Re: Renaming Hosts file doesn't change browser response

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Thanks for the response. But how would I refresh memory? I thought that
holding down the shift key when you refresh (or Ctrl+Shift+R or Shift+F5)
would not fetch anything from the cache...is that wrong?
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Thanks,
Phil

PopS wrote:

That's because it's probably being referenced from memory, not
from the hard drive. You'd have to Refresh memory to accomplish
that.

"Phil Rabichow" <phrabZZ@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi All:
Using WinXP Pro SP2 with latest updates.
I checked out the utilities mentioned in Mike Burgess, MVP
hosts site at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

However, if I have a browser open when I rename the hosts file,
the response
is the same. i.e. if I start a browser with hosts file "on",
renaming it to
oldhosts doesn't allow me to get to a forbidden site unless I
exit the
browser & restart it. The same is true with Netscape, Firefox,
Avant
Browser, etc.

I've even tried clearing the TIF & refreshing the page (using
Shift+F5), but
that doesn't help. I thought that renaming the hosts file on
the fly would
allow you to turn it on & off to block or access a site. Is
this not
true...or do I need to make some other change on my system.

Thanks for any insight on this.
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Phil


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