Re: Localhost problem

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Chuck,
yes - there is only one hosts file. There is localhost 127.0.0.1 in it.
It is the only symptom i can observe (and it is not only in my network but
it seems to be also at my collegues networks).
Everything besides \\localhost works fine.

Regards,
Dariusz Hoszowski



"Chuck" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:01:47 +0100, "Dariusz Hoszowski" <dh@xxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,
i didn't find any information why \\localhost doesn't work on Windows
XP
(when i ping localhost everything looks fine IP 127.0.0.1 is returned and
all 4 pings are ok). I have checked all my IP settings, DNS, WINS, hosts
file, etc. All what i can check seems to be ok. I have installed new
Windows
XP SP2 (without any KB - i was thinking that it should be a KB problem)
but
it's also not working. I have checked \\localhost on Windows Server 2003
SP1
and ... voila works fine. I do some investigation and check information in
technet, microsoft site and google ... found nothing about that (or i have
missed something). Could someone tell me why \\localhost doesn't work on
Windows XP SP2 (and i have forgotten, Windows firewall was turned off on
all
my test machines).
When i put \\127.0.0.1 in explorer (or \\computer-netbios-name) then local
shares are displayed, but \\localhost doesn't work - strange ... The error
is (Windows cannot find "\\localhost". Check the spelling and try again,
or
try searching for the item by clicking the Start button and then clicking
Search) .

Does anyone know why it's not working on Windows XP SP2 ?

Thanks,
Dariusz Hoszowski

Dariusz,

Look in Hosts. Is "localhost" defined there? Is that the only Hosts
file?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/local-name-and-address-resolution-on.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/local-name-and-address-resolution-on.html

Is the absence of "localhost" the only symptom observed?

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.


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