This goes for just about all versions of windows. The file you are looking for is %systemroot%system32\drivers\etc\hosts.

The structure for graphics drivers changed completely from Windows XP To Vista. So forget your video card. You might have the latest and greatest money pit of a video card, but it still won’t run Battlefield 3.

I found a number of simple VBScript’s that relaunch themselves with elevated privileges using the “runas” verb just to launch another application or script. They just do it by re-invoking themselves with a bogus argument just to trigger the else clause the second time through. I don’t like the ampersand and underscore style, so I rewrote it a little less quirky.

Win32 namespaces for accessing devices instead of file systems and for disabling string parsing can be helpful but not all APIs support their use.

We all know how Google Maps Streetview works. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could move around without going from one still picture to another? That’s what Microsoft promises in their latest attempt to topple the king of all things search. Once they drop the silverlight, I think Microsoft can expect widespread adoption. Hopefully it’s only for their previews.

The main highlights are the support for 64-bit applications, and the new graphics based on the Tango standard. But it’s hard to say what the best change is. There’s just so many!

These excerpts are by an anonymous Chinese labor rights activist. When coming and going from dormitories 1, 2 or 3 or housing outside the factory, employees are forbidden from speaking, smoking or eating with workers from other facilities. Using the company phone, talking, eating snacks and doing things unrelated to work are all forbidden while on a regular shift or working overtime. Workers are not allowed to bring outsiders inside to view the factory area. When the manager arranges overtime, employees are not allowed secretly or openly to avoid overtime if they do not have permission. After 10:30 p.m., workers must go to the dorm to sleep.

I have a hotmail account. I’ve had it since 1996, so there’s some nostalgia there, but it’s garbage. Sure it looks smoother than it did in 1996, but it’s still the same old weak sauce with the same basic features it had a decade ago.

The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that stores settings for low-level operating system components, kernel, drivers, services, and user interface along with 3rd party applications installed on the platform. Before you dabble, it might be a good idea to backup your registry using a restore point or exporting the registry to a file.

This is especially needed for any Windows application. It would save the typical user from his/herself. So many apps want to install a toolbar, take over as the default choice, or select some other intrusive behavior as the default. If you could have an app that you run before launching any kind of installation program, and that app just unchecked all the defaults, forcing you to choose the options that you feel are best, well the world might explode.