Although this is supposed to be helpful, I agree it takes a couple of seconds to watch the adds which you can just click over to another tab while you wait and it keeps a GREAT, FREE service chugging along. I feel in these situations even when it seems like the perfect free thing is given to us, we still get greedy. I digress though.

IskatuMesk

Canada969 Posts

September 10 2009 03:16 GMT

#22

On September 10 2009 09:34 Mystlord wrote:

Edit: As for those who can't find the run button, in Windows Vista and possibly 7 (I haven't used it), the run button is removed and the search function when you open up the start menu takes over that functionality.

Run is under Accessories in windows 7.

jiabung

United States720 Posts

January 22 2010 08:22 GMT

#23

Have ads started popping up again for anyone else?

The fixes were working for a long time in both firefox and chrome, but recently they've been starting up again. Anybody have a new fix? Also I wouldn't mind watching the ads so much but recently my wifi-connection button on my laptop is messed up so my internet connection is intermittently interrupted, causing me to have to rewatch the ad about every 10 minutes.

IceCube

Croatia1403 Posts

January 22 2010 08:33 GMT

#24

If you are using FF (like most people do) get an Adblock Plus really handy add-on and then you can block all you want. Just be sure to subscribe to one of lists at start then just add filters as new ads pop up.

Suc

Australia1569 Posts

January 22 2010 08:34 GMT

#25

On January 22 2010 17:22 jiabung wrote:
Have ads started popping up again for anyone else?

The fixes were working for a long time in both firefox and chrome, but recently they've been starting up again. Anybody have a new fix? Also I wouldn't mind watching the ads so much but recently my wifi-connection button on my laptop is messed up so my internet connection is intermittently interrupted, causing me to have to rewatch the ad about every 10 minutes.

If you use firefox, do you have adblock plus?
If so it sometimes finishes your subscription to a list of things to block. Just subscribe to a bunch of lists or the old one you had in your adblock plus and you should be sweet.

emucxg

Finland4559 Posts

January 22 2010 10:41 GMT

#26

Wow I downloaded the easylist and the ad is gone! yeah!

DarthSidious

United States18 Posts

February 09 2010 20:24 GMT

#27

Does anyone know how to remove the ads that play during the streaming? I always get this "on livestream" that sits on the bottom right corner. When I view the stream in fullscreen, this ad becomes annoyingly big.

meathook

1289 Posts

February 09 2010 20:49 GMT

#28

You can also use the

NoScript addon for FF. Just disallow all the domains that are not Livestream and you should be free of it (works for me at least).

rei

United States3594 Posts

April 09 2010 22:46 GMT

#29

When i tried to save after i input
127.0.0.1 adserver.adtechus.com
127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com

it gives

"Cannot create the c:windows/system32/drivers/etc/host file.
make sure that the path and file name are correct"

Kentor

United States5784 Posts

April 09 2010 22:51 GMT

#30

On April 10 2010 07:46 rei wrote:
When i tried to save after i input
127.0.0.1 adserver.adtechus.com
127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com

it gives

"Cannot create the c:windows/system32/drivers/etc/host file.
make sure that the path and file name are correct"

just download hosts.zip from http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and replace the file c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Excalibur_Z

United States12238 Posts

April 09 2010 22:55 GMT

#31

This means you're trying to modify something in a system-protected folder where you don't have permissions. You need to exercise administrator rights to be able to modify the contents of the folder. I'm guessing you're using Win7 (or maybe Vista, though I don't know much about Vista).

Bill307

Canada9103 Posts

April 09 2010 23:01 GMT

#32

I'm not sure it's a wise idea to be actively encouraging people to block the ads of a free service that you are using.

In fact, I think it's a very bad idea.

lowbright

308 Posts

April 09 2010 23:12 GMT

#33

I agree.
It's free because they run ads during the streams. The ads might be annoying, but you should at least let them run.

Xiphiasar

United States78 Posts

April 10 2010 08:49 GMT

#34

Why ad blocking is devastating to the sites you love.
Because of this I don't block ads. However, video ads are a different story and they're definitely enough of an annoyance for me to block. I'd watch an ad, then go fullscreen a minute later and be forced to watch another... Much thanks to the OP for the know-how to block.

(Recommend the original post is edited from "Windows XP and Vista" to XP/Vista/7, it works in Win 7 also.)

jqweeze

United States3 Posts

June 02 2010 21:44 GMT

#35

On September 10 2009 08:35 pheer wrote:
Wow that's a lot of words! Here is a slimmed-down version for XP and Vista people:

1. Go to start > RUN

2. Type notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

3. Add the lines:
127.0.0.1 adserver.adtechus.com
127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com

Does this method work for Google Chrome as well?

townsend`

Canada54 Posts

June 02 2010 21:47 GMT

#36

Yes it does. Editing your hosts file works for all browsers and applications running on your computer.

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

June 02 2010 22:17 GMT

#37

the problem with livestream is not the ads that pop up, but the times when the whole screen just changes to some commercial. And then you come back and the game/battle is over.

Does this work for youtube as well?

NightAngel

United States144 Posts

June 03 2010 06:07 GMT

#38

I believe Google now, when an error is returned from not finding the content, switches the servers the ads are coming from. We need to find out all of the servers that are being used. Anyone have any advice on how to do so?

Thanks.

professorjoak

318 Posts

June 03 2010 06:15 GMT

#39

If you don't want to deprive a particular site of revenue, you can just click Adblock's red ABP button in the top right of Firefox and choose the third option 'disable on [currentwebsite]' or the fourth option 'disable on current page only'.

This way you allow ads for sites you care about supporting but can safely tell the rest of the world to go away.