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Originally Posted by wolfyman

didn't work, thanks for the try. Anybody else?

What part didn't work? It will still redirect you to the domain name, but the point of the hosts file change is that when your machine points at the domain name, you'll get the new server instead of the old one.

Note that in WinXP, after you change the hosts file, you'll probably need to restart the dns client cache service (it's called "DNS Client" in the Services GUI, or go to a cmd prompt and run "net stop dnscache" followed by "net start dnscache") and then also close and restart your browser as most browsers also implement a short-term dns resolution cache in memory. ... or reboot the whole box if you don't want to mess with all that

Originally Posted by wolfyman

I was checking around (global.php, config.php...) and I can't find anything other than mysql databases, nothing pertaining to url - can anybody help me find that stuff? Which files will it be in?

The URL isn't in any file. (It is stored in the database) To change it, go into the Admin CP, vBulletin Options, "Site Name/URL/Contact Details", and find it under "Forum URL"