Order for name resolve in Windows 2003 Server??

[LongRange Shooter]

When Windows 2003 Server is resolving a name from an application, what order is followed in that resolve?

      Does it search DNS first then go to hosts if no entry is found

-or- Does it search hosts first then go to DNS to resolve the name

[Sebastian Schneider]

hosts first, dns second

Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

[Craster]

The full search order is cache, WINS, Broadcast, Lmhosts, Hosts, and then DNS.