Here’s a little tip from me today: If you are a developer running Windows XP and find yourself typing “localhost” in your browser about twenty times a day, you maybe want to use something shorter or easier to type.
For example: you want to type “home” or “go” instead of “localhost”. Here’s what you need to do:
- Go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc (or wherever is your Windows installed)
- Open the file labeled “hosts” with your favourite text editor and duplicate the line 127.0.0.1 localhost (just for any case).
- Now change the new line’s “localhost” to whatever you wish and save.
You could also use this to prevent any desktop application from connecting to its server - it will just direct it to your localhost.
