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How can I quickly swap between MVPS Hosts file and Microsoft's,, to temporarily access a blocked site, w/out re-boot?

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Crimea View Member Profile	Sep 23 2009, 05:31 PM Post #1
Authentic Member Group: Authentic Member Posts: 50 Joined: 11-December 07 Member No.: 75,109 Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition, SP2	Hi, How can I quickly swap between my MVPS Hosts file and Microsoft's, when troubleshooting the problem of no longer being able to access a site? I sometimes can't access a retailer's site, via a 'cashback' site, as, I presume, the tracking company used by the 'cashback' site is blocked by MVPS. At the moment I use the Microsoft method to restore the default Hosts file, but that is a pain as it requires a re-boot. I've been told HostsXpert or HostsMan would do the job, but I wouldn't know where to start with these. Is it true that, from what I've read at http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm, because my desktop P.C. is not part of a domain, I should disable the "DNS Client", whatever that is? I currently have a shortcut, on my Desktop, to the MVPS file, to manually disable individual url entries, but I can't disable every one and then re-enable them. Can anyone help? Thanks.

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Crimea How can I quickly swap between MVPS Hosts file and Microsoft's, Sep 23 2009, 05:31 PM

appleoddity Hi Crimea.. Just thought I would address this issu... Oct 10 2009, 01:00 PM

Crimea Hi, Thanks for the help. Should I also disable t... Oct 10 2009, 01:49 PM

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