re-installed windows xp, but it doesnt look the same?

jassi_9

GunJack wrote: »

FYI, flash player has a different version for IE than for the other browsers, and also 32- or 64-bit versions dependant on your OS...see here:-

http://www.filehippo.com/download_flashplayer/

cheers mate, i hate IE so i'll be using google chrome or firefox....so wont bother with trying to get it to work for IE now

Thanks

TakeThis

jassi_9 wrote: »

Cheers mate, i did that

hosts file now in system32, etc folder....so i presume thats all correct?

Will this work regardless of the browser im using?

If you placed it into the correct place(overwriting your old HOSTS file); yes, it will work regardless of the Browser that you use.

Update to IE 8 anyway and check for the yellow bar when you attempt to install Flash.. You might need to use it every now and again.

-TangleFoot-

jassi_9 wrote: »

cheers mate, i hate IE so i'll be using google chrome or firefox....so wont bother with trying to get it to work for IE now

No need to download it anyway: Chrome has Flash built-in.

jassi_9

TakeThis wrote: »

If you placed it into the correct place(overwriting your old HOSTS file); yes, it will work regardless of the Browser that you use.

Update to IE 8 anyway and check for the yellow bar when you attempt to install Flash.. You might need to use it every now and again.

I think ive done it correctly i have a hosts file called "HOSTS.MVP" in the folder i mentioned above, according to the guide this is correct?

there is a HOSTS file in this location also, and properties says it has been modified today, so i think that sounds right?

-TangleFoot-

jassi_9 wrote: »

there is a HOSTS file in this location also, and properties says it has been modified today, so i think that sounds right?

Right-click and open with Notepad to check; if there's a long list of addresses in it you've successfully replaced the original.

Figment

I think you may need to rename HOSTS to HOSTS.OLD, then rename HOSTS.MVP to HOSTS

TakeThis

Figment wrote: »

I think you may need to rename HOSTS to HOSTS.OLD, then rename HOSTS.MVP to HOSTS

Not necessarily. If the OP followed the instructions and used the Batch file; a simple batch file (mvps.bat) that will rename the existing HOSTS file to HOSTS.MVP then copy the included updated HOSTS file to the proper location.

So, he can just check the size of the HOSTS file. Anything over 145 KB will indicate that it is the new.
The original will be tiny.

jassi_9

-TangleFoot- wrote: »

Right-click and open with Notepad to check; if there's a long list of addresses in it you've successfully replaced the original.

Yea the HOSTS file has a long list of websites in there.

HOSTS.MVP is a 1kb file and has hardly any text in there

Looks like i did it ok then......

yes TAKETHIS the file is 588kb

Figment

TakeThis wrote: »

Not necessarily. If the OP followed the instructions and used the Batch file; a simple batch file (mvps.bat) that will rename the existing HOSTS file to HOSTS.MVP then copy the included updated HOSTS file to the proper location.

So, he can just check the size of the HOSTS file. Anything over 145 KB will indicate that it is the new.
The original will be tiny.

Read instructions??? :eek::eek: whatever next?

-TangleFoot-

TakeThis wrote: »

Did you note this?

Bad idea?

• With the DNS Client service running: The "hosts" file is read and parsed only a few times, once at service startup, and thereafter whenever the DNS Client service notices that it has been modified.
• Without the DNS Client service running: The "hosts" file is read and parsed repeatedly, by each individual application program as it makes a DNS lookup.