Get into any site that may be blocked - Just have access to My Computer

In this instructable I use a random webpage - yes.google.com to access instructables.com when it is blocked. This is possible because of domain remapping.

This idea is also in the instructable here.

Step 1 What You Need

A Windows PC (sorry Mac and Linux users)
Access to the system 32 folder located at C:\WINDOWS\system32
(If you can get into My Computer and Type that in the address bar - it will work!)
An Internet Connection
A Browser - All Windows computers come with IE but Firefox is Far Superior

If you have all of that move to step 2!

Comments

[TDJP]

Is there a way to ping youtube? it keeps on pinging google

[highvoltageguy]

use this command in telnet:
ping www.youtube.com

[fireblast_1212]

it won't let me save the hosts file. how do i then?

[RedFlash]

For the adverts in the last picture, install ad block plus... (hint) I thought you were Tony..... (innocent remark)

[thermoelectric]

Don't use adblock on Instructables, The ad's are helping to keep Instructables going!

[RedFlash]

But they are very annoying. Just because I can see them doesn't mean that I am not supporting Instructables

[thermoelectric]

Well, You might be supporting Instructables in your mind, but your not financially. I just ignore the ad's, I just look at the content of the pages, not them (that way I don't upset the admins)

[RedFlash]

But they are really annoying and even when you try to read what's on the page, you see something flashing or bobbing about and that interrupts your concentration...

[thermoelectric]

You should go pro then, They have less ad's and you're supporting Instructables too, and you get extra features.

[RedFlash]

Good Idea, but I haven't got any money. I'm saving up for a laptop. Maybe I could buy the book to get pro membership. Though what are the benefits of that? All that I can see is that you get a little PRO Icon beside your username. And anyway the other pro members are making more money than the ads themselves. All ads do is vandalize websites

[thermoelectric]

Ooh you get heaps, All I can remember is that they get allsteps and they can enlarge the small pictures when thwere is more than one in a step, I dunno what else, there is a page somewhere that tells you the features

[RedFlash]

I can do just that with my bog-standard account without anything special. Maybe only the newer members are restricted...

[thermoelectric]

Yeah, But that is actually a member feature. There is a two month trial period for members that were around before they brought out pro.

Here's the link to the page that tells you all the features you can get.

[RedFlash]

I am seriously not affected by the pro membership thing. I have not received any trial emails, I am just normal. Anyway, I am in Australia and the amounts for membership are too much for me. The two year membership alone is at least $70AUD

[thermoelectric]

You don't get any trial emails, you will just notice in around 1 months time your features that you have will drop significantly.

Anyway, I am in Australia and the amounts for membership are too much for me. That makes two of us :-)

[RedFlash]

No notice... I haven't had anything from instructables apart from emails informing me of comments

[thermoelectric]

I never said you were supposed to get a notice. I said You don't get any trial emails

[RedFlash]

Even now when I'm writing this comment, I'm viewing this instructable as all pages

[thermoelectric]

Exactly, But approximatly 2 months after the pro feature was released, We won't be able to use allsteps. It's just a matter of time.

[RedFlash]

It's been around for much longer than two months and I can use the ALLSTEPS option. I win...

[thermoelectric]

Okay, I admit I was wrong about the two months thing, But here's what Eric Wilhelm wrote:

We have not finalized the pricing, but it will be reasonable, and you will be able to join for periods of one month, one year, or two years. Initially, we'll only accept payment via PayPal. Every user who has registered prior to the release of pro accounts will receive at least 3 free months of access to the existing features we are turning pro. During this period, we hope to convince you that the features are useful enough to pay for.

[RedFlash]

ok. Eric most likely went back on that decision after he said that

[thermoelectric]

Well, maybe not, Because the pro account forum topic came out over 2 months, but less than 3 months ago, so if Eric is going to disable allsteps for us, It will be in the next couple of weeks.....

[thermoelectric]

And he also said Every user who has registered prior to the release of pro accounts will receive at least 3 free months of access to the existing features we are turning pro.

Which means that there isn't an exact number of weeks we have left...

[RedFlash]

That's scary..... I don't want to lose my normal privileges that stink anyway and I certainly don't want to have to pay to use my favorite website. Look at all the comment space we took up having this discussion... This has to be the longest chain of comments in Instructables' history!

[thermoelectric]

Yeah, I don't want to lose these privledges either.

Hehe, There has been some way longer comment chains that are just pointless, they just keep continuing OH RLY? and YA RLY!

[RedFlash]

I wish that they wouldn't screw up the comments by squashing them into the side of the window

[thermoelectric]

I actually think that is a good thing because then we would have to keep scrolling from left to right to see what the comment says (having to read each line geperatly)

[RedFlash]

It has it's limits. And anyway, they shouldn't have even shifted the comments to the right in the first place

[thermoelectric]

Why shouldn't they have shifted the comments to the right? It also helps to see who is replying to who, because I can't follow who's following who on Youtube in the comments because they dont indent the replys......

[RedFlash]

Couldn't they color code them?

[thermoelectric]

In what way? And wouldn't that just mean more for us to learn before being able to respond correctly?

[RedFlash]

Well, when You're on the internet, you've gotta think, so it's just another one added to the long list of usernames, passwords, fixes, and websites that we remember. First Comment: White Second Comment: Red Third Comment: Orange Fourth Comment: Yellow Fifth Comment: green

[thermoelectric]

Sounds interesting, Why not take it up with Eric, see if it gets anywhere

[RedFlash]

You wouldn't happen to know anything about k9 web protection would you?

[thermoelectric]

Pretty much no, Until I looked at their website. Why do you ask?

[RedFlash]

Cause, my Dad installed this crappy piece of software on MY computer. I have been trying to get rid of it for ages, but have failed. What part of Australia are you from?

[thermoelectric]

Oh I'm from Cairns, In FNQ (Far North Queensland)

[RedFlash]

Wow! In the same state!! I am in Caloundra on the sunshine coast

[thermoelectric]

:D I've been to Brisbane, But I don't think I have been to Caloundra :-/ Have you been near Cairns?