nellie2 Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 If you are on XP then it is in C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted May 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 ok - I got in there - opened system 32 - there's loads of files in there - still can't see where the 'host' bit is?? :huh: I'm really curious now................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 here is a pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 Artist.... do you want to edit your hosts file??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted May 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 I just want to see what's in there. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ax Slinger Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 Do it the easy way... Grab a copy of e-Dexter, install it, then right-click the dog bone in your system tray, and select "Edit Hosts File". That will also replace any ads or websites you block with your hosts file, speeding up your Internet performance.You can also get quick access to your hosts file with Hosts Toggle, which also has some other intersting features, such as the ability to temporarily disable, reenable automatically with a timer, backup, or load a different hosts file. And with these two batch files, you can easily lock and unlock the hosts file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted May 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 Thanks Ax - just mention something new to me and I just HAVE to have a look!! :rolleyes: :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 I've just had a look at the host file nel gave a link to MVP I think,and its a massive list,not noticed any problems but its a hell of a list :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ax Slinger Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 Huge hosts files will slow down your internet performance. I think I mentioned that in this same thread, but I'm not sure. But considering I don't have all that many posts here, it should be easy to find if it wasn't in this thread. But that is where Hosts Toggle comes in handy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 this is the list here http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txthttp://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 Huge hosts files will slow down your internet performance. I think I mentioned that in this same thread, but I'm not sure. But considering I don't have all that many posts here, it should be easy to find if it wasn't in this thread. But that is where Hosts Toggle comes in handy...This onehttp://www.windowsforum.org/forum/index.ph...indpost&p=90621 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 yeah read it but not noticed any performance drop,only thing I've noticed is the lack of pop ups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ax Slinger Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 This onehttp://www.windowsforum.org/forum/index.ph...indpost&p=90621Thanks, Nellie. I was kind of busy while ago, and didn't want to look it up. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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