Windows Hosts files doesn't work!

[Nullpt]

Hello folks!

I'm having a problem with my Windows installation. My hosts, services, networks and protocol database files (C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc) are not working.

The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Tcpip\Parameters key has the DataBasePath set to %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc. When I echo this string in cmd it shows me the correct path.

Examples:

The hosts file contain:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost2
172.26.34.60 other

If i ping localhost it works because it's set in the registry (NV Hostname string).

If I ping localhost2 it doesnt work, if I ping other it doesn't work either. If I ping 172.26.34.60 it works.

The services file doesn't work either.

ftp 21/tcp #FTP. control

If I do "telnet 172.26.34.60 21" it works. If I do "telnet 172.26.34.60 ftp" it doesn't work.


Does anyone have a clue on this one? Thanks for your help!

[Nullpt]

Anyone on this one?

Thanks

[lk95jofr]

Originally Posted by Nullpt

Anyone on this one?

Thanks

Hi
Any news on this? I have the same problem and can not find any solution!

/Fredrik

[SnipSnip]

Go to "Services" and stop "DNS Client" service.