Reset internet explorer host file

Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I also get the exact same error on desktop.. Upgrade win8. No domain.. A mobo ,Samsung Gb ssd ,16Gb ram ,i5 cpu.

I get the error 2 at a time when i turn on the desktop.. System 32 file shows "Hosts - Old file". Went into system 32 hosts file in the laptop.. He presto no more errors. Don't know.. Never got these errors until update.. All I've got left now to resolve are 4 x at shutdown which it would appear is a microsoft issue.. They don't appear to be effecting operation of computer in any way. I am getting this error- General Discription- There was an error while attempting to read the local hosts file.

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Note Internet Explorer 8. Ask Question. Asked 12 years, 4 months ago. Active 10 years, 4 months ago. Viewed 39k times. How do I get IE to check my hosts file first? Improve this question. James A. Rosen James A. Rosen 2, 7 7 gold badges 22 22 silver badges 26 26 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. What does your network's proxy. Do you have access to modify it? Improve this answer. Heath Heath 3 3 silver badges 4 4 bronze badges. I can't modify the hosted version, but I can download it, edit it, and use the local one!

So there's no way to do it with out changing the proxy? I only want the change for a specific set of PC's under the proxy, not every PC. As the dialog box suggests, the automatic proxy PAC settings override these, so I have to turn off "use automatic configuration script.