Subject: Re: Help: X Windows Problem
From: [email-masked] (Ralf Meyer)

28 Mar 1998 11:02:56 -0800
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> From:          Richard Thomas <[email-masked]>

> 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
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