updating the hosts file

I am new to vista so I am using my xp expertise to solve a problem. I setup
a vpn connection and tried to add some ip addresses to the host file under
c:\windows\system 32\drivers\etc\host. The problem is that it did not save
when I tried to save it even though the username has admin rights. Any
suggestions?


Dooma

"Dooma" <nowhere@noway.com> wrote in message
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>I am new to vista so I am using my xp expertise to solve a problem. I setup
>a vpn connection and tried to add some ip addresses to the host file under
>c:\windows\system 32\drivers\etc\host. The problem is that it did not save
>when I tried to save it even though the username has admin rights. Any
>suggestions?
>
>
> Dooma
>
>
Check the permissions. All "admin rights" do in this context is to allow
you
to set the permissions however you like.
Jim

Dooma wrote:
> I am new to vista so I am using my xp expertise to solve a problem. I
> setup a vpn connection and tried to add some ip addresses to the host
> file under c:\windows\system 32\drivers\etc\host. The problem is that
> it did not save when I tried to save it even though the username has
> admin rights. Any suggestions?


Next time post Vista questions in one of the Vista newsgroups (I've
listed some below for you). In Vista, even though your user account may
be called "Administrator", it doesn't have full administrative
privileges. To change the hosts file in Vista, Start Orb>type: notepad
[enter]. When Notepad appears above, right-click and choose "run as
Administrator". Now open your hosts file from within that Notepad and
you'll be able to make changes and save them.

microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_acco unt
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_vide o
microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_mainten ance
microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
microsoft.public.windows.powershell


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

"Dooma" <nowhere@noway.com> wrote in message
news:%23$HmkaSXIHA.6044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I am new to vista so I am using my xp expertise to solve a problem. I setup
>a vpn connection and tried to add some ip addresses to the host file under
>c:\windows\system 32\drivers\etc\host. The problem is that it did not save
>when I tried to save it even though the username has admin rights. Any
>suggestions?
>
>
> Dooma
>
>


Download and run Hostsman. It is the easiest way to manage a HOSTS file..

http://www.abelhadigital.com/

--
Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

Sorry for the oversight on my end. I thought I was posting the question on a
vista news group.




"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Dooma wrote:
>> I am new to vista so I am using my xp expertise to solve a problem. I
>> setup a vpn connection and tried to add some ip addresses to the host
>> file under c:\windows\system 32\drivers\etc\host. The problem is that it
>> did not save when I tried to save it even though the username has admin
>> rights. Any suggestions?
>
>
> Next time post Vista questions in one of the Vista newsgroups (I've listed
> some below for you). In Vista, even though your user account may be called
> "Administrator", it doesn't have full administrative privileges. To change
> the hosts file in Vista, Start Orb>type: notepad [enter]. When Notepad
> appears above, right-click and choose "run as Administrator". Now open
> your hosts file from within that Notepad and you'll be able to make
> changes and save them.
>
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_acco unt
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_vide o
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_mainten ance
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
> microsoft.public.windows.powershell
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

See Malke's reply.

Vista-specific newsgroups include:

microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_acco unts_passwords
microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_vide o
microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_mainten ance
microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
microsoft.public.windows.vista.security

Click on of the following links to open the newsgroup in your default
newsreader:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...unts_passwords
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ile_management
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ws.vista.games
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....vista.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...are_assessment
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...rdware_devices
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...allation_setup
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ows.vista.mail
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...pictures_video
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...orking_sharing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ce_maintenance
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...print_fax_scan
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...vista.security
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Dooma wrote:
> I am new to vista so I am using my xp expertise to solve a problem. I
> setup
> a vpn connection and tried to add some ip addresses to the host file
> under
> c:\windows\system 32\drivers\etc\host. The problem is that it did not
> save
> when I tried to save it even though the username has admin rights. Any
> suggestions?
>
>
> Dooma

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:43:11 -0500, "Dooma"
<nowhere@noway.com> wrote:

>I am new to vista so I am using my xp expertise to solve a problem. I setup
>a vpn connection and tried to add some ip addresses to the host file under
>c:\windows\system 32\drivers\etc\host. The problem is that it did not save
>when I tried to save it even though the username has admin rights. Any
>suggestions?
>
>
>Dooma
>
This is probably a "Duh", but did you remove the
'read-only'protection?

Thanks mike. I downloaded hostman and it worked. Thanks everybody.



"Dooma" <nowhere@noway.com> wrote in message
news:#$HmkaSXIHA.6044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I am new to vista so I am using my xp expertise to solve a problem. I
> setup a vpn connection and tried to add some ip addresses to the host
> file under c:\windows\system 32\drivers\etc\host. The problem is that it
> did not save when I tried to save it even though the username has admin
> rights. Any suggestions?
>
>
> Dooma
>
>

Thanks mike. I downloaded hostman and it worked. Thanks everybody.




"Dooma" <nowhere@noway.com> wrote in message
news:#$HmkaSXIHA.6044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I am new to vista so I am using my xp expertise to solve a problem. I
> setup a vpn connection and tried to add some ip addresses to the host
> file under c:\windows\system 32\drivers\etc\host. The problem is that it
> did not save when I tried to save it even though the username has admin
> rights. Any suggestions?
>
>
> Dooma
>
>