Question : Windows XP Pro SP3 Host File Entry Not Working

I made the following entry to my windows xp pro computer running SP3

192.168.1.1     milk

I am able to ping the ip address but not the name.  I have other host file edits that are working just fine.  
I rebooted the computer and verified that the changes are there but still not luck.

Any ideas?

Answer : Windows XP Pro SP3 Host File Entry Not Working

There are two different hosts files that you may need to work with

First:
c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\Hosts

Second
c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\Lmhosts

If you have a LM hosts file try and rename it to lmhosts.bak or something similar

When you have added the information to your hosts file try and clear out a few networking components by running the following commands

ipconfig /flushdns
netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt

Those two command should cause any issues to be flushed from your DNS cache.