How do you add an IP address/hostname pair to the host file in Windows 7?
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Our network IT people hate us, so our IP addresses are not entered into the DNS lookup automatically if we run a non-Windows OS. How do I get my Windows 7 machine to find the non-Windows OS machine by using the hostname? In Windows XP, I added the hostname and IP address of the linux box to the fil…
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C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
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Fix for: How do you add an IP address/hostname pair to the host file in Windows 7?
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To edit the hosts file in Windows 7, you need to run the editor (eg. notepad) as administrator, which you do by locating it through the Start menu and then right clicking on the editor's icon, then manually open and edit the hosts file.
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