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Save the file and restart your browser. If that doesn't work, then reset your network connection by unplugging/plugging your ethernet cable or turning off/on your wireless connection.
Unfortunately, hosts files don't support wildcards, so you have to do this manually for each domain (of course, you can put in more than one domain at a time, but each needs its own entry).
==Where is my hosts file?==
*In Windows, probably C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\hosts. If not there, then whatever path is specified in the registry by \HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\DataBasePath
*On Unix-like machines, /etc/hosts
==I can't save it!==
You aren't running it as an admin (windows) or super (unix).
*Windows
**Vista – right-click on a shortcut to Notepad, then select Run as -> Administrator. The open the hosts file from within Notepad.
**Other versions: log in as an admin user
*Unix
**Mac OS X – open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal, then enter this command
sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts
:enter your admin password, make the changes, and save the file
**Others: sudo edit the file with your editor of choice.
==I'm using Mac, what to do?==
Follow the instructions for Unix.