"omega" <omega@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A513FF2A-8B85-4345-BCD0-9309DA6876D2@microsoft.com...
>I ahve on system that puts the /etc/hosts file in the winnt directory
>instead
> of the windows directory. Why is this? I have tow exact systems but one
> has
> the files under the windows directory and one has them under the winnt
> directory.

Winnt was used for previous NT operating systems, NT4, 2000 etc. If you
upgraded from one of those then it would continue to use the winnt
directory. Also poorly written software could create a directory called
winnt and put it's stuff in there, rather than looking up the proper
location of the Windows directory.

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Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
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