Doug,
Hmmm.. Mine's a W2K box.
Best,
DD
>The WinNT box uses the lmhosts file, but the Win95/98 uses the hosts file (no extension)
>If yours is a win95/98 box then put the entry in the hosts file.
>
>>Markus,
>>
>>Well, I have a HOSTS file with that entry for sure since I've already looked at that. Let me go see about a LMHOST file...
>>
>>Nope.. No LMHOSTS file. I'll give that a try and see how things go.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>DD
>>
>>
>>>Hi Doug
>>>
>>>I'm far away if beeing an network expert. I think it's a problem
>>>of name resolution. Try the following:
>>>
>>>If you dont have a lmhosts file create one with a single line entry like
>>>
>>>127.0.0.1 localhost
>>>
>>>The file should reside in the ..\System32\drivers\etc folder I think.
>>>Check in the DNS pad of the network settings, that lmhost import is marked
>>>and reboot then.
>>>
>>>Maybe it works after this.
>>>
>>>HTH
>>>Markus
Best,
DD
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