PC News, Reviews and Troubleshooting Advice. Editing your hosts file to block a website is actually very simple. Will often patch the hosts file to avoid any type of activation or tracking software that Adobe can then link back to your computer. Typically they would type (in addition to many other adobe. Howto: Disable Adobe CS4 Activation Check on line. Posted on December 27, 2010 Updated on November 27, 2011. You can do this by editing some simple entries on host file. 127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com.
All you need to do is open this file -%windir% system32 drivers etc hosts on Windows 7 - C: Windows system32 drivers etc hosts and put these lines at the bottom. 127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com Here is a picture of my host file so that you can see where to put it. ( btw if you ever played World of Warcraft or Lineage 2 this should be easy ). Note: You will need to have a valid serial number. Note 2: Make sure that you open the hosts file with Notepad, with Administrator privileges.
Just make sure that you open the host file with Administrator rights, otherwise you`ll not be able to save it. Go to your start menu - Programs and find Notepad 2.
Right click on the icon and select 'Run as Administrator' 2b. If any warning pops up click allow or yes 3. On Notepad click File - Open and open your hosts file in C: Windows system32 drivers etc 3b. If you dont see all the hosts file and you are the correct folder then select from the drop menu 'All Files' or 'Show All Files' 4. Copy the lines from above and paste it inside the file (under the other similar lines) 5. Click Save and Close notepad 6. Reopen the file to make sure that you have done everything properly.