unable to change hosts file

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René - 21 Mar 2005 10:50 GMT

Usually I could just open it with Notepad and save it without problems.
I must have installed something lately, or it is a new security measure
may be.

There must be a service having this file opened for writing. How can I
find out the service that is using this file?

Thanks for you help,

René

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Steve Winograd [MVP] - 21 Mar 2005 20:01 GMT

>Usually I could just open it with Notepad and save it without problems.
>I must have installed something lately, or it is a new security measure
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>René

What happens now when you try to change the hosts file? If there's an
error message, what does it say?

Some security and anti-spyware programs can lock the hosts file to
prevent malicious programs from modifying it. They prevent you from
modifying it, too.

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