How to block web-sites in windows XP ..

Let me share a very simple tip in Win XP using which we can block a particular website from opening in our system.

Procedure :

-> Click the Start button and select Run. Type the following: c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

->Windows might ask you which program should be used to open this application. Click on Wordpad.

->It will open up a new window on your screen showing some text information. At the end of the last line of the file, press the Enter key. Type 127.0.0.1 and the name of the website you want to block.

For example: 127.0.0.1 xyz.com

->Finally save this file. The websites that you have put in this list will not open up on your system.

*NOTE*

In case you want to open them, go back to the text file using the same commands and remove the names you have typed. Save the file.