Exploring some tips for Windows

- In this section, I'd like to give you some tips…for running Microsoft Windows on a small network.…The first tip I'd like to talk about…is something called the host file.…The host file allows us to customize our name resolution.…Normally, our name resolution runs through DNS.…We also have the option to edit this text file…and create name resolution for the local machine.…The host file is a text file, so you can use…just about any text editor to open it.…I'm going to use Notepad.…

The file is stored in a secure location.…Therefore, in order to edit it,…we'll need to be running as the administrator.…So here, on Notepad, I'm going to right-click…and select Run as administrator.…Now I have Notepad open, running as an administrator,…and I want to open a file.…The location is going to be C, windows,…system 32, drivers, ETC.…Then I'll need to change my search…to not just look for text documents…but to look for all files.…

Even though the host file is, in fact, a text file,…it does not have the extension .TXT on the end of it.…