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Unable to change my hosts file
Name: cool_abhi Date: June 3, 2009 at 20:47:50 Pacific OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional CPU/Ram: 2.194 GHz / 2045 MB Product: Intel / D945gcr Subcategory: General
Comment:
i wanted to block the acrobat update download by changing the hosts file. i had spybot installed.but i have uninstalled it and even then i cant change it.
Even if i am entered as administrator i cant change it.
it shows something like : Cannot create the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file.
Name: Chuck 2 Date: June 4, 2009 at 07:09:39 Pacific
Reply:
Not sure what and how you are trying to do that, but here is some information --- http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hos... Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File
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Response Number 2
Name: wanderer Date: June 4, 2009 at 08:52:04 Pacific
Reply:
what exactly are you doing to get that error?
have you browsed to the file? Does it exist? Can you open it? when you edit and try to save what message do you get? Can you do a save as?
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