Hugs and kisses for everyone!
I found ALL the files that had <hosts> in them.
Renamed them Trouble 1,2,3, & 4
And, I am happy, no, ecstatic, to be able to say that Google is back!
There was a file called LMHOSTS in WINDOWS\I386 which was gibberish (to me)
when I opened it with Notepad, maybe that's the one that was causing the
problem.
Anyway, thanks a lot to everyone who responded, I am now quite a lot wiser
about my computer.
Angela
"David Harvard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:041e01c39629$ddb68de0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Do you mean <hosts> or <lmhosts> or both?
> >(I'm scared to just delete files that appear to have been
> >there since the computer was first setup).
> ><lmhosts> is a SAM file. Can you tell me what that means?
> >
> >Angela
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>Just delete or rename thing hosts file
> >>-Prityush
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>I think I'm getting out of my depth here!
> >>>
> >>>At c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc.
> >>>all I can see is: hosts - lmhosts - networks -
> protocol -
> >
> >>>services
> >>>
> >>>There's nothing that appears to be related to Google.
> >>>
> >>>What happens if I delete the hosts and/or lmhosts files?
> >>>
> >>>Angela
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>Angela, Before doing anyhting just go ahead and
> cleanup
> >>>ur
> >>>>host file in c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc in XP Pro.
> >>and
> >>>>c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc. Delete any entries
> for
> >>>>google.com and its ip address (some numbers written in
> >>>>front of it)in there, or u can also delete the host
> >file
> >>>>itself, from there. It should solve the issue.
> >>>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>>Can anyone help me to get back to Google search
> engine.
> >>>>>I can get all the other Google sites (Directory,
> >>Groups,
> >>>>>News, etc) but CANNOT access the search engine.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>The error message says <there is no website
> configured
> >>>at
> >>>>>this address>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Is this a problem with security settings or anti-
> virus
> >>>>>software, or what?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I have Windows XP Home Edition with updates and am
> >>using
> >>>>>PC-cillin anti-virus, recently updated.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Angela
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>.
> >>>>>
> >>>>.
> >>>>
> >>>.
> >>>
> Greeting Angela,
>
> Prityush is correct, just delete the hosts, lmhosts and
> any flle that has hosts.
>
>
>
> regards
> David Harvard
> (E-Mail Removed)
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