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nikki605

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  1. I started it about an hour ago and set about surfing with IE11. Nada.  It's ver 2.1.62 (64-bit).

     

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    EDIT: I intentionally went to a website that I found in the MVPS hosts file to see if it would be caught in HostsServer. Nope. (www dot widebanner dot com)

  2. I installed the 64-bit version (I have Win7 Pro x64) launched it and started the server.  Started IE with the MVPS hosts file in place.  Went to several websites including NBC Live Sports Extra and HostsServer captured nothing.  I must be doing something wrong.  It seems simple enough to use, not many controls.

     

    EDIT: I tried the x86 version but it would not install on my x64 OS.

  3. I've used the MVPS hosts file for many years without issue.  Lately however, I've notice more & more mainstream websites won't work with the hosts file in place.  I have to use HostsXpert to quickly switch between the MVPS file & the default MS file.  It appears to be because the websites are inserting ads which MVPS blocks, stopping the website from going any further.  Two examples:

     

    macys.com - my wife can't read customer reviews with the MVPS file in place.

     

    NBC Sports Live Extra - streaming sports videos won't play with the MVPS file in place.

     

    Has anyone else noticed this?

  4. Thanks for your timely post.  I was trying to figure out why sometimes BlueStacks wouldn't start until I rebooted the PC, now I know why.

     

    I'm still using CC ver 4.19.4867 and that version breaks BlueStacks too.  I've unchecked it in Applications.  I know this older version won't get fixed so I'll just live with unchecking the app.

  5. I spent some time off and on over the past few days trying to figure out why the Index on my Win7 PC was getting reset and having to totally rebuild.  Long story short, it turned out to be the MS Search option in CCleaner.  I unchecked the option box and that resolved the issue. Fine, no problem with that.

     

    It took me longer than it should have to figure out what was happening because my brain was zeroed in on the word index(ing) since that's the way Win7 labels it.  I passed over the term "MS Search" several times without it dawning on me.

     

    My suggestion is to expand the description from MS Search to something like MS Search & Indexing to make it more intuitive for people with brains wired like mine. ;)

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