[jkjkjk]

I have no idea how to block sites on your computer any help would be amazing?

I have tried to block them using internet options but this doesn't seem to work on firefox, annoyingly

Thanks

[Delaney]

(Original post by jkjkjk)
I have no idea how to block sites on your computer any help would be amazing?

I have tried to block them using internet options but this doesn't seem to work on firefox, annoyingly

Thanks

Are you adding things using the restricted sites part of internet explorer? That doesn't block them, it just tells your browser to use the most secure internet settings when it connects to that site.

On XP go to C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\ hosts
On Vista/7 go to C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\

Open the hosts file using notepad.

At the bottom of this file, add the line

127.0.0.1 whateversiteyouwanttoblock.com
127.0.0.1 www.whateversiteyouwanttoblock.com

Repeat this for each website you want to block (you need one without www and one with www)

Go to file save as, then from the drop-down box below file name click All Files. Save the file as hosts. If it asks you to overwrite the file click yes.

This will cause the website to time out every time you try to load it. If you want to access the site again you need to remove the entry in your hosts file and then save it again.

[7589200]

the above is a good way for getting

photoshop
dreamweaver
illustrator
indesign
etc

[KieranDJ]

If you don't want to fool around with hosts and stuff, something like this might help too!
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/show....php?t=1564965

[654321A]

Why do you want to block a site?

[jkjkjk]

Cheers people

[kunjar]

Human blocker, dont visit the site ?

[ben broad]

If you want to effectively block sites, then you will need to set the router for your network to use static DNS servers from opendns.org. Setup an account with them. Set your blocking options and DNS lookups will fail for any sites you don't want it to work for.

[somebody else]

(Original post by ben broad)
If you want to effectively block sites, then you will need to set the router for your network to use static DNS servers from opendns.org. Setup an account with them. Set your blocking options and DNS lookups will fail for any sites you don't want it to work for.

Plenty of routers will let you set up a custom block list too, which is a bit easier.

[Delaney]

(Original post by ben broad)
If you want to effectively block sites, then you will need to set the router for your network to use static DNS servers from opendns.org. Setup an account with them. Set your blocking options and DNS lookups will fail for any sites you don't want it to work for.

however you could just browse to the websites IP address and it'd work fine.

[gole10]

try IE

[ZZ9]

If you install Chrome, there's an extension, StayFocusd. You can customise the settings to allow yourself limited amounts of time on certain sites. Idk if a similar thing exists for Firefox.

https://chrome.google.com/extensions...gcngdelahlfoji