From: ralf@wamba.central.de (Ralf Meyer) Subject: Re: Help: X Windows Problem 28 Mar 1998 11:02:56 -0800 Message-ID: References: <3.0.3.32.19980318134202.0099cd60@mail> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com > From: Richard Thomas > NT is probably using DNS to look up localhost (and hence needing to > connect to your isp). Try using 127.0.0.1 instead. alternatively, > there may be a hosts file somewhere you can add it to (Though I > wouldnt know where) In NT "Hosts." is located in %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc. Not sure for Win95, either %windir% or %windir%\system. A search for hosts.sam (a SAMple hosts file) should tell you where it has to be. -- bye ranf - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".