Comments on: Edit the Windows Vista Hosts File

By: Prem

Prem — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:56:30 +0000

Thanks Brent.

By: Milad

Milad — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:57:15 +0000

very usefull, thank you so much

By: Brent Trahan

Brent Trahan — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:38:34 +0000

Are you positive you’re looking in the right place? There has to be a hosts file.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:26:46 +0000

Guys i dont have a hosts gile :(

I am using a windows vista home premium.

And idea what could be the problem.

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:04:22 +0000

Check your firewall or other protective software. McAfee blocked my attempt to edit/delete the file as part of “protect network settings.”

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:03:06 +0000

thanks! very useful!!

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:34:04 +0000

I have the same problem as Ankur… I have disabled UAC and tried that too :( (using vista business)

By: Brent Trahan

Brent Trahan — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:48:00 +0000

So you can open and edit your hosts file but when you go to save your changes it gives you this error?

By: Ankur

Ankur — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:17:15 +0000

I have a serious problem with my Windows Vista Hosts file.

I am getting this message while I am trying to save this file.

Cannot Create c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file.
Make sure that the path name is correct.

I have tried everything from Running notepad as administrator and even unclicking the Read Only property for my folders but no Use. Please help if anybody has any idea about this.

Thanks
Ankur

By: Brent Trahan

Brent Trahan — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:25:26 +0000

Being able to easily access and work with system files and processes is what made all earlier versions of Windows so unsecure but easy to use.

Things have drastically changed in the past few years that made Microsoft harden Windows Vista.

Most regular PC users will very rarely see UAC prompts once their PC has been set up and used a little.