Fully Qualified Domain Names

Fully Qualified Domain Names (Create an alias for localhost)

1) Go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc and open the hosts file in a text editor.

2) Inside the hosts file it contains this line
   127.0.0.1 localhost

   create another alias for localhost that looks like a fully qualified domain name, like:
   127.0.0.1 localhost www.louisling.com
  
   or like this:
     127.0.0.1 localhost
     127.0.0.1 pclouis
     127.0.0.1 www.louisling.com