[pchelpers] Re: DNS Error .. Google Desk Top Search

Hi Cyril,

Shouldn't  be  related.  The hosts file permanently translates domain
names to IP addresses.  GDS is already using an IP address directly.

--Scott.


Sunday, July 12, 2009, 2:59:32 PM, you wrote:

CH> I am having a difficult time getting the new Google Desk Top Search 
CH> working.
CH> It may be due to my hosts file which has lot of URLs starting with 127.0.0.1

CH> Google wants to run something like this and it cannot. Do I have to kill
CH> my hosts file in order to run
CH> Google Desktop with any kind of an indexed desktop search? 

CH>   Cannot find

CH> "http://127.0.0.1:4664/search?s=0TG4oguFfm4sd-HmT-_mm26kffE&q=Charles&aq=t";

CH>       *DNS Error - Server cannot be found*




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