Talk:LMHOSTS

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[edit] Relation to hosts file?

What is the relation between the lmhosts file and the hosts file which are found in the same directory on windows machines?

I think the hosts file is deprecated, as adding an entry to it works as well as adding an entry to lmhost. Also, as far as I believe, lmhost doesn't exist on Windows 9x systems, furthering the idea that the hosts file is deprecated.

Dustin 20:36, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Turns out I am wrong...hosts is for resolving dns while lmhosts is only for resolving hostnames over lan..

Dustin 20:42, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Path to files

I think you should say %windir%, rather than c:\windows\, since c:\windows\ isn't the windows directory on every machine.