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

Thanks Scott. I was not sure how the Hosts file was used. My 
understanding was that it blocked access to certain sites.

Cy

Scott McNay wrote:
> 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*
>
>
>
>   
-- 

Cyril Halbach
Williamsburg Kentucky



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