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General question for the class... Is there any way to stop this? Is there some entries we can add to the hosts file so that Windows and Office will instantly re
by samplatt 4y ago
General question for the class... Is there any way to stop this? Is there some entries we can add to the hosts file so that Windows and Office will instantly return as failed, rather than timing out?
- iforgotpassword 4y agoIf you want to put in the effort you can sniff the hostname lookups and if it's done halfway dedicated name, as an entry for 0.0.0.0 to the hosts file.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 4y agoHosts file would be your first way assuming you trust MS to honor that convention. You can always consider using a way that is not reliant on Windows goodwill ( for example, Pihole would allow you to limit various unwanted IPs based on your custom list; technically, your router should be able to do it too, but it varies wildly by mfctr/model ). That said, I am not that familiar with that functionality in Excel and it is not a given that it would fail gracefully if it is actually stopped from calling mothership.
- samplatt 4y agoI've been running a PiHole for a couple of years now and love it. It's hard to go on anyone else's network.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y agoI use W10Privacy. It blocks all MS servers except those needed to get updates and antivirus definitions.
- samplatt 4y agoThat looks like exactly what I was looking for, cheers. Windows auto-identifies the download as a virus, but I see the author has a page about this frustration on the website.