close the active windows.

• Ctrl+R Perform same task like F5 (Refresh the active webpage).

• Ctrl+Page Up Used to move active page up.

• Ctrl+Page Down Used to move active page down.

• Ctrl+Mouse Wheel Used to change the font size of active page.

• Ctrl+Enter Press Ctrl+Enter Windows will automatically add both "www" and ".com"

Shortcut keys with the Combination of ALT key

Key Purpose

• ALT+A Used to open the list of your favorite.

• ALT+D Go to address bar.

• ALT+H Used to open internet explorer Help menu.

• ALT+E Used to open internet explorer Edit menu.

• ALT+F Used to open internet explorer File menu.

• ALT+T Used to open internet explorer Tools menu.

• ALT+V Used to open internet explorer View menu.

• ALT+F4 Close the active internet explorer.

• ALT+Home Move to your home page.

• ALT+LEFT Used to move to Back page.

• ALT+RIGHT Used to move to Forward page.

How to manage " Program cannot be deleted because is already being used by another program" error message?

The most commonly used operations on files and folders are coping, moving and deleting. But some time you get the error message when you want to rename, move and delete any file and folder "File or Folder cannot be deleted because it's already being used by another program". This happen because windows and some time virus is still using the targeted file or folder and this sharing violation prevent the computer users to move, rename and delete certain file or folder on their computer.

• Perform the following steps to solve this error message:

• To active this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

• Now download a free software unlocker 1.8.5 for this purpose and run the easy setup.

• After installation, right click on any file or folders that you want to delete and click on option "Unlocker".

Little effort for large profits

Now a small windows dialog box will open with title "unlocker 1.8.5", using drop down menu select the option "delete, rename, move" and press OK button to end this process.

You can repeat the steps on all affected files or folders to stop the process that is using your files or folders.

RESORE WINDOWS VISTA_HIDDEN OR DELETED ICONS??????

How to restore the windows vista hidden or deleted icons?

You can easily recover the deleted desktop default icons in windows vista. For example, when you right click on recycle bin icon in windows vista, there is an option to delete it. If you cannot find your desktop default icon then there is a simple method to recover them.

Follow the list of windows vista default icons.

Computer

User's Files

Network

Recycle

Internet Explorer

Control Panel

Fellow the given steps to restore the desktop default icons:

First right click on any empty area of the windows vista desktop.

Now click on Personalize option in the shortcut menu.

Now a windows dialog box will appear with the title "Personalize appearance and sounds".

On the left hand side of this dialog box, click on "Change desktop icons" under the Task section.

Now "Desktop Item Settings" dialog box will appear with different options.

Under the "Desktop" tab, select the all check box under the "Desktop icons" section or click on "Restore default" button to restore the all default icons on your windows vista desktop.

Now Press Ok button to save setting and close dialog box.

DISABLE_POPUP_WINDOWS XP

How to disable "Your computer might be at risk" Popup in windows XP?

In windows XP with SP2, a small popup message that notifies you at the taskbar where the clock resides, "your computer might be at risk, antivirus software might not be installed, click this balloon to fix this problem".

There is no need to edit the system registry to disable this popup message; you can easily handle this by changing the Windows Security Center settings.

Performs the following steps to disable the security center warning message:

First click on Start button to open the "Control Panel" and then click on "Security Center" option.

Little effort for large profits

Now a new windows dialog box will appear with the title "Windows Security Center".

On the left hand side of "Windows Security Center" dialog box, click on the option "Change the way Security Center alerts me" under the "Resources" section.

After clicking on "Change the way Security Center alerts me", a new windows dialog box will appear with title "Alert Settings".

Under the "Alert Settings" section, uncheck the "Virus Protection" bottom checkbox to disable the alert message and press Ok button to finish it.

SYSTEM RESTORE SPACE IN WIN 7..........

How to Adjust System Restore Space in Windows 7?

Nowadays the hard drives in computers come with large capacities. If you still want to save all the space possible on your computer, you can disable the System Restore entirely. But usually you don’t have a reason to fully disable the System Restore feature in Windows 7. Window 7 features the option to completely disable System Restore along with the choice of managing the space taken by it. At one point or another, you may think about restricting the amount of space the System Restore feature takes upon the disk if you want. You can easily adjust system Restore space in Windows 7.

• Here are the simple steps you need to take in order to adjust System Restore space in Windows 7.

Click on Start button.

From the Start menu, select the Control Panel.

In the control panel, switch to all items view.

Select System.

Select System Protection in the next window.

You will see the System Properties dialog box. Choose the system disc and click the “Configure” button under the System Protection tab.

The System Protection for Local Disk C dialog box will appear. Under the Restore Settings, you will see that it is set to “Restore system settings and previous versions of files”.

At the end click on Apply when you are done.

As you bound the amount of space it consumes, it deletes the older Restore Points. Also there will be lesser number of points to restore from. After you adjust System Restore space in Windows 7 to a minimum level, you should create a Restore Point without delay. This feature to adjust System Restore space in Windows 7 is very useful if you want to save some hard drive space on your computer.

How to increase the performance of external hard drives?

How to increase the performance of external hard drives?

Perform the following steps to increase the performance of external Hard Drives..


STEP 1: Right Click on "My Computer" icon and select "Manage".


STEP 2: Here on the side menu click on "Device Manager"





STEP 3: Expand the "Disk Drive" icon



STEP 4: Select your External Drive, right click on it select "Properties"



STEP 5: Open the "Policies" Tab and check the "Better Performance" option.








Press "OK" and save all the settings.