Windows

• Open Notepad and then open the "Hosts" file on your computer. The location of the "Hosts" file is as follows:
  
  Windows 95/98/Me:  c:\windows\hosts 
  Windows NT/2000/XP Pro:  c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
  Windows XP Home: c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
  Windows Vista/7/8: c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
  
  You may need administrator access for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8, you can gain this by logging in as an Administrator or by right clicking on Notepad in the start menu and then clicking on Run As Administrator. Then open the file listed above.
  
  NOTE: Hosts is the name of the hosts file and not another directory name. It does not have an file extension (extensions are the .exe, .txt, .doc, etc. endings to filenames) and so appears to be another directory in the example above.
  
  This file should be edited with a text editor, such as Notepad, and not a word processor, such as Microsoft Word.
  
  
• Add this line to the Hosts file at the bottom where 0.0.0.0 is the IP address and your-domain-name.com is the domain name.

  0.0.0.0     your-domain-name.com

• Save your changes.
• Once you are done with this entry you can delete the line from your Hosts file and save it.

  NOTE: Windows users should verify that they are showing extensions for all file types. This will help verify that the Hosts file is named correctly. To reset Windows to show all file extensions, double click on My Computer. Go to View Menu (Win95/98/ME) or Tools Menu (Win2000/XP), and select Folder Options. Click the View tab. In the Files and Folders section, DESELECT (uncheck) the item named "Hide file extensions for known file types". Click Apply, and then click OK.