Where To Find The Windows "hosts" File

[NinjaStr1ke]

Ok, EA is recommending this for CTD issues, which I'm having ever since 1.3:

Please also note that if you are experiencing CTD issues upon start up that any alternate-ranking redirections in your windows "Hosts" file must be removed.

To get to the file, go to Start>Run and type "%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\" (without quotations, with the percent signs). More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file
By the way, don't ever delete or change the line that says:
127.0.0.1 localhost

EDIT: just thought I'd point this out: This didn't help me at all, because the only line in the file was localhost.

[bigbossmatt]

Re: Where To Find The Windows "hosts" File

Same here
-worth a try though, thanks.

[Heavy552 AWG]

Re: Where To Find The Windows "hosts" File

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost


No change here.