Host File for ME????

Howdy all - we are having some issues with our internal
DNS not sending the ip of companyweb (SBS 2003).

until we get that resolved, we would like to create a host
file. We can create the host file in W2k, wxp, w98 - but,
I can't find where's it's located in ME

is there a place to put the host file in ME????

Daniel

Daniel Bohner wrote:

> Howdy all - we are having some issues with our internal
> DNS not sending the ip of companyweb (SBS 2003).
>
> until we get that resolved, we would like to create a host
> file. We can create the host file in W2k, wxp, w98 - but,
> I can't find where's it's located in ME
>
> is there a place to put the host file in ME????
>
> Daniel

Right smack in the middle of C:\Windows with a Hidden attribute.


Rick

"Rick T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:u$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Daniel Bohner wrote:
>
> > Howdy all - we are having some issues with our internal
> > DNS not sending the ip of companyweb (SBS 2003).
> >
> > until we get that resolved, we would like to create a host
> > file. We can create the host file in W2k, wxp, w98 - but,
> > I can't find where's it's located in ME
> >
> > is there a place to put the host file in ME????
> >
> > Daniel
>
> Right smack in the middle of C:\Windows with a Hidden attribute.
>
>
> Rick

But there may not be one there now. Windows ME only installs a hosts.sam
file as an example of
how to write a real hosts file. You can start from that(just clone or copy
it to hosts). Or you can make your
own. But for ME it belongs in C:\Windows-doesn't have to be hidden.

Dick Kistler

Thanks Dick, when I posted that I was sortof wondering if it strictly
had to be +H or not.

Rick


Dick Kistler wrote:
> "Rick T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:u$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>Daniel Bohner wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Howdy all - we are having some issues with our internal
>>>DNS not sending the ip of companyweb (SBS 2003).
>>>
>>>until we get that resolved, we would like to create a host
>>>file. We can create the host file in W2k, wxp, w98 - but,
>>>I can't find where's it's located in ME
>>>
>>>is there a place to put the host file in ME????
>>>
>>>Daniel
>>
>>Right smack in the middle of C:\Windows with a Hidden attribute.
>>
>>
>>Rick
>
>
> But there may not be one there now. Windows ME only installs a hosts.sam
> file as an example of
> how to write a real hosts file. You can start from that(just clone or copy
> it to hosts). Or you can make your
> own. But for ME it belongs in C:\Windows-doesn't have to be hidden.
>
> Dick Kistler
>
>

"Rick T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Dick, when I posted that I was sortof wondering if it strictly
> had to be +H or not.
>
> Rick
>
>
> Dick Kistler wrote:
> > "Rick T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:u$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >>Daniel Bohner wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Howdy all - we are having some issues with our internal
> >>>DNS not sending the ip of companyweb (SBS 2003).
> >>>
> >>>until we get that resolved, we would like to create a host
> >>>file. We can create the host file in W2k, wxp, w98 - but,
> >>>I can't find where's it's located in ME
> >>>
> >>>is there a place to put the host file in ME????
> >>>
> >>>Daniel
> >>
> >>Right smack in the middle of C:\Windows with a Hidden attribute.
> >>
> >>
> >>Rick
> >
> >
> > But there may not be one there now. Windows ME only installs a hosts.sam
> > file as an example of
> > how to write a real hosts file. You can start from that(just clone or
copy
> > it to hosts). Or you can make your
> > own. But for ME it belongs in C:\Windows-doesn't have to be hidden.
> >
> > Dick Kistler
> >
> >
Doesn't have to be anything. However, if you make it hidden, system,
read-only, you get a little more
security. Some spyware messes with the hosts file. You can put
spyware-ad-popup urls in the hosts file
and point them to 127.0.0.1 and avoid receiving pages from them. This is the
one most cost effective ways
to avoid ads and popups. See http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Dick

"Dick Kistler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>


> Doesn't have to be anything. However, if you make it hidden, system,
> read-only, you get a little more
> security. Some spyware messes with the hosts file. You can put
> spyware-ad-popup urls in the hosts file
> and point them to 127.0.0.1 and avoid receiving pages from them. This is
the
> one most cost effective ways
> to avoid ads and popups. See http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

proxomitron blocks a lot of stuff well.

In article <#(E-Mail Removed)>, says...

> "Dick Kistler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...

> > Doesn't have to be anything. However, if you make it hidden, system,
> > read-only, you get a little more
> > security. Some spyware messes with the hosts file. You can put
> > spyware-ad-popup urls in the hosts file
> > and point them to 127.0.0.1 and avoid receiving pages from them. This is
> > the one most cost effective ways
> > to avoid ads and popups. See http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

> proxomitron blocks a lot of stuff well.

But hosts does not run in the background, taking up system resources.

--
Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint

> > proxomitron blocks a lot of stuff well.
>
> But hosts does not run in the background, taking up system resources.


I've used Proxomitron, and have nothing but good things to say about it, but
just using the hosts file has got to be the simplest and most foolproof
method of blocking ads(easy to undo also). I would start there, then use
Proxomitron or some other program if that wasn't enough.

Dick

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Dick Kistler says...

> I've used Proxomitron, and have nothing but good things to say about it, but
> just using the hosts file has got to be the simplest and most foolproof
> method of blocking ads(easy to undo also). I would start there, then use
> Proxomitron or some other program if that wasn't enough.

Between hosts, the firewall, and the browser cookie managers, I have never
needed more. Oh, and the router. Red Sheriff, ReadNotify, and DidTheyReadIt
are all neutered by my router.

http://www.redsheriff.com/
http://www.readnotify.com/
http://www.didtheyreadit.com/

Red Sheriff uses JavaScript to create trackers that work similar to cookies.
As a consequence, you also need a script blocker, or a firewall to corral
the sheriff. For most people, this is the one that Proxomtron will help
against, if Proxomitron has scripting controls.

ReadNotify and DidTheyReadIt are email proxies. The user sends an email to
something like '(E-Mail Removed)', and the ReadNotify servers
handle the forwarding. They embed the tracker right in the email, which is
sent from their server, and when you open the email, a tracker image records
the IP address of the computer, as well as telling when it was opened.

My router has SPI, and I put the target IP addresses of the read notifies in
the router tale. Now, anybody connecting to my LAN is protected against
snoops.

--
Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 21:14:18 -0400, "Dick Kistler"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I've used Proxomitron, and have nothing but good things to say about it

Except that it is no longer supported and the author recommends
switching to an alternative like privoxy.


Jim.