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Denis McMahon wrote:
> wrote: > >> Strangely though I have always used the DNS name in my newsreader set up >> and have never, ever used an IP address. So far I have had no >> problems, but have told them this and asked for clarification. > > Maybe the name is hard-coded to the old ip in your hosts file? > > Someone might have suggested doing this a few years ago because you had > a DNS lookup issue, and you've forgotten you did it? > > To see where to look for this file for your operating system, look here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file > > Using a suitable text editor delete the line for news.individual.net > > Rgds > > Denis McMahon Spot on Denis. It was only on one computer on my network, and I've absolutely no memory of having added it in the past. Must be due tothe fact that I'm over 21 by just over 3¼ times.  Again many thanks for that.Unfortunately it won't let me save any amendments. I get the error message; *Cannot create the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file" Make sure that the path and filename are correct" I was trying to edit it by opening in notepad but it seems that I can only then save it as a separate txt file. Presumably I must have done it in the past, but don't recollect how to do so. I've also followed the instructions on http://www.ehow.com/how_5225562_edit...osts-file.html which don't appear to be very disimilar to what I was doing and that gives me the same error message as well. I've tried it on twocomputers, both with Windows XP Home Edition Service pack 3 and both give the same error message. Doh. Any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong? -- Heard melodies are sweet, but those Unheard are sweeter (E-Mail Removed) FN 2°°9 +, Mungo Brandybuck of Buckland |
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In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°10 + on
netbook <(E-Mail Removed)> writes >Denis McMahon wrote: >> wrote: >> >>> Strangely though I have always used the DNS name in my newsreader set up >>> and have never, ever used an IP address. So far I have had no >>> problems, but have told them this and asked for clarification. >> >> Maybe the name is hard-coded to the old ip in your hosts file? >> >> Someone might have suggested doing this a few years ago because you had >> a DNS lookup issue, and you've forgotten you did it? >> >> To see where to look for this file for your operating system, look here: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file >> >> Using a suitable text editor delete the line for news.individual.net >> >> Rgds >> >> Denis McMahon > >Spot on Denis. It was only on one computer on my network, and I've >absolutely no memory of having added it in the past. Must be due tothe fact >that I'm over 21 by just over 3¼ times. Again many thanks for that.>Unfortunately it won't let me save any amendments. I get the error message; > > *Cannot create the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file" >Make sure that the path and filename are correct" > >I was trying to edit it by opening in notepad but it seems that I can only >then save it as a separate txt file. Presumably I must have done it in the >past, but don't recollect how to do so. >I've also followed the instructions on >http://www.ehow.com/how_5225562_edit...osts-file.html which don't >appear to be very disimilar to what I was doing and that gives me the same >error message as well. >I've tried it on twocomputers, both with Windows XP Home Edition Service >pack 3 and both give the same error message. Doh. Any suggestions as to >what I am doing wrong? Falling foul of XP's attempts to prevent people screwing things up by setting privileges on files. You probably only have read & execute privs. Either change the privileges explicitly, or save it as some other name, then go in and delete the old one and rename the new one, or save it elsewhere, and copy it across. Regards -- Invalid |
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> In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°10 + on > netbook <(E-Mail Removed)> writes >> Denis McMahon wrote: >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Strangely though I have always used the DNS name in my newsreader >>>> set up and have never, ever used an IP address. So far I have >>>> had no problems, but have told them this and asked for >>>> clarification. >>> >>> Maybe the name is hard-coded to the old ip in your hosts file? >>> >>> Someone might have suggested doing this a few years ago because you >>> had a DNS lookup issue, and you've forgotten you did it? >>> >>> To see where to look for this file for your operating system, look >>> here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file >>> >>> Using a suitable text editor delete the line for news.individual.net >>> >>> Rgds >>> >>> Denis McMahon >> >> Spot on Denis. It was only on one computer on my network, and I've >> absolutely no memory of having added it in the past. Must be due >> tothe fact that I'm over 21 by just over 3¼ times. Again many>> thanks for that. Unfortunately it won't let me save any amendments. I get >> the error message; *Cannot create the >> C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file" >> Make sure that the path and filename are correct" >> >> I was trying to edit it by opening in notepad but it seems that I >> can only then save it as a separate txt file. Presumably I must >> have done it in the past, but don't recollect how to do so. >> I've also followed the instructions on >> http://www.ehow.com/how_5225562_edit...osts-file.html which >> don't appear to be very disimilar to what I was doing and that gives >> me the same error message as well. >> I've tried it on twocomputers, both with Windows XP Home Edition >> Service pack 3 and both give the same error message. Doh. Any >> suggestions as to what I am doing wrong? > > Falling foul of XP's attempts to prevent people screwing things up by > setting privileges on files. You probably only have read & execute > privs. > > Either change the privileges explicitly, or save it as some other > name, then go in and delete the old one and rename the new one, or > save it elsewhere, and copy it across. > > Regards How do I find privileges? The other alternative you suggest seems a trifle complicated for me. -- Heard melodies are sweet, but those Unheard are sweeter (E-Mail Removed) FN 2°°9 +, Mungo Brandybuck of Buckland |
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Denis McMahon wrote:
> wrote: >> Denis McMahon wrote: >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Strangely though I have always used the DNS name in my newsreader set >>>> up and have never, ever used an IP address. So far I have had no >>>> problems, but have told them this and asked for clarification. >>> Maybe the name is hard-coded to the old ip in your hosts file? >>> >>> Someone might have suggested doing this a few years ago because you had >>> a DNS lookup issue, and you've forgotten you did it? >>> >>> To see where to look for this file for your operating system, look here: >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file >>> >>> Using a suitable text editor delete the line for news.individual.net >>> >>> Rgds >>> >>> Denis McMahon >> >> Spot on Denis. It was only on one computer on my network, and I've >> absolutely no memory of having added it in the past. Must be due tothe >> fact that I'm over 21 by just over 3¼ times. Again many thanks for>> that. Unfortunately it won't let me save any amendments. I get the >> error message; *Cannot create the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts >> file" >> Make sure that the path and filename are correct" >> >> I was trying to edit it by opening in notepad but it seems that I can >> only then save it as a separate txt file. Presumably I must have done >> it in the past, but don't recollect how to do so. >> I've also followed the instructions on >> http://www.ehow.com/how_5225562_edit...osts-file.html which don't >> appear to be very disimilar to what I was doing and that gives me the >> same error message as well. >> I've tried it on twocomputers, both with Windows XP Home Edition Service >> pack 3 and both give the same error message. Doh. Any suggestions as >> to what I am doing wrong? > > It's a protected file. You need administrator privs under nt / xp / > vista / win 7 type variants to write to it. > > This is because changing that file is a technique that various malicious > software has used in the past. Anti virus / spyware etc software might > also be trying to protect the file. > > Method 1. Try right clicking notepad and choosing the "run as > administrator" option if there is one, then opening the file from inside > the "admin" notepad. > > Method 2. Login to a user with administrator privs. You might then need > to do 1 as well. > > Method 3. Reboot into safe mode. Then 1, or 2 and 1. > > Rgds > > Denis McMahon As I have always been the adminstrator (well only user) on these two computers it was worrying that the folder had suddenly become read only. However it's apparently Spybot that is most likely the guilty party when it adds the addresses of dubious sites to the hosts folder. It does this and re-routes them to your own 127.0.0.1 address so that you wouldn't yorself get routed to a bad site. from the suspicious one I never thought that simply unticking the 'read only' box would work, so hadn't tried it. I suppose that is safe enough as trojans etc wouldn't be able to untick them anyway, as it has to be done manually. All sorted now. -- Heard melodies are sweet, but those Unheard are sweeter (E-Mail Removed) FN 2°°9 +, Mungo Brandybuck of Buckland |
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