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desertcities
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desertcities asked in Computers & InternetComputer Networking · 6 years ago

3 Questions regarding Windows' HOSTS file.?

1. Does Windows always look at the HOSTS file before searching a DNS server? Yes/No?

2. How many entries can you have within a HOSTS file before it begins to slow down your system?

3. What is your favorite HOSTS editor?

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  • steve_loir
    Lv 7
    6 years ago
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    1. The browser looks at the HOSTS file for where to look for the requested web address. If it is not in the HOSTS file then it goes to the default DNS.

    2. Don't know. I have several hundred entries but it doesn't seem slow.

    3. http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    1. Yes

    2. Hundreds (or more)

    3. Notepad

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