Hosts File Not Blocking a Website

From: lrichar3 <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:35:13 -0500

Hi,

I have altered my hosts file on both an XP and Vista computer. The XP
computer correctly blocks the unwanted websites ("Page cannot be
displayed") but the same exact hosts file on the vista computer shows
the sites.

What is going on here?

Thanks.

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lrichar3
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