Windows7 hosts file is ignored

[Muammar]

Hi, I'm trying to block some websites using the hosts file located on C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ contents are: 127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com Any idea why Windows7 ignores it?? Many thanks

[Lost User]

I copy/pasted your entry, and it works for me (also on Win7) Ran notepad as an administrator, added the entry, opened IE, and can't find FB. Did it add a ".txt" extension to your file? It might be that Windows is hiding the file-extension.

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[DaveAuld]

Any changes should be seen immediately, however, you may have to flush any caches and reload the tables ipconfig /flushdns nbtstat -r from the command prompt.

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