2)Copy the hosts file to Desktop and open the same with notepad. Reason you are unable to activate Acrobat Pro DC, those are Adobe entries with. Becoz of which, the request is unable to reach Adobe activation server.

The hosts file is used to map hostnames (in other words domains) to IP addresses. With the hosts file you can change the IP address that you resolve a given domain name to. This change only affects your own computer without affecting how the domain is resolved worldwide.

This is particularly useful when you wish to see how a website will look like when hosted on a different server without making any DNS changes to your domain. The location of the hosts file, depending on the operating system that you are using, is: • Windows - SystemRoot > system32 > drivers > etc > hosts By default the system root is C: Windows, so if you are using Windows, your hosts file is most probably: C: Windows System32 drivers etc hosts) • Linux - /etc/ hosts • Mac OS X - /private/etc/ hosts Let's say that you wish to resolve yourdomain.com to the IP address Free download save data psp. 1.2.3.4. In this case you would need to open up the hosts file with a text editor and append the following line. 1.2.3.4 yourdomain. Com (Note: Make sure that you don't have any # signs in front of the IP address as they will deactivate this entry) This will 'tell' your computer to resolve yourdomain.com to 1.2.3.4.

Once you do that you may need to, afterwards, if you try to reach your domain in a browser it should take you to the site hosted on the server with IP 1.2.3.4. More detailed instructions on how to locate and edit the hosts file on different operating systems are available below: Windows 8 and 10 • Press the Windows key (previously Start menu). • Use the Search option and search for Notepad.

• Right-click Notepad and select Run as administrator. • From Notepad, open the hosts file at: C: Windows System32 Drivers etc hosts • Add the line and save your changes. Linux • Open up the Terminal. • Use the nano command line text editor, or a different one you have available to open up the hosts file.

The command with nano is as follows (the command will require your Linux user's password).