How to check and clean your HOSTS file


The following information is from the Wikipedia article. The hosts file is generally named "hosts" and is located in the following directories for each operating system:

* Linux and other Unix-like operating systems: /etc
* Windows 95/98/Me: %windir%\
* Windows NT/2000/XP: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\
* Mac OS: System Folder:Preferences or System folder (format of the file may vary from Windows and Linux counterparts)
* Mac OS X: /etc (uses BSD-style hosts file)
* OS/2 and eComStation: "bootdrive":\mptn\etc\

Once you have located the HOSTS file open it up in Notepad.

The only text that should be in this file is the following line, if anything else is in there delete it all and copy just this line into the file before saving it:

127.0.0.1 localhost

That's it!