Learn how to restore the Hosts file to its original state in Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 7 and earlier versions. The Hosts file maps hostnames to IP addresses and can affect network connectivity.

Resolution. To resolve this issue, exclude the Hosts file from scanning in Windows Defender. To do this, follow these steps: Open Windows Defender. On the Settings tab, click Excluded files and locations. Under File locations, click Browse. Locate and then click the Hosts file.

Summary. This article helps you reset the Hosts file back to the default. What's the Hosts file. The Hosts file is used by the operating system to map human-friendly hostnames to numerical Internet Protocol (IP) addresses which identify and locate a host in an IP network.

Open Windows Defender. On the Settings tab, click Excluded files and locations. Under File locations, click Browse. Locate and then click the Hosts file. Note By default, the Hosts file is located in the %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc folder. Click Add, and then click Save changes.

In Windows 10, some features of file and folder sharing over a network have changed, including the removal of HomeGroup. Read on for answers to common questions about other changes to file and folder sharing in Windows 10.

Windows 11 Windows 10. When you’re connected to the internet and using a proxy server while browsing the web, that traffic goes through the proxy server instead of coming directly from your Windows 11 PC. A proxy server can be used when you’re connected using Wi-Fi or Ethernet.

There are different ways you can turn on SafeSearch: For individual accounts, choose SafeSearch options on the Settings page. At a network level, map www.bing.com to strict.bing.com. For an individual PC, map www.bing.com to strict.bing.com. For the Microsoft Edge sidebar, map edgeservices.bing.com to strict.bing.com.

Open File Explorer from the taskbar. Select View > Show > Hidden items. Learn how to show hidden files, folders, and drives in Windows.

Open File Explorer from the taskbar or the Start menu, or press the Windows logo key + E. Select This PC from the left pane. Then, on the File Explorer ribbon, select More > Map network drive. Note: If you don't see Map network drive on the More menu, you can right-click the This PC node in the folder pane and you'll see the command there.

Resumen. Este artículo ayuda a restablecer el archivo Hosts a la configuración predeterminada. ¿Qué es el archivo Hosts? El sistema operativo usa el archivo Hosts para asignar nombres de host amigables al usuario humano a direcciones numéricas de Protocolo de Internet (IP) que identifican y localizan un host en una red IP.