*V*V*****NADINEBAGGOTT OR SOUPDRAGON******V*V*

[GythaOggsFrog]

What do I have to do so's I don't get the ads??????????




Please tell........

[purplemonkeydishwasher]

bump

(cause i wanna know toooooooo)

[Flamesparrow]

Me tooooooooooooo

[southeastastra]

i don't get them at all

have you got your popup blocker on

[NadineBaggott]

Find your hosts file (at C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts for Windows XP) 2. Mine has a very long list with lots of known adservers in it so that I block most ads anywhere but I believe the specific line you need to add (under the line that says "127.0.0.1 localhost") to block the Mumsnet ads is 127.0.0.1 adserver.adtech.de 3. Save hosts file 4. Restart browser (you might also need to reboot the PC, I'm not sure) it works

[GythaOggsFrog]

Eh?

[NadineBaggott]

do you want step by step

[GythaOggsFrog]

Can you pretend I'm somebody who has never seen a computer before please?

Just speak to me as if I was a three year old

Right,

exactly where do I find my "hosts file"

[NadineBaggott]

right click on Start (the green button, bottom left - go to 'explore')
find C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

click to open hosts file
open in Notebook
cut and paste this to the bottom

127.0.0.1 adserver.adtech.de

save and close file
reboot

you shouldn't see any ads now (I just see one for Junior magazine but its not a problem)

[GythaOggsFrog]

Got to go now, but will be back later for tutorial

[purplemonkeydishwasher]

hmmm...explore? don't have it. that's not for xp, is it?

[NadineBaggott]

yes

if you right click on start you should get a list starting with open followed by 'explore'

[MamaG]

NB THANK YOU

I've just done it and it works - I didn't realise how much those ads bugged me until they weren't there!

[MamaG]

(i also used step by step )

[NadineBaggott]

I know

[GythaOggsFrog]

I did it, but nothings changed.

Still being assaulted by ads for Virgin and the Financial Times, and still taking ages to load.

Was hoping it might help speed up my totally abysmal dial-up speed of 16.8kbps



Am obviously totally doozie when it comes to technology.........

[NadineBaggott]

did you re-boot?

[MamaG]

gotta re boot y'know

[GythaOggsFrog]

yes

I've just gone through it all again and the bit I copied (didn't have an option to paste) into it was there, so I must have done it right, I've added it again for good measure and will now try rebooting again......

[MamaG]

is it at teh BOTTOM

[GythaOggsFrog]

I know it's at the BOTTOM, MamaG .




Yeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa





By Gawd, Nadine, you're a genius.





Not much faster mind, but yay, those bloody annoying adverts are no more.

[AitchTwoOh]

Gutted. I thought it was an MN Face-Off, Soupy V NB.
i thought we were going to have to cast a vote, Simon Cowell-style...




who would i have chosen..?

[GythaOggsFrog]

Aaaaarrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I take it all back.

They've come back......

Bloody things are back............. a Financial Times one, and one from The Food Standards Agency about bloody salt.

How, what, where.............??????????????




Aaah... and to add insult to injury there's a new one that wasn't there before at the bottom, flashing at me, and advertising..... would you bloody believe it......... Adtech advertising

[MamaG]

mine haven't frog

(who ARE you? have you name changed?_)