[Dxbase] Help with the HOSTS file please

[Jack]

Host File placement during installation
At the time you installed DXbase, a check of your Windows directory was made 
to determine if you had an existing Hosts file.  NOTE:  there is no file 
extension, just the base filename.

If a file by this name was not found, then DXbase installed its Hosts file 
that contains most of the currently operational IP addresses that provide 
Internet Cluster service.  If a Hosts file was already resident in your 
Windows directory for Win95/98/ME or Winsystem32/drivers/etc for 
WinNT/2000/XP, DXbase renamed your existing Hosts file to Hosts/dxb24/bak, 
where dxb24 is the version of DXbase that performed this action.  A copy of 
the DXbase Hosts file was also placed in your DXbase folder in case you need 
it for some use in the future.  If the IP Host list box in the User Options 
Internet tab is empty or does not contain any valid entries for DX Clusters, 
then chances are that your system did not allow DXbase to rename your old 
Hosts file, or some other application has replaced our Hosts file.  In 
either case, you will need to either copy the Hosts file from your DXbase 
folder into the appropriate folder on your system based on operating system 
replacing the one that is there, or, you will need to copy the data from the 
DXbase Hosts file and paste it into your Hosts file.

Copyright ©1999 - 2006 Scientific Solutions, Inc.

In short, use Windows Explorer, navigate to the DXB2007 folder and copy the 
host file from this folder into the Winsystem32/drivers/etc folder.  There 
is no filename extension on this file.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe" <wl7e at arrl.net>
To: "DXBase List" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 8:05 AM
Subject: [Dxbase] Help with the HOSTS file please


Hello all,


I am having trouble getting DXBase 2007 to see the HOSTS file. I have done
the following twice now (this time) and feel it is time to ask someone more
knowledgeable than I am. I read the help files and searched for the HOSTS
file in Windows and found HOSTNAME. I assume this is the file referenced in
the Help files to add to or erase. However, I don’t know how to add to that
file since I cannot open it.



 I have uninstalled both my DXBase 2006 & DXBase 2007 programs and
reinstalled DXBase 2007 only. I was going to uninstall DXBase 2006 anyway. 
I
searched my hard drive; hidden and system files also. I find the following,
once again, twice now. I keep all radio related files in my C:\Ham folder.



I do not have this problem with N1MM, HRD, or Win-Test. I am running two
computers (XPTM, 32 bit, Service Pak 2 & VistaTM Home Premium, 32 bit,
Service Pak 1). It is the same problem on both of them.  Would someone be so
kind as to tell me what I am doing wrong?



Tnx,

Joe WL7E



*Name*                         Date modified           Type
Folder



*Hosts.dxb26.bak*    Jan 10, 2011 Shortcut         Recent Items

C:\Users\joe\appData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows)



*Hosts.dxb26.bak*    Sep 18, 2006            BAK File        etc
(c:\Windows\System32\drivers)



*Hosts*                         Aug 6, 2006  File                DXBase 2007
(C:\Ham)



*Hosts*                         Aug 6, 2006  File                drivers
(C:\Window\System32)



*Hosts*                         Aug 6, 2006  File                 System32
(C:\Windows)



*Hosts*                         Aug 6, 2006  File                 DXBase
2007 (C:\Ham)



*Hosts*                         Sep 18, 2006            File
x86_microsoft-windows-w..nfrastructure-
other_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_024e4071fa6      fea95
(C:\Windows\winsxs)



*
X86_mocrosoft-windows-w..nfrastructure-other_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_024e4071fa6fea95_hosts_d78df635
*



                                    Nov 2, 2006
16386_NONE_024E4071FFA6FEA95_HOSTS-D78DF635
File




Backup (C:\Windows\winsxs)
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