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Windows 8. Hosts file doesn't work

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Mar 15, 20263783 views
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Problem

I am using Windows 8 developer preview (x64) for testing purposes. I want to access some local network resource by DNS. So, I've added next line to my hosts file ( ): but when I'am trying to ping host.local I get the following error Trying to open it from IE also displays a connection error (local …

Error Output

169.254.1.20       host.local

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Fix for: Windows 8. Hosts file doesn't work

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Try using localhost instead of host.local and reboot your computer after every change to the hosts file. Also, remember to keep a backup.

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