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I Can't edit my HOSTS file. Message says "I'm not an administrator"
I need to edit my HOSTS file and it says only an administrator can do this.
when I go into security settings the key settings are grayed out!
I am the administrator. it's my laptop
This is Windows 7 BTW,
when I go into security settings the key settings are grayed out!
I am the administrator. it's my laptop
This is Windows 7 BTW,
Right-click on the Notepad icon (or whatever text editor you use) and click the Run as administrator menu item. Then open the hosts file...that should do it. Regards, Joe
This is a known issue. Microsoft provided a workaround as described above:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/923947/you-cannot-modify-the-hosts-file-or-the-lmhosts-file-in-windows-vista
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/923947/you-cannot-modify-the-hosts-file-or-the-lmhosts-file-in-windows-vista
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