[RndTbl] Learning a little about /etc/hosts

[Adam Thompson]

Yes, Win9x has a HOSTS file.  The problem you've run into is that a shortcut isn't a symlink - instead, it's a file called "HOSTS.LNK" that the shell treats specially.  Delete the shortcut and copy the file instead.
-Adam

-----Original Message-----
From: "Robert Dyck" <rbdyck2 at shaw.ca>
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Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 19:31:21 
To: 'Continuation of Round Table discussion'<roundtable at muug.mb.ca>
Reply-To: Continuation of Round Table discussion <roundtable at muug.mb.ca>
Subject: Re: [RndTbl] Learning a little about /etc/hosts

Does Windows ME have a HOSTS file? Remember this isn't Windows NT. Microsoft
Windows 2000 is just Windows NT version 5.0 with a fancy name, Windows XP is
Windows NT 5.1, Windows Vista is Windows NT version 6.0, and Windows 7 is
Windows NT version 7.0. But Windows ME is part of the Windows 9x series.

I created a short-cut (Windows version of a symbolic link) called HOSTS,
linked to LMHOSTS. I tried the same web page but found no difference in load
times at all.

My initial test was with a web page that I often visit, so there is no cache
difference between any of the tests.

I restarted my computer in case Windows was loading the HOSTS file into
memory, tried the same test and found no difference either.

Rob Dyck



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