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Images & Banners Missing |
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HOSTS files can be used to block
adverts, banners etc. I came across this by accident when certain
images were not being displayed in web pages, typically these images
were coming from banner sites, and an entry for that particular banner
site was in my Hosts File
Hosts files are located:
Windows XP\2000
C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/DRIVERS/ETC
Windows 98\ME
C:/WINDOWS |
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To view them you will need a text
editor, Notepad will do the trick |
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To download a good hosts file
click here. |
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Once downloaded, extract the file and
copy the file over to the relevant directory for your Operating
System. |
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If you decide to add your own entries.
Be advised, if you enter a "www.whatever.com" to the hosts
file, you will not be able to access this page. Look over the entries
listed to ensure none of these sites are sites you normally visit. If
there is an entry in the list that you normally visit, simply do not
enter it to your hosts file. Also, if you are having trouble accessing
a particular site, check your hosts file for an entry for that site.
Remove it permanently or disable it temporarily by rem'ing it out with
"#" at the beginning of the line. See the example below:
Example:
# 0.0.0.0 www.whatever.com |
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