[thelist] why can't IE find the new IP number?

Chris Blessing webguy at mail.rit.edu
Thu Jul 25 09:50:01 CDT 2002


Hosts.sam is of course, just the sample file... not actually in use though
by Windows.  Rename it to "hosts" (no extension) to "turn it on"
so-to-speak.

Chris Blessing
webguy at mail.rit.edu
http://www.330i.net

> > Depending on the config of your box, there might be a file in
> > c:\winnt\system32\dns\... that's a necessary file, so don't
> delete it, but
> > open it in notepad and see what's in there. (This *might* only
> be if you've
> > got MS's DNS server installed on that box... MSDN was unclear
> -- surprise,
> > surprise).
>  -- maybe I'm clear not about the original question, but the file in
> question above should actually be the HOSTS file, not LMHOSTS. LMHOSTS
> is used for resolving computer names (ie: WINS), not DNS names.
> Additionally, it's located in c:\{winroot}\system32\drivers\etc\ not in
> c:\{winroot}\system32\dns\ (at least on all the windows NT & 2000
> machines I'v worked on).  Note that sometimes the HOSTS file is named
> HOSTS.sam.
>
> AJ




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