[Dxbase] Dxbase and vista

[Gary AL9A]

Hi George,

I too recently migrated to a new machine with Vista Home Premium and had the 
same internet connection problem with DXB2006.  I'm not sure what Jack 
suggested you try, but this is what worked for me.  In my case my old XP 
machine was still running, so I copied the Hosts file in the Windows 
directory from that machine over to the new machine.  Note this was the 
Hosts file in the Windows directory, in which I had made new entries, not 
the original one in the Scientific Solutions/DXB2006 folder.  In your case, 
because your old machine crashed, you'll need to use the Hosts file in the 
DXB2007 folder that you indicate you can open and see the list of IP 
addresses.  (Or I can send you a copy of mine direct.)

The trick is to get that Hosts file in the right location for Vista.  It 
must reside in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc.  If you look in that 
location you will find a Hosts file there.  The first line in that file says 
"This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows".  In my 
case DXB renamed that file Hosts.dxb26.bak.  I can't remember the exact 
sequence of how this happened, but just rename it to something like 
Hosts.bak.  Then copy the Hosts file from DXB2007 to 
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc.  Start up DXB and go to to 
Tools/Options/User Options/Internet and see if you can see the IP addresses. 
If you can, select the one you want and it should connect.  You may have to 
edit the Hosts file to add a favorite IP if it's not in the list.  Good 
luck.

73,
Gary AL9A



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George L Bernlohr" <w3wxz at zoominternet.net>
To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: February 22, 2008 8:01 AM
Subject: [Dxbase] Dxbase and vista


>I recently had a fatal crash on my old computer  with XP installed and 
>recently got a new computer with Vista home premium installed.   I 
>installed my Dxbase 2007 and find I cannot connect to the internet now. 
>Jack was kind enough to recommend several things to do but I still cannot 
>connect to the internet.  Anybody using the same setup that I have and has 
>no problem please let me know what you did to connect.   I can find the 
>host file in Dxbase but the file list of  addresses  do not show up.   I 
>can open the file of addresses with WordPad but that is all.   Any help 
>would be appreciated.   Thank you.
>
> George Bernlohr     W3WXZ
>
> w3wxz at zoominternet.net
>
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