What does orignal hosts file look like?

[luffy]

My Windows Vista hosts file has:
::1 localhost

According to this site:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972034
Vista hosts file has
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost

Does anyone know why my Vista hosts file is missing the 127.0.0.1 localhost
??

[A Guy]

That's very hard to say. Some 3rd party software, cleaner, tweaker at some point. My hosts file is chock full of entries, so original was long ago lost, lol. A Guy

[Alboguy]

Try the Miscrosoft Fix It option.

[bonishah88]

Here is what my hosts file look like :

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 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

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost

[leofelix]

@ Luffy
I do not why but you can manually add it

127.0.0.1 localhost

You can use Winapatrol (which has a built in HOSTS editor)
Or you can locate it then edit by yourself

http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/edit-the-windows-vista-hosts-file/

[luffy]

Can you tell me what is the diff between ::1 localhost and 127.0.0.1 localhost ?
Why does Windows XP only has 127.0.0.1 localhost but vista and 7 have both ::1 localhost and 127.0.0.1 localhost ?
Main question, do I need to have both? Because I can access to the Internet just fine with only ::1 localhost.

[leofelix]

Can you tell me what is the diff between ::1 localhost and 127.0.0.1 localhost ?
Why does Windows XP only has 127.0.0.1 localhost but vista and 7 have both ::1 localhost and 127.0.0.1 localhost ?
Main question, do I need to have both? Because I can access to the Internet just fine with only ::1 localhost.

I believe only Microsoft knows:-)

[hellnoire]

The difference between them is 127.0.0.1 and ::1 is that ::1 is IPv6, the other is IPv4, if I remember correctly.

[Boyfriend]

Can you tell me what is the diff between ::1 localhost and 127.0.0.1 localhost ?
Why does Windows XP only has 127.0.0.1 localhost but vista and 7 have both ::1 localhost and 127.0.0.1 localhost ?
Main question, do I need to have both? Because I can access to the Internet just fine with only ::1 localhost.

hellnoire is right. ::1 localhost represent IPv6 loopback address, while 127.0.0.1 localhost represent IPv4 loopback address. These entries are present in Windows Vista and Windows 7 host file because network stack of Windows Vista (later inherited to Windows 7) were written from scratch to add new features/optimization and IPv6 generic support, while for Windows XP, MS added support of IPv6 in SP3 and also has released an update to further optimize IPv6.

[INDRANIL]

Yeap Paul . @luffy http://forum.raymond.cc/network/2150...-64bit-os.html .