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[Legacy_icywind1980]

               

That only sort of helps. I was able to open notepad as an admin, saved the file and restarted my computer. I also cleared out my history, and cache, but it still opens up to the wiki page.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_HipMaestro]

               

That only sort of helps. I was able to open notepad as an admin, saved the file and restarted my computer. I also cleared out my history, and cache, but it still opens up to the wiki page.

 

Does the file still contain your changes when you open it?  Uncheck the Read Only file property if it is checked.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_icywind1980]

               

Does the file still contain your changes when you open it?  Uncheck the Read Only file property if it is checked.

Hosts.txt has the changes I made when I reopen it and read only is not checked.

 

The original hosts file is still there. Should I delete or remove it?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_AndarianTD]

               

It looks like exactly the same server configuration error that caused the last Vault outage. Has anyone messaged the IGN admins about the problem (or know who to contact)? They were able to fix it quickly before once they became aware of it.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               

<wishing he'd brought...>

 

I'm in the dark myself, Andarian.

 

There's one rather major difference between last year and this - the vaultnap admin site is also gone this time.

There is simply no more admin access. It is not that I can't log in; there's no page there to log into.

 

<...a torch>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_AndarianTD]

               

Rolo: It's a difference, but not necessarily a dispositive one. I'm going to try find out who to contact to figure out what's going on. I'll let you know what I find.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_AndarianTD]

               

OK, I used the "contact us" form on the IGN.com main page to send a message. I think it's going to their editorial rather than tech staff, but it's a start. '>

 

By the way, if you look at the URL, it's pretty obvious what happened. Someone set up a domain forwarding from the old Vault (nwvault.ign.com) to point to the Wiki for the 2013 Neverwinter game (www.ign.com/wikis/neverwinter). Pages on the old vault were addressed via a script called View.php, followed by a page identifier (e.g. View.php?view=modules.Detail&id=xxxx). That's causing all links to the Vault to resolve to a Wiki page there called "View.php" (since the Wiki's ignoring everything after the "?"). An irate Vault user decided to use that page to elaborate on his frustration. '>


This looks to me like a mistake, and too ham-handed to have been intentional. I'm guessing that it's just another site configuration error, as it was last year.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_HipMaestro]

               

Hosts.txt has the changes I made when I reopen it and read only is not checked.

 

The original hosts file is still there. Should I delete or remove it?

 

Ahhh.... the "hosts" file has no extension.  You need to delete the text file you created and edit/save the original system file.  Your browser cannot "see" the version you created.  Notepad should work fine as long as you have your folder and file permissions set and log into PC as administrator.

 

@Andarian: Thanks for the explanation of how their navigation is set up.  Just a burp then, I guess.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               

<resorting to...>

 

Tried to like your post, Andarian, but I've been flagged as too positive and am not allowed to 'Like' anything else today :-P

 

I do hope you (and OTR) are still right about the old gal. Never *did* wish for her to go.

 

Just don't have much faith in it lasting. There... a negative comment. Does that give me a like back?

 

Er, nope.

 

<...manual 'likes'>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Pstemarie]

               

...That's causing all links to the Vault to resolve to a Wiki page there called "View.php" (since the Wiki's ignoring everything after the "?"). An irate Vault user decided to use that page to elaborate on his frustration. '>

 

I added my own exasperation to that page. My momma gonna slap me silly.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Ed Venture]

               

Hey everybody,

Festor Pot was right.

I gotta tell ya, I pooped a little when I couldn't get to the vault.

Opened my C drive, found the sys 32 file, opened drivers, and then host. Did the edit (notepad), and saved. Clicked on the NWN shortcut, and Urethra, it was the vault !

If an idiot like me can do it, anybody can.

Bless the vault,and all who sail her !

Ed

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_icywind1980]

               

Ahhh.... the "hosts" file has no extension.  You need to delete the text file you created and edit/save the original system file.  Your browser cannot "see" the version you created.  Notepad should work fine as long as you have your folder and file permissions set and log into PC as administrator.

 

@Andarian: Thanks for the explanation of how their navigation is set up.  Just a burp then, I guess.

 

I hate to be a bother, but how do I save it without notepad adding a .txt to the end of it?

 

I am the admin of the PC but the Windows folder is set to read only and the file permissions are set to special permissions. I can't actually change any of this. I'm using windows 8 and I suppose that is the root of my problem, but is there any way you can help me fix this?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Proleric]

               

I hate to be a bother, but how do I save it without notepad adding a .txt to the end of it?

You can either edit with Notepad++ (which doesn't add .txt) or else, after the edit, use Windows Explorer to edit the .txt out of the filename (ignoring the warning about changing extensions).

The fix worked fine for me, though some access methods (e.g. Google, links in Office documents) seemed to require "training", i.e. try it once or twice, get strange messages, try again, get the site, after that it works every time.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_brgjoe]

               

Once I figured out how to change permission on my "hosts" file (Even though I am an administrator, it still wouldn't give me access to it until I went to the Security tab and checked marked a couple of boxes), I finally got it to work. 

 

Though should I leave it this way?  Even if it comes back?  And should I now change back the permissions now?

 

Nice to be able to access the Vault again.  Thanks for the workaround!

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_icywind1980]

               

Okay I finally have the vault back! Thanks for the help everyone!