11 May, 2012

HOW TO BLOCK FACEBOOK ON YOUR COMPUTER


Today I am going to post that how to block facebook on your computer without any software with host file. Facebook are very addictive and people tend to spend lot of time on it. You can easily block access to Facebook without any software, just follow steps below:



The location of the hosts file depends on your operation system.
Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.

1. Open the hosts file using Notepad or other plain text editor.
2. Copy the following:

    127.0.0.1  facebook.com
    127.0.0.1  www.facebook.com

3. Paste it into the Hosts file after 127.0.0.1 localhost


4. Save and close the Hosts file.
5. Reboot your computer to apply the changes.
6. Try to open Facebook in a browser.

Note: Pay attention that Google Chrome may ignore the Hosts file. 

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