host file location on 98

[hinchdog]

does anyone know where this file is located and it's name???

 

[tsuji]

As nobody, yet, volonteer to guess your mind, I might give a trial. Maybe you are looking for "hosts" (no extension), located in %windir% (c:\windows) usually.

MS installation provides a sample file for it called hosts.sam located at the same folder. It is the place where to edit ip address & alias.

regards - tsuji

 

[butchrecon]

Once you install TCP/IP Protocol it (hosts-no extension) is placed in the C:\Windows folder. Hope this helps James Collins
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[hinchdog]

yeah, i actually found it. i chaged it from a .sam file to a .txt file with the necessary info and it worked fine. thanks everyone for the advice!

 

[butchrecon]

The .sam was just a sample file. When you changed it to .txt it worked fine? Thats cool. Enjoy James Collins
Systems Support Engineer
A+, MCP

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