We have a number of Windows 7 machines (edition and professional). When we try to access a URL with .local in the name http://xxx.xxx.xxx.local/ it gives a "webpage not found" message. The URL does work with Windows XP. When we use the IP address of the webpage on the Windows 7 machines, we also get "webpage not found message". We have added the IP address and the FQDN to the host file, and it does work without issue, but is there some security setting in windows 7 that add without having to add this to everyone's host file. Any ideas?

Have you tried creating an "A" record in DNS. That should work for both XP and Windows 7.

We have an Alias already. Does it have to be an A record?

I am not sure that i can answer this question. (i don't know for sure) I can only give you my preference which is an "A" record. You can have alias as well but only after you create an "A" record. Alias should be used in addition to “A” record and not solo by itself but that’s my understanding of it. (it doesn’t mean I am right) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/168322

Hi, You can use unlookup to check if there’s a record on your DNS server: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/200525 Also you can try to register DNS via command: ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /registerdns Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Leo Huang TechNet Community Support

Hi, You can use unlookup to check if there’s a record on your DNS server: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/200525 Also you can try to register DNS via command: ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /registerdns Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Leo Huang TechNet Community Support

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