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    Windows 7 Trouble with vhosts in WAMP

    Ok, I've searched far and wide (mostly in forums relating to WAMP and APACHE), but I suspect this is related to Win7, so I thought I'd try here. I've used WAMP for several years, with several vhosts set up on development machines using WinXP, then Vista, and now Win7. This *same* setup worked...
  2. Windows 7 Windows 7, xp, win2k3 network issues

    I am trying to access a network share at my workplace and am unable with the windows 7 machines. With the XP machines I can hit \\x3400 and \\10.10.1.x and accessed shared folders. With Win7 I can hit \\10.10.1.x but \\x3400 gives me the ol' unspecified MS error 0x80004005. Firewalls are...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 and Appserv problem

    I have a problem in installing Appserv 2.6.0 in my colleague's windows 7 computer. After installation apache didn't start and just show blank page with the page can't be displayed. Then I tested in my windows 7 computer with the same version and installation and it works fine. Then tried to...
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    Windows 7 hosts file tampered with

    Hello, I've tampered with my hosts file when installing some software, which didn't end up working for me in the end. Are there any big issues with keeping my file in this state? It seems to be ok but I would like to return my hosts file to its original state, and all the tutorials online...
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    Windows 7 unable to change hosts file

    Hello everyone, I'm using windows 7 x64 Ultimate I want to edit my hosts file. I've found it in the directory C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-w..nfrastructure-other_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_6079f415110c0210. The problem is I can't edit it in no way. I've tried: Open...
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    Windows 7 Timing out on one web site

    Last week vBulletin.com went through a server update and since then I haven't been able to reach it....on one of my computers. My second computer reaches the web site fine. What would cause only one web site to be unreachable with just one computer using the same router? I'm thinking it may be...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 x64 Hosts File

    I cannot find the hosts file and need to check that it has not been changed. Looked in: %systemroot%\system32\drivers Can anyone help?
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    Windows 7 Orbit Downloader and Hosts File Conflict

    I've used Hosts files for many years. This spring I started using Orbit's downloader to save flash video files while using RC7 and no problems. I installed it on my new retail install a few days ago. The first thing I noticed was my IE shortcut to Weather channel didn't load then some more...
  9. Windows 7 Issues with System32 folder

    I was adding something to my hosts file yesterday and in order to do so I removed the read-only from the entire system32 folder and all contents. After restarting the computer it wouldn't boot up so I figured this was the problem. I booting with the Win7 disc, and put read-only on the entire...
  10. Windows 7 Can't edit hosts file in 64-bit Windows 7?

    Looking to edit hosts file to block some annoying ad-senders sites but there is no HOSTS file in ordinary location (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. Also not in mentioned C:\Windows\SysWOW64. I find same HOSTS file in...
  11. Windows 7 Removing localhost from hosts file

    Does anyone know exactly why the localhost entry in the hosts file has been commented out? From the comment in the file I guess they mean to use DNS for localhost resolution instead but I was just curious as to what the reasoning behind that is.
  12. Windows 7 hosts file

    Where is located host file in Win 7? Vista was system32\drivers\etc
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    Windows 7 IIS and localhost error

    Hey there I cannot access my Link Removed, it comes up with nothing in firefox, and "404 Page Not Found" in IE. I have looked at the C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts file or whatever, it has the lines: 127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost So I don't know why it doesn't show anything. Yes...