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Host File for ME????
Howdy all - we are having some issues with our internal
DNS not sending the ip of companyweb (SBS 2003). until we get that resolved, we would like to create a host file. We can create the host file in W2k, wxp, w98 - but, I can't find where's it's located in ME is there a place to put the host file in ME???? Daniel |
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Host File for ME????
Daniel Bohner wrote:
Howdy all - we are having some issues with our internal DNS not sending the ip of companyweb (SBS 2003). until we get that resolved, we would like to create a host file. We can create the host file in W2k, wxp, w98 - but, I can't find where's it's located in ME is there a place to put the host file in ME???? Daniel Right smack in the middle of C:\Windows with a Hidden attribute. Rick |
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"Rick T" wrote in message ... Daniel Bohner wrote: Howdy all - we are having some issues with our internal DNS not sending the ip of companyweb (SBS 2003). until we get that resolved, we would like to create a host file. We can create the host file in W2k, wxp, w98 - but, I can't find where's it's located in ME is there a place to put the host file in ME???? Daniel Right smack in the middle of C:\Windows with a Hidden attribute. Rick But there may not be one there now. Windows ME only installs a hosts.sam file as an example of how to write a real hosts file. You can start from that(just clone or copy it to hosts). Or you can make your own. But for ME it belongs in C:\Windows-doesn't have to be hidden. Dick Kistler |
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Host File for ME????
Thanks Dick, when I posted that I was sortof wondering if it strictly
had to be +H or not. Rick Dick Kistler wrote: "Rick T" wrote in message ... Daniel Bohner wrote: Howdy all - we are having some issues with our internal DNS not sending the ip of companyweb (SBS 2003). until we get that resolved, we would like to create a host file. We can create the host file in W2k, wxp, w98 - but, I can't find where's it's located in ME is there a place to put the host file in ME???? Daniel Right smack in the middle of C:\Windows with a Hidden attribute. Rick But there may not be one there now. Windows ME only installs a hosts.sam file as an example of how to write a real hosts file. You can start from that(just clone or copy it to hosts). Or you can make your own. But for ME it belongs in C:\Windows-doesn't have to be hidden. Dick Kistler |
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Host File for ME????
"Rick T" wrote in message ... Thanks Dick, when I posted that I was sortof wondering if it strictly had to be +H or not. Rick Dick Kistler wrote: "Rick T" wrote in message ... Daniel Bohner wrote: Howdy all - we are having some issues with our internal DNS not sending the ip of companyweb (SBS 2003). until we get that resolved, we would like to create a host file. We can create the host file in W2k, wxp, w98 - but, I can't find where's it's located in ME is there a place to put the host file in ME???? Daniel Right smack in the middle of C:\Windows with a Hidden attribute. Rick But there may not be one there now. Windows ME only installs a hosts.sam file as an example of how to write a real hosts file. You can start from that(just clone or copy it to hosts). Or you can make your own. But for ME it belongs in C:\Windows-doesn't have to be hidden. Dick Kistler Doesn't have to be anything. However, if you make it hidden, system, read-only, you get a little more security. Some spyware messes with the hosts file. You can put spyware-ad-popup urls in the hosts file and point them to 127.0.0.1 and avoid receiving pages from them. This is the one most cost effective ways to avoid ads and popups. See http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm Dick |
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Host File for ME????
"Dick Kistler" wrote in message ... Doesn't have to be anything. However, if you make it hidden, system, read-only, you get a little more security. Some spyware messes with the hosts file. You can put spyware-ad-popup urls in the hosts file and point them to 127.0.0.1 and avoid receiving pages from them. This is the one most cost effective ways to avoid ads and popups. See http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm proxomitron blocks a lot of stuff well. |
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Host File for ME????
In article , says...
"Dick Kistler" wrote in message ... Doesn't have to be anything. However, if you make it hidden, system, read-only, you get a little more security. Some spyware messes with the hosts file. You can put spyware-ad-popup urls in the hosts file and point them to 127.0.0.1 and avoid receiving pages from them. This is the one most cost effective ways to avoid ads and popups. See http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm proxomitron blocks a lot of stuff well. But hosts does not run in the background, taking up system resources. -- Norman ~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta ~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain ~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint |
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Host File for ME????
proxomitron blocks a lot of stuff well. But hosts does not run in the background, taking up system resources. I've used Proxomitron, and have nothing but good things to say about it, but just using the hosts file has got to be the simplest and most foolproof method of blocking ads(easy to undo also). I would start there, then use Proxomitron or some other program if that wasn't enough. Dick |
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Host File for ME????
In article , Dick Kistler says...
I've used Proxomitron, and have nothing but good things to say about it, but just using the hosts file has got to be the simplest and most foolproof method of blocking ads(easy to undo also). I would start there, then use Proxomitron or some other program if that wasn't enough. Between hosts, the firewall, and the browser cookie managers, I have never needed more. Oh, and the router. Red Sheriff, ReadNotify, and DidTheyReadIt are all neutered by my router. http://www.redsheriff.com/ http://www.readnotify.com/ http://www.didtheyreadit.com/ Red Sheriff uses JavaScript to create trackers that work similar to cookies. As a consequence, you also need a script blocker, or a firewall to corral the sheriff. For most people, this is the one that Proxomtron will help against, if Proxomitron has scripting controls. ReadNotify and DidTheyReadIt are email proxies. The user sends an email to something like ', and the ReadNotify servers handle the forwarding. They embed the tracker right in the email, which is sent from their server, and when you open the email, a tracker image records the IP address of the computer, as well as telling when it was opened. My router has SPI, and I put the target IP addresses of the read notifies in the router tale. Now, anybody connecting to my LAN is protected against snoops. -- Norman ~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta ~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain ~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint |
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Host File for ME????
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 21:14:18 -0400, "Dick Kistler"
wrote: I've used Proxomitron, and have nothing but good things to say about it Except that it is no longer supported and the author recommends switching to an alternative like privoxy. Jim. |
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