Hi ... I just installed your program host manager and now I notice that my IE hangs when it try to load webpages , Could you please assist in correcting this problem ? BTW I just spend all day resinstalling windows xp pro sp2 and all my programs , Your host manager was the last program I loaded and now I am having this problem with my browser , Thanks in advance ...

This is explained in the release section

http://www.bluetack.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=8406

Important

Very often a large HOSTS file (over 135 kb) can slow down the computer. This only occurs in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Windows 98 and ME are not affected by this issue.

If you are running Windows 2000 or XP and you are not a part of a domain you will need to disable the DNS Client Service prior to installing the HOSTS file.
You must be logged in as a member of the Administrators group to make this change. After you did stop the DNS Client you may install your HOSTS file.
If you don't perform this task before installing the HOSTS file, your computer may slow down and/or stop responding until the DNS Client is stopped.

To resolve this issue open the Services Editor
Start / Run (type) "services.msc" (no quotes)
Scroll down to "DNS Client", Right-click and select: Properties
Click the drop-down arrow for "Startup type"
Select: Manual, click Apply - Ok and restart your computer
You can see that the DNS Service is not needed by opening the Services Editor again after a while, scroll down to the DNS Client entry and check the "Status" column. It should remain blank, if the service was needed, it would show "Started" in that column. If wanted, you can safely set it to Disabled instead of Manual.

That should get you up and running again.

fristaid

Hi... Thank you so much , You were right , Thanks ... What I done was I did disable the DNS Client , Now that I done that will there be any problems with host manager program ? Because I was just starting to like this program , I notice this problem when I try to download files to the host and then that when the hanging would happen , I did try to disable the host manager and it wouldn't disable , So now that the DNS Client is set to disable I shouldn't have any more problems with host manager , correct ?

Thanks

yeah, thats correct, I even turned my dhcp client off and then rebooted and turned it back on and I have no probs anymore.

But its prolly best to leave it off, your isp should be doing that work anyhow.

firstaid

Ok I reinstalled the host manager and everything seem to be run very smooth now but , I notice when I try to use the update/download option , it will download files and I would go to the replace it option , then save it but , the entries don't change afterwards , At the moment i have 51619 entries

On the left of the page, under Database Counts, Hosts file contains actually 51618 entries without the local host entry, thus a total of 51619 entries. If you hit several times the replace btn after a download and if we didn't add / remove entries, the number of entries will remain the same.

Kim

Hi ... Where is this database count ? I don't see this any where on the left side panel , Also If I first click download , I do see files being downloaded , which afterward I would have the option to replace , which I do , Then afterward I would click save but, the amount is the same as before , So I don't understand If I am viewing files downloading , Then how can you say that you haven't add any ? Thanks

Oh ok , Thanks ! I never notice that part before ...