A simply test is to shell to DOS and type "ping localhost"

-steve

On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 17:49 +0100, Lester Caine wrote:

> joseph_ceasar wrote:
>
> > --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Adam" <s3057043@y...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I am using XP-Pro. I checked the "hosts" file and saw no line that
> > says "127.0.0.1 localhost". So I added it but still, no
> > results......
>
> How did you add that line?
> If you used notepad, you will probably find that windows has saved
> the
> file as hosts.txt rather than hosts ( no extension ). That is the
> USUAL
> answer when I can't find a new machine ;)
> Just delete hosts and then delete the extension on hosts.txt :)
>


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