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Hi Experts , Windows server 2012r2 server is not resolving IPV6 address from local host file . There is no DNS entry for IPV6 and hence I added IPV6 address for my tool server in C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\host file . But server failed to resolve the name . Server is still able to resolve...

I was using the Steven Black Hosts File to block malware and Ads. But lately the DNS Client kept activating and using 30 - 50% of my CPU and blocking me from doing anything online. By googling the symptoms of my DNS Client getting stuck like that I found that it can be caused by too large of a...

One of the major issues I and others have had is using Microsoft Edge on the internet. Yes its fast but noise on the net really get the best out of Edge. If you have not managed your host file, you seriously do not know Microsoft Edge. (Note, there will be an ad block for Edge eventually but...

In Windows 7, one was able to edit the hosts.txt file located in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc sub-directory to add lines i.e. (127.0.0.1 Link Removed) to block access to that particular web page. Where is the host.txt file located in Windows 10? and can you still use that procedure to block...

Today I was trying to install Steam onto my Windows 8.1 machine (wired connection to internet), and it got stuck attempting to connect to the Steam servers. I also recently was attempting to upgrade an Apple device, and iTunes also got stuck attempting to their servers. I have tried restarting...

Problems: Your computer has been infiltrated with browser redirection malware. This redirection malware often jumps you over to to a fake Java website which is a phishing scam. Once you arrive on this page, by clicking on a hyperlink and being redirected, do not click on anything on that page...

Dear Forum, Please ignore this question:- Hostsxpert has a make writeable option at the top!! Shame on me. _______________ Dear Forum I have just installed windows 8 for the first time. I have been using hostsxpert to amend the hosts file to control some of the rubbish that infiltrates...

Hi, I am the only user and administrator, this is shown in all settings, yet I apparently cannot do anything that requires administrator’s rights, e.g. - I cannot change the ‘hosts’ file. If I edit directly, cannot save, for not having permission; if I edit elsewhere and try to copy back, the...

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** SOLVED ** DNS warning SOLVED by creating a HOSTS file containing "127.0.0.1 localhost" Each time Win 8 comes out of sleep or is booted up this warning appears in the Event Viewer... "Name resolution for the name wpad timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded."...

Hi there, For quite some time I've been using the mvps HOSTS file to block advertisements and similar with great success. However, after recently adding some additional entries to the list, the HOSTS file has completely stopped functioning (I now see advertisements everywhere - quite...

Hello all, I'm having some weird problem - probably caused by a virus or something. Anyway, I have scanned my computer, with 2 different Anti-Trojan applications, both found many infected items and removed it. now everything seems to be cleaned. Thing is, while trying to load google.com or...

Some days back my chkdsk started running after a reboot. Everything was fine until it found some errors and i got this line... Replacing invalid security id with default security id for file 97. Replacing invalid security id with default security id for file 98. Replacing invalid security id...

In one of my tools (and in many other utilities out there) there is the option to specify a certain computer (in the local LAN) by computername. So I tell the tool: Connect to remote computer "maggie" on port 1521 in LAN and do something.... Unfortunately the tool is not able to find...

Describes how to reset the Hosts file back to the default. More...

Hello, I know this title I posted seems to be very general and alot of websites actually answers that question, but I'm really stuck coz I find my laptop one of a kind. Alright so here goes the problem, I installed Windows 7 on my laptop, and due to my personal needs, I have to install adobe...

I can access most websites from my laptop except for a handful, as stated in the title. I can access them from other computers on my network. Link Removed Adobe Link Removed www.police.sa,gov.au Link Removed These are a few of the sites I cannot access. I am also unable to access any...

I didn't find a hosts file in the SysWOW64 folder, but I did find one in the "usual" place windows\system32\drivers\etc and I see it's NOT set to read-only. But when I try to edit it with notepad and save as "all files" rather than .txt (to avoid notepad giving it a .txt extension) it fails to...

Hello, I have a system with Windows 7 on it and now I also installed the latest version of Wamp on it. All is fine, but today created a new MySQL Database for a dynamic site and checking the DB Tables with the old MySQL GUI Admin Tool I noticed under Server Information the Network Name which is...

Not 100% on how this happened. The last thing I did was change my c/windows/system32/drivers/etc host file(I know, I probably shouldn't have done that) and then rebooted my computer. After reboot I got a few system errors, than ran a hdd defragmenter (system recommended). Now my computer is...