Maybe a lot of you know this already, but Im using this more n more and its handy
Say you want to move a domain to a different host or set up a backup and you cannot do a
http://hostname/tempdomainname then here you go :
1. look up the HOSTS file in XP : C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC
2. add the IP followed with a space followed with the domainname
sample : 11.22.33.555
www.mymaryanne.com
3. reboot
Make sure its
www.domain.com or domain.com and type the domain like THAT in IE or FF. After youre done just del the entry and reboot.