My employees are spending way too much time on Facebook — is there a way in which I can block them from it?

There sure is:

  1. Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\
  2. Right-click on the "hosts" file and select "Properties".
  3. Make sure the "Read only" block is not ticked.
  4. Click "OK".
  5. Double-click on the "hosts" file.
  6. A screen will pop up, asking you which program to open the file with. Scroll down and select Notepad.
  7. Click "OK".
  8. A Notepad window now opens, showing lines of what looks like code.
  9. The following should show in one of the lines: "127.0.0.1 localhost" (If it doesn't, just type it in a new line).
  10. After this line, press the "Enter" key to make a new line and type "127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com"
  11. The two lines should look like this:
    127.0.0.1 localhost
    127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com
  12. To block any other websites, just add a new line below it, e.g.:
    127.0.0.1 localhost
    127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com
    127.0.0.1 www.website.com
  13. Click on "File" and then on "Save".
  14. Close the Notepad document.

Facebook — and any other websites that you've added — should now be blocked. If, however, it doesn't work, try rebooting the computer.