From: dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de Subject: RE: Help: X Windows Problem 28 Mar 1998 20:25:44 -0800 Message-ID: <009C37F0.98E53820.4311.cygnus.gnu-win32@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de> To: richard AT smartmedia DOT co DOT uk Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de Hi Rich, you wrote: : 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) Try %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc Bye, Heribert (dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de) - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".