Where's XP's HOSTS file?

[DragonNOA1]

Simple enough.... I can't find it in XP. Where is it normally located?

[ZeratulsAvenger]

I did a search for hosts and found a hosts file in:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

I can only assume that might be it.

[DragonNOA1]

Hmmm, thanks, not there tho. I think b/c I have a dual boot w/ 98SE that it may be in a different place.

[DragonNOA1]

Actually it was there b/c I'm a total doofus and missed it.

I was actually looking for it so that I could add some lines to it to block AIM's ads. If anyone elses hates AIM ads, just add these lines to the bottom of your hosts.sam file:

#AIM

127.0.0.1 ar.atwola.com
127.0.0.1 empiremovies.com
127.0.0.1 xlonhcld.xlontech.net
127.0.0.1 VTOT.proxy.aol.com
127.0.0.1 ads.web.aol.com
127.0.0.1 ads.aol.com

[Byte 2.0]

I blocking unwanted with hosts is great.

[glc]

No, you don't add those to hosts.sam - you add them to just plain hosts, with no extension.

[DragonNOA1]

Right. Typo that I didn't feel like correcting. Good to know for others out there. I think I saw a hosts.sam on my 98 partition.

[glc]

Yep, the hosts.sam is inactive, it's just a sample hosts file.