HELP!XPS 8700 Special Edition Desktop Windows System 32\Drivers\etc

Hello All,

I just received my XPS 8700 Special Edition Desktop a few days ago. It comes with Win 7 Pro OS. I was trying to go into C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc to make some changes to the hosts file. I use Notepad to open the hosts file, made some changes, and saved it, However, it would not allow me to save, saying I need Administrator's permission to do this. I was logged in the computer as the Administrator, and I also changed the Security properties so that the Administrator (myself) has the FULL CONTROL over this folder and its sub-folders. Still, it would not let me to save the Hosts file. So I went back to the Windows folder, right click -Properties, wanted to click off the Read Only in Attributes, and the computer told me I need permission again, I clicked continue, permission again, so I click Ignore all to proceed, it started to applied the change, and in the middle of the process, a error message pop out, won't continue the process. Sorry about the non-professional description of my situation, I am not a computer savvy, just a regular user with limited computer knowledge. Hope you guys could understand the problems. Can someone help me solve my question? I just want to make changes to the Host file in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc . Thank you all very much!!!:emotion-2: