Blocking websites on XP and IE.?

Hello,

I am trying to block websites without using an external blocker.

I have read some replies and none have worked.

I have tried:

In IE, opened Tools%26gt;Internet options%26gt;Privacy%26gt;sites%26gt;i have added the site and clicked OK

Still have access to the site.

Also tried: In IE%26gt;Tools%26gt;Internet options%26gt;security%26gt;restricted sites%26gt;sites%26gt;and added site

Still have access to the site.

Is there any way to block a site in IE. These methods have not worked.

Thanks.

Blocking websites on XP and IE.?windows xp sp2

You are correct, those methods, will not work.

Some people suggest that you add a website that you wish to block by adding it to Internet Explorer's Restricted Zone. This does NOT totally block a site. It will only RESTRICT a site from certain actions such as using javascript, Active-X and Java etc.

Some people suggest that your add a website to the Internet Explorer 'Privacy' settings. This does not block a site. It only stops that site from using cookies.

But, you can easily and effectivily block access to a website by adding it to your Windows HOSTS file. (Yes, Hosts is capitalised for some strange reason).

1.Go to your HOSTS file which is located at:

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC for windows Vista and XP

C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC for Windows 2k

C:\WINDOWS for Windows 98 and ME

2. Open HOSTS with Notepad.

The default Windows HOSTS looks like this:

______________________

# Copyright ? 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.

#

# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.

#

# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each

# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should

# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.

# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one

# space.

#

# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual

# lines or following the machine name denoted by a "#" symbol.

#

# For example:

#

# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server

# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

#

127.0.0.1 localhost

_____________________________

3. Directly under the line that says 127.0.0.1 Localhost, you will want to type:

127.0.0.1 name of the URL you want to block

For example to block the MySpace.com homepage (highly recommended!), simply type:

127.0.0.1 myspace.com

127.0.0.1 www.myspace.com

Other parts of MySpace could be blocked in a similar way:

127.0.0.1 search.myspace.com

127.0.0.1 profile.myspace.com

etc etc etc...

You may need to add sites with both with and without the "www.". Test after blocking to make sure you got it right.

You can add as many sites as you wish to block in this fashion. I, myself, have over 12000 undesireable and dangerous sites in my personal HOSTS file!

4. Close Notepad and answer "Yes" when prompted.

5. Reboot your computer and attempt to access your now blocked website. You should see a Cannot find server or DNS Error saying: "The page cannot be displayed".

Good luck.

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dunno, lol
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??? if this doesn't do it---you may have to remove and reinstall as mentioned by the dude here earlier

Hope this gets you going again

And, good luck !!!
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This is the index file.

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CSS Stylesheet.

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? Instead to simply align a table with the least amount of coding do this

%26lt;table align="center"%26gt;

or in css you can do this

%26lt;style type="text/css"%26gt;

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Getting a table to center correctly in IE.. Works in Firefox, not IE.?windows firewall internet explorer

Use the power of CSS.

div#my_table {

position: absolute;

left: #px;

top: #px;

}

Put that sucker anywhere you want after that. :D
you shouldn't use tables to layout text. use a div tag instead. where your content is try this. this will spread the whole width and align the text center in the div.

%26lt;div style="text-align: center;"%26gt;

text goes here

%26lt;/div%26gt;
I know the problem. Its with using "position: absolute;" in the css. do u want me to edit both html n css so luks like firefox in IE?

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