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HOSTS File Edit in Windows 7 Not Effective - Pinging URL Still Shows Original IP Address
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Mar 15, 202611143 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I've edited my HOSTS file on my Windows 7 Ultimate PC to re-route a couple of URLs so that they point to 127.0.0.1, but after saving the file (and re-opening to verify the changes were written) and pinging them they still reply with the actual IP instead of being redirected to 127.0.0.1 as they sho…
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Fix for: HOSTS File Edit in Windows 7 Not Effective - Pinging URL Still Shows Original IP Address
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Alrighty guys, apparently Win7's hosts file is screwy in some way. If you copy the contents of the file and then paste it into a new txt document (Notepad), then go and delete the original hosts file out of Windows\System32\Drivers\etc followed by s…
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