On 1/28/2010 8:46 PM, LuKreme wrote: > On 28-Jan-2010, at 13:08, Matthew Smith wrote: >> >> I have modified the windows 7 machine host file to the following: >> 192.168.1.2 mysite_com > > Is that the correct format for the hosts file in Windos? I seem to recall the Windows host file was 'different' > > Did you verify that the hosts file is in the right location? Check the registry for > > \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\DataBasePath > > and see where it should be. > That is the correct format. It's pretty much exactly the same as *Nix (I've run both Windows (since 95) and Linux (on and off since RH 6.2, currently have a FreeBSD 8.0 box)), though I have noticed that Vista and XP put it in two different locations (e.g. there are two hosts files). -- Yours In Christ, PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want.
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