The definition says that a hosts file  maps hostnames to IP addresses. This means you cannot map to specific ports. But sometimes mapping to ports can be useful. So how can this be done?
It is very simple. Lets take an example; I want to map www.technoreply.com to localhost:8080. My hostfile is still untouched, as shown [...]

The typical scenario: It’s early morning and I get to the office, light up my PC, log on to Windows Vista and there there. The Avast icon has a little red no-entry icon on it.
This case happens more often than it should. Thanks to this (annoying) frequency, I managed to fix the problem. If you’re [...]

Opening large files on Windows is not the most trivial task. As a matter of fact, it is not a very common task. But the need to open large files is there. The next paragraphs will elaborate on the different kinds of large files. If you just want a quick solution for opening large files, [...]