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The Windows Hosts file is a file that Windows uses to control and map IP addresses. By editing the Hosts file, Windows can be customized to block or redirect specific websites and even protocols that are used by programs and applications. To get started editing the Windows Hosts file, you first need to locate it. Open Windows Explorer and click on  This PC  or  My Computer . Double-click on C:\, then the  Windows  folder and scroll down the page until you reach the  System32  folder. Inside of that folder, open  drivers  and then open  etc . You’ll now see several files, one of which is  hosts . Now, notice that the file type for the  hosts  file is listed as  File . Because there is no default program set to open a file type like this, double clicking the hosts file will simply give you a Windows prompt, asking you which program you would like to use to open the file. From this prompt, you ca...

PowerPoint files, like all other files, can become corrupted for a variety of reasons. If you're having trouble opening or reading the data in a PowerPoint file, any of several methods may facilitate partial or complete recovery of your data. It's less likely you'll recover your formatting, but it's probably more important that you simply get your text and images back. Instructions 1 Try importing the slides from the PPTX file rather than actually opening it. Click "Insert," then "Slides From Files." Browse to and select your file, then click "Insert All." This might extract the slides from the corrupted file and place them in a fresh file, though the formatting may be lost. Checking the "Keep source formatting" box might help. 2 Try opening the presentation in Word. Open Word and click "Open" in the "File" menu. Use the "Files of type" drop-down menu to select "Recover Text From Any F...