Domain Name Servers (DNS) bind the internet together. They match machine-usable IPv4 and IPv6 addresses with human-readable domain names. It's the internet's equivalent of the phone book. But, while ...

Hosts File is basically the file used by Microsoft Windows to map hostnames to IP addresses. In simple words, IP addresses can be given names like web addresses. For example, if you’ve hosted a local ...

If you have ever used a HOSTS file on your Windows computer, you might have seen the LMHOSTS file in the same directory where the HOSTS file is located. The HOSTS file is used to map IP host names to ...

I am on Windows 8 Pro and I am trying to edit my hosts file but every time I try to save the changes I made I get this error: "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another ...

The second part of that process can't be controlled by the hosts file or otherwise changing how reddit.com is resolved by the DNS client in windows. You need something in the middle (a proxy) to deny ...

There’s no shortage of browser extensions you can use to stay productive by blocking distracting websites throughout the day. (Sorry Reddit, YouTube, and Facebook.) But are they really that effective ...

Windows 10 has come under fire recently for a who laundry list of problems with the May 2020 Update. Microsoft has been working overtime to address all of the outstanding issues, but new ones ...