{"id":472,"date":"2008-05-11T13:29:44","date_gmt":"2008-05-11T17:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2008\/05\/11\/change-hosts-file-in-windows-vista\/"},"modified":"2008-05-11T13:29:44","modified_gmt":"2008-05-11T17:29:44","slug":"change-hosts-file-in-windows-vista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2008\/05\/11\/change-hosts-file-in-windows-vista\/","title":{"rendered":"Change &#8220;hosts&#8221; file in Windows Vista"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you wish to connect to a machine by <strong>hostname<\/strong> (which\u00a0is not registered in <strong>DNS<\/strong> (Domain Name Server))\u00a0you need to add <strong>&lt;IP&gt; &lt;Fully Qualified\u00a0Hostname&gt; &lt;Hostname&gt;<\/strong> in Hosts file.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 Adding an entry in <strong>Non Vista<\/strong> (Microsoft O.S. XP, 2000, NT) is pretty simple. 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