Blindly deleting system files without understanding what they do is never
a good idea.

  When you refer to another machine by name, that name must be translated
into a network address for your machine to connect to it.
  When the name is an Internet hostname, this translation is performed by
contacting a DNS server *unless* the name and its translation are found in
the HOSTS file.  When the name is a NetBIOS name (no suffix provided), the
translation will first consult the LMHOSTS file and then either a local
broadcast or a WINS server -- if neither provides an answer, a suffix is
added and HOSTS/DNS are tried.

  An invalid HOSTS file could be preventing IE from locating the server; in
that case, a "DNS error or host not found" error page SHOULD appear.  It's
barely possible that for some reason it does not.
  An LMHOSTS file will not be consulted for any normal URL, and so no
problem with this file can be responsible for the blank pages.

  Note that HOSTS.SAM and LMHOSTS.SAM are *sample* files, showing what a
HOSTS and LMHOSTS file would contain if you needed them.  These files are
never consulted by code, and deleting them would serve no purpose.

David Gillett


On 3 Oct 2003 at 11:34, joseph marty wrote:

> Do a file search for LMHost and I think the other is Host in Windows.
> Rename them or copy them to another folder like temp and delete them
> in the Windows folder. I had that problem with Win 98 and thanks to a
> Gateway tech support geek for the above solution.
>
> >My sons PC in college has a problem where it would freeze up 70% of the time
> >when he accessed the internet using the modem. (Win 98, IE6.0) He ran Adaware and since then all he gets are the "Site not found" white pages.  He took the box to the support techs at school and the got the same results via ethernet and even loaded Netscape.  They could ping in DOS.  They couldn't resolve the problem so my son's bringing it home this weekend for me to look at. Did Adaware remove a system file needed to access the internet?  Any suggestions?
> >
> >
>
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