Bill,
If you don't mind my butting in while you wait for an answer from Vince, Windows tries to speed-up searches by "indexing" certain folders. Like you said, the ones that Big Brother thinks you might want to find something in.
Go back to the Search box (called "Start menu Search" by Paul Thurrott) and type in:
index
You'll get links to lots of info on what folders are indexed, and how you can change them to include things like system folders, if you want to.
You'll also probably run across a warning .. indexing takes computer time (cpu cycles), and can slow your computer down if you have it continuously indexing your hard drive. Also, a large index file will take longer to search each time.
Anyway, you can modify the index settings based on what you might want to search for in the future.
You may also notice that when you do a search, there's a link at the bottom of the search box for "see more results", which will give you the option to search in other places than the ones designated.
If you searc for hosts, then select "more results", then tell it to search "Computer" ... it will find it.
rogerX
--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Aycock" <billaycock@...> wrote:
>
> Vince--
> Thanks-- you sent more than just what I asked for, which is nice. It is what
> I needed.
> Actually, I found "Hosts" by reading the Wikipedia entry about it. (late
> last night). What still puzzles me is why I can't find it by a Search. Is it
> an "Administrator" thing? When I went to the file, it is not marked
> "Hidden", and opens fine in "Notepad". I did not try to edit it.
> What bothers me is that this search failure is probably making other
> searches give false results, also. This "Big brother knows best" attitude
> is what I hate in Windows, and I am considered a Fan. A selective search
> failure ca be a serious problem, if you think it means (as in this case)
> that a file is missing.
> Thanks-- Bill--W4BSG
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vincent Winterling" <vwinterling@...>
> To: <simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 6:24 AM
> Subject: RE: [Simply Computers] Re: OpenDNS Problem
>
>
> > Windows Vista - C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc
> >
> > http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hostsvista.htm
> >
> > Vincent Winterling
> > Vineland, NJ
> >
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