On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 20:45:43 -0500, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>Visiting the FoodTV.com (www.foodnetwork.com) is a PITA on slower
>dialup modems. I've appended these entries to my 'hosts' file and
>the FoodTV pages now take about 1/3rd of the time to load.
>
>127.0.0.1 adsremote.scripps.com
>127.0.0.1 images.scripps.com
>127.0.0.1 www.scripps.com
>127.0.0.1 scripps.com
>127.0.0.1 www.diynet.com
>127.0.0.1 www.fineliving.com
>127.0.0.1 www.hgtv.com
>127.0.0.1 te.hgtv.com
>127.0.0.1 www.shopathometv.com
>
>For Windows 95/98/ME the file is c:\windows\hosts
>For Windows NT/2000/XP the file is c:\windows\drivers\etc\hosts
>For Unix's and Linux's the file is /etc/hosts.
>
>Note that this turns off the HGTV, FineLiving, and DIYNet
>websites, too. So if you visit those sites, don't add the
>respective lines above. The most important entries are the
>scripps.com entries (FoodTV's parent company?) which is where they
>get their ads and set most of their cookies.

I have a file named HOSTS in

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC

(WinXP - Home)

Is this what you're talking about? It *is* maddening to go to the
FoodTV site. Thanks for the hint.