Probably you have only one browser installed on your computer. This is the Internet Explorer which is integrated in Windows.

Internet Explorer is quite a good one but on the internet there are several others to find. Internet Explorer is quite slow and there are many other ones which are much quicker.

My favorite one is Mozilla Firefox because this browser is much quicker then Internet Explorer. It displays websites much faster and is very easy to use.

Below there is that special text file to speed it up. Here you simply add the information as told above.

In Windows Vista and in Windows XP Home this text file can be found at:
"C -> Windows -> System32 -> drivers -> etc -> Hosts".

In Windows XP Professional this file can be found at:C -> Windows -> System32 -> drivers -> Hosts.

If you open this file in Notepad you can add information to it. Simple, add the IP address of the website in the first column and the hostname in de second column, separated by at least one space.

How to find the IP address of the website you want to add?
To find the IP address of the website you want to add to this text file you do the following:

• Click Start
• Click Run
• Type cmd and press the Enter button
• Then in the black screen which appears type: ping 'hostname' and press 'Enter'.

You see something like in the following screen.

This IP address is the address you need to add in the text file if you want to add www.google.com.

Do you want to make network files available offline?

In Windows Vista Business, Enterprise and Ultimate you can use your network files as well even if you are not online. You can do that by doing the following:

• Open Windows Explorer (Windows button + E)
• Right click on a file or folder which is on the network (for example on a network drive)
• Click 'Always Available Offline'.