Unable to change hosts file

[Placid Liver]

On XP sp3 system. I've logged in as admin and checked file permissions - read-only is unticked, however I cannot save changes to the file, or delete it. Error on attempting to save is: hosts file cannot be created
I tried disabling MSE real-time, didn't help. How do I save a change to this file?

 

[hewee]

You got something locking you out.

If you just want to be able to edit hosts file and have more control then a hosts file manager will help out a lot.

http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

Your see HostsMan and HostsXpert on the page.

You will still need Admin rights but your be able to edit the hosts file.