Posted August 17, 200717 yr Greetings all. I have been having a problem ever since I received my computer. It was new when I got it a year or two ago and I probably should have wiped it and reloaded it clean when I got it and first saw the problem, but I never took the time. Now I have too much stuff loaded on it to start fresh. Anyway, the problem is that when I add a new host to the hosts file, my PC doesn't know about it. After adding to the file, if I try to ping the host it says: "Ping request could not find host aix5. Please check the name and try again." I've tried doing ipconfig /flushdns, and obviously my PC has been rebooted. I checked and the DataBasePath entry in the registry is %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc. We have about 20 machines on our network at the office, and mine is the only one with this problem. We use static IPs, not DHCP. We don't have a local DNS server or AD set up. Can anyone help me? Thanks alot! Andy
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