Re: help! Internet Explorer ignoring my HOSTS file

From: Col.Steve Austin Ret. (bionic_at_sixmillion.com)
Date: 07/26/05 

Date: 26 Jul 2005 08:06:08 -0000

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In article <1122318539.722661.86740@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
AvianFlux <neomoniker@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Did you check the integrity of your HOSTS file?
>
> Reload the HOSTS file and lock it with HostsMan or some other manager
> program.

Personally, I prefer to do it the old fashioned way..

open does box

cd \windows (if not already in that dir, usually you will start
there)
command\attrib +r +s +h HOSTS

that locks the file by making it hidden, system, read-only. all
those doodads just have flashy ways to do that simple command

to unlock the file for editing simply reverse the command

attrib -r -s -h HOSTS

I made a simple batch file for editing the hosts file..

attrib -r -s -h HOSTS
edit HOSTS
attrib +r +s +h HOSTS
exit

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