Are you a developer who wants to test changes to their website before making them live? Or do you want to block access to certain websites on your home network? A simple search on the internet will ...

If you have ever used a HOSTS file on your Windows computer, you might have seen the LMHOSTS file in the same directory where the HOSTS file is located. The HOSTS file is used to map IP host names to ...

The Windows system consists of thousands of files. Many of them have strange names, others have extensions that most users have never seen before. Normally you do not need to worry about these files.

Here's a short guide on how to block users of a PC from accessing certain websites, regardless of the browser. How to block certain websites on your PC? Do you want to block some websites on your home ...

Microsoft has a new utility to the PowerToys toolset that will help Windows users find the processes using selected files and unlock them without requiring a third-party tool. PowerToys 0.64.0 also ...

Windows Sandbox gives you a temporary environment to test your programs or utilities. However, at times, one needs to access folders on the host devices. In this post, we will learn how you can share ...

I don't know of a way to easily edit this file short of replacing it.<BR><BR>A reboot is not needed in order to have updates to the HOSTS file recognized. This file is parsed everytime a Winsock name ...

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