I _thought_ I was very specific. Friday afternoon I noticed ALL the entries in the hosts file were pinging their sites, though they _should_ all have been redirected to localhost. I removed the ::1 line and they all started correctly pinging localhost. The next day I added the ::1 line back and it's still working correctly, with them all pinging localhost.
It seems to be a transient error and you guys should stop arguing about inadequacies in Vista. Except I still wonder how many people are 'immunized' by apps like Spybot, but all the entries are being ignored? I only noticed mine because I'm a nerd. :) > The ping response will indicate the IP address of the responder so there > should be no ambiguity. Do you really think he is such a noob as to not > read the screen? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
