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Posted by Triffid on 10/14/05 21:27
Perseus wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:00:36 +0100, Triffid <spamme@microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Although they claim that they look for the WinMX folder to install in,
>>it obviously missed mine in the well-hidden d:/winmx, because it
>>installed to C:/Program Files/PIE Patch. And once again, it removed all
>>entries in the hosts file that weren't connected to it, in the same
>>manner that the dll just destroys the hosts file.
>>
>>That said it works fine and connects quickly, so I can't complain too much.
>>
>>It's sad that factional fighting has broken out between two groups of
>>people with supposedly identical aims, both of which appear to include
>>members with megalomaniac tendencies. Since the DLL failed so soon after
>>its appearance many users have reverted to the 'hosts fix' of some sort,
>> so I guess KM and his followers are smarting a bit.
>
>
> Triffid,
>
> Well, it's likely then that the programmer who wrote the "PIE Patch"
> installer couldn't imagine any user having WinMX installed anywhere
> else but in C:\Program Files, or was too lazy to offer a choice for the
> desired location. I'm not sure though cuz I don't need to use the
> installer.
>
> Indeed the "PIE Patch" installer removes stuff from your "hosts" file,
> it goes about doing that like this:
>
> 1. It reads the user's "hosts" file, removing any lines with the string
> "winmx.com". This preserves the user's existing data, but removes
> anything that was added in order to restore WinMX function.
> 2. It combines the user's "hosts" file (which now has WinMX references
> removed) with the "PIE Patch" manual file, which only contains WinMX
> references. The combined file is copied over the user's old "hosts"
> file, yielding the updated one.
>
No it doesn't. It stripped out everything below the mx stuff and *does
not put it back*. I have a load of adware stuff in mine probably made
redundant by the PG2 i've just (frighteningly) insatlled.
> What makes you say though, that "the dll just destroys the hosts file"?
> Has it done that in your case? Has the "ws2_32.dll" installer (v1.9)
> actually destroyed your "hosts" file? Beside the fact that such action
> is needless, I haven't heard of that happening before. Since I don't
> need to use the installer myself, I can't easily verify this however,
> you see.
>
I say that because the hosts file is reduced to the minimal:
127.0.0.1 localhost
Not destroyed then, decimated definitely.
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