title: Google Chrome Ignoring Hosts File
body: <p>Google Chrome is ignoring the settings in <code>C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts</code> file.  Both IE11 and Firefox are installed on the same machine and work as expected.</p>
  
  <p>I've tried all the solutions I could find online including:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Open <code>chrome://net-internals/#dns</code> and click the Clear Hosts Cache button.</li>
  <li>Go in Settings, Show Advanced Settings and uncheck the following three options:  (X) Use a web service to help resolve navigation errors (X) Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar (X) Use a prediction service to load pages more quickly</li>
  <li>Go in Settings, Show Advanced Settings, click the Clear Browsing Data button, selected Cached Images And Files from the beginning of time, and click Clear Browsing Data.</li>
  <li>Restart Chrome.exe.</li>
  <li>Restart the computer.</li>
  <li>Make sure to add <code>http://</code> to the front of the web address.</li>
  <li>Make sure proxy settings are turned off</li>
  <li>Run <code>cmd.exe</code> and run <code>ipconfig /flushdns</code></li>
  <li>Uninstall and reinstall Chrome</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>I'm at a loss... Is there anything I missed that I can try or check?</p>