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How to Edit the hosts File on Windows 10 or 11

You can edit the hosts file with any text editor. There are a variety available, but both Windows 10 and 11 come with Notepad ...
Ars Technica

Windows 2003 host file ignored, what gives?

I was hoping to do a simple "<IP address> domain_name>" redirection in the Windows 2003 host file to point to files being served from a test server instead of the production server registered in DNS, ...
Ars Technica

HOSTS file copy via script

Despite how much I hate having a manual HOSTS file on a PC, we're stuck with it for a specific legacy program that refuses to use DNS lookups or direct IP addresses.<br><br>Because of this, we have to ...
Bleeping Computer

New Windows 'LockSmith' PowerToy lets you free locked files

Microsoft has a new utility to the PowerToys toolset that will help Windows users find the processes using selected files and unlock them without requiring a third-party tool. PowerToys 0.64.0 also ...
Techno-Science.net

How to Edit Hosts File on Windows 10 or Windows 11

Are you a developer who wants to test changes to their website before making them live? Or do you want to block access to certain websites on your home network? A simple search on the internet will ...