{"id":48198,"date":"2014-04-24T02:40:41","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T02:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=48198"},"modified":"2014-04-24T02:40:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T02:40:41","slug":"access-blocked-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/access-blocked-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Access Blocked Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/br><\/p>\n<h4>Access Blocked Websites<\/h4>\n<p>By Anand Khanse for The Windows Club<\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\">Accessing websites that are restricted by network admins and\/or ISPs.&#8211;PC Pitstop<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Websites can be blocked at three levels: Computer level, Network level or the ISP\/Governmental level. Some DNS services, such as Open DNS, too provide options to block certain types of websites for different users sharing the computer. Then, there are some software other than the built-in \u201cRestricted Websites\u201d in Internet Options that help in blocking a website. We\u2019ll not be talking about how to block a website. Rather, we\u2019ll focus on how to access a website that is restricted on your workstation by network admins and ISPs (Internet Service Provider).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Access Restricted Websites<\/strong><br \/>\nThe article is an expansion to our other article on what to do when a website does not open. Some of the tips may be repeated in this article. So if you find that your are unable to open or access some websites, here are a few things you may want to try out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/unblock-access-blocked-restricted-websites\" target=\"_blank\">Article Continued Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accessing websites that are restricted by network admins and\/or ISPs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":48203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3844],"tags":[4650],"class_list":["post-48198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-windows-club","tag-blocked-websites"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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