I have 2 machines: Win10 & WinXP. For some reason, my hosts file on my Win10 machine listed Windows 10 Help Forums as 127.0.0.1. I don't know how this happened & I have not been able to delete that entry & save the hosts file in Windows/Drivers/etc.
How can I give myself (the administrator) permission to access the file & to save it in the etc. folder?
Is there a utility that will give me control over the hosts file?
Thank you in advance!
Bluelife Hosts Editor is convenient. Easy to find. Easy to use. Dedicated, with a few extra features.
Checkboxes let you enable and disable entries. It deals with permissions issues. Easy.
Last edited by dalchina; 25 Feb 2018 at 06:59.
No need for 3rd party software.
Download the shortcut I provided in this mini tutorial: Protecting yourself from In-Browser Miners Solved - Windows 10 Forums
Default hosts files:
For Windows XP or for Windows Server 2003
Note
There is no hashtag/number sign<#> before the last line: "127.0.0.1 localhost", on XP
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 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
For Windows 10
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 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
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
Hey guys. Read the OP's post:I have not been able to delete that entry & save the hosts file in Windows/Drivers/etc.He cannot save the file ... because it's protected. He doesn't have rights.
I discovered this problem long ago with Windows XP (or was it Win 7 ?).
The solution is to unlock the file. You must have permission to write to the hosts file.
So ... take ownership of the file and give yourself write permission.
phrab does know now (on another thread) apparently it's included in HP hosts (for some unknown reason).
Windows 10 won't connect to https://tenforums.com
This problem has occurred again, but this time it's worse. I have 2 machines, WinXP & Win10. I am currently using WinXP to post this question because I've been unable to reach TenForums on my Win10 machine. I just get a message that the site can't be reached.No need for 3rd party software.
Download the shortcut I provided in this mini tutorial: Protecting yourself from In-Browser Miners Solved - Windows 10 Forums
Default hosts files:
For Windows XP or for Windows Server 2003
There is no hashtag/number sign<#> before the last line: "127.0.0.1 localhost", on XP
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 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
For Windows 10
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 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
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
Then I remembered that I might have an entry in the hosts file that was blocking this site &, sure enough, there was. But here's a new problem.
1. Again, I cannot delete & save the file when I delete the "www.tenforums.com" entry in hosts. I get a message that the file is being used by another process.
2. Something is making it extremely slow to open any zip files. At first, I couldn't open "Edit Host File.zip", even though I have 7-zip to open zip files. So something is making it open very slowly.
3. When I finally got the hosts file open in Notepad, deleted the TenFourms entry, I couldn't save the changes. I got the message that the host file was being used by another process. (This also happened when I tried to rename the hosts file & tried to edit it using BlueLife Hosts Editor)
4. When I went to Services & checked the DNS Client service, I (everything was greyed out). When I tried to stop it using Task Manager, I also was unable to stop it .
5. One other thing, when I rebooted Win10, I could not access the internet or access my home network. I could still access Win10 from my WinXP machine over the home network though. I restored Win10 completely from a Macrium Reflect backup & was then able to access the internet & my home network...but not this forum. (CORRECTION: I just tried again & cannot access WinXP or the internet from Win10).
I need to edit & save my hosts file & also stop or restart my DNS Client. Any suggestions?
Thank you in advance.
Quote
