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Posted by George Hester on 10/07/05 05:39
"Triffid" <spamme@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4344200a@212.67.96.135...
> Hammerer wrote:
> > "Triffid" <spamme@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:43441b1e@212.67.96.135...
> >
> >>Hammerer wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>"Triffid" <spamme@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:4344169a@212.67.96.135...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Story so far: everyone has WinMx running from either a
> >>>>HOSTS file in //windir/system32/drivers/etc/hosts or a
> >>>>patched DLL (ws2_32.dll) which lives in the WinMx folder.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>-- Snip --
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>? . . . .Everything's fine here.
> >>>Running the relevant Revision 2.5 entries in my Hosts file.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>OK, but the patch now crashes the program on startup for
> >>some reason. Hence putting back the hosts file that I only took
> >>out 2 days ago. Go on, disconnect. Are you man enough? :)
> >>
> >
> >
> > Done it 3 times over the last hour, after reading the first of the
> > doom-laden posts (just to see what all the fuss was about). Tried again,
5
> > minutes ago. Average 'connecting' time 3 minutes - back on no problem
each
> > time. WinMX version 3.53, running on my P2P box which uses Windows ME,
> > heavily customized with LitePC's 98lite utility
(http://www.litepc.com/).
> > The XP version is great, too.
> >
>
> Mebbee it's related to the actual server it connects (or not) to. But
> 3.31 on XP fell over 3 or 4 times in a row, and some of the help sites
> are down so I fretted. Sad thing is it makes Georges 'what's in the box'
> post actually relevant!
>
> > Hey! I'm a man!!! Yes!
> >
> >
>
> We have only your word on that, and you know what usenets like.
>
Of course it was relevant. When aren't I? I now have Please be patient!!
in the box. Nifty? Looks like the servers we get might be a hit or miss
type of thing.
--
George Hester
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