XP search assistant & no 'hosts' file in XP??
 

I'm trying to disable this snoopy Search Assistant. I've reverted it back to the old windows 2000 search/file find instead of the goofy wizard-doggy one.

But "search assistant"it's still hellbent on contacting microsoft to let slick willie know what I'm searching for... SO MUCH SO, that after 3 failed attempts to contact it actually DISABLED my internet connection :1orglaugh

Anyway I was going to map sa.microsoft.com to my localbox and see if that speeds things up - but it seems like the hosts file doesnt exist in XP anymore. :( -- maybe I just need to create it.

Here's a link about what I"m talking about....
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24815.html

The problem is, even when I block the connection, the search comes up dog slow because its trying a billion times to connect.

well hrm.. hosts file was in the same spot it always was.. it just doesn't come up when you try to find it with the search. Go figure.

Ugh. This sucks.

OSX (BSD!) & Apple's Coming Soon.