What's this?

From: "George Hester" <hesterloli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 01:50:55 -0400

Put this is in your hosts file:

127.0.0.1 www.microsoft.com

Now go to Windows Explorer NOT Internet Explorer and type in the address bar:

http://www.microsoft.com Hit <ENTER>

What's up with that? hosts doesn't work.

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George Hester
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