Comments on: Edit the Windows Vista Hosts File

By: farie

farie — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:00:09 +0000

thanks!!luv u all

By: Cholla

Cholla — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:28:09 +0000

Thanks!It was the only one way for my Vista.

By: Ajeet

Ajeet — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:36:16 +0000

Thanks dear. You solved my problem.

By: Brent Trahan

Brent Trahan — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:29:19 +0000

The last two lines of the file are active. The examples are the lines with a # to the left of them. A # sign comments the line out.

By: mike

mike — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:11:34 +0000

this is what i have for a hosts file.

# Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a ‘#’ symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost

since its just an example im pretty sure nothing i do is gonna make a difference. anyone wanna give me a hand?

By: Ozan K. BAYRAM

Ozan K. BAYRAM — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:04:23 +0000

http://www.emeksepeti.com/blog/post/2009/08/06/Changing-your-hosts-file-in-Vista.aspx

By: Courtney Bostdorff

Courtney Bostdorff — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:25:32 +0000

Forest……YOU ARE THE MAN!!!

Such a simple solution for such a pain in the butt problem. That was exactly what it was for me.

Knowledge Is Power ;)

By: Forest Marie

Forest Marie — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:25:48 +0000

For The Guys Who Are Getting The “Cannot Create …”

This is not a Vista issues. A lot of package and in my case – Spybot Search & Destroy – not only add entries to your hosts files, but they also set it to read only mode…

Right click and uncheck read-only as Daniel said and you will be able to edit it finally!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:15:54 +0000

I was having issues and finally realized that my hosts file was set to read-only… once I cleared that flag, then I was able to edit it (as admin.)

By: jordan

jordan — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:52:06 +0000

hey…
i used to have that same problem, with the error “make sure your path name is correct”

the only way i know to avoid that, is to move the hosts file to ur desktop and edit it there, once you’re done editing it, simply move it back into the original folder (c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/)

hope this helps