Block a website windows7/8

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 Blocking a site using these steps only blocks the website on one computer. Any other computer, phone, or tablet connected to your computer will be able to access the site you're blocking.

The new versions of Windows include a new Windows Family Safety feature that allows parents to setup computer usage rules and includes the ability to only allow certain websites or block websites. If you're running Windows 7 or Windows 8, open Family Safety from either the Windows Start Menu or Start Screen by typing "family" and then clicking on the Family Safety shortcut that should appear.

When open you'll have a screen that resembles the example below which gives you access to web filtering, time limits, logs, as well as the type of games that can be played.

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Blocking a website in Windows

Note: Blocking a site using these steps only blocks the website on one computer. Any other computer, phone, or tablet connected to your computer will be able to access the site you're blocking.

A website can be blocked on any Windows computer by editing the hosts file, in Windows this file is referred to as the lmhost file.

Locate the hosts file in Windows Explorer. For Windows XP and up, it will be located in the directory C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\. In Windows 2000/NT, C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\. In Windows 98 and ME, C:\WINDOWS\.

Navigate to the proper directory using Windows Explorer. Double-click the hosts file. Choose Notepad from the list of programs to open the file and edit it in Notepad.

Find the line below:

127.0.0.1 localhost

Right underneath it, add the following lines (replacing badsite.com with the site you want to block):

127.0.0.1 badsite.com
127.0.0.1 www.badsite.com

Click on the File menu and click Save. Close the file. The site should be blocked in all web browsers and now instead of trying to access that site the computer will redirect you to the localhost.