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Originally posted by Cappo Smiffy:
Hairy Coo - Make sure your hosts file isn't set as "read only" that's what i had and it wasn't saving the edits i made in notepad
Its not even there in the first place, and yes i have XP and am looking in the right folder
There must be a way to create a hosts file and then stick it in a newly created " etc " folder ?
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> # Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.## This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.## This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one# space.## Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.## For example:## 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host127.0.0.1 localhost127.0.0.1 web.sigames.com </pre>
That's my hosts file. C&P it into Notepad and Save as XWINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts 
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