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Posted by Perseus on 10/14/05 21:51
On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:27:22 +0100, Triffid <spamme@microsoft.com>
wrote:
>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.
Triffid,
Well, it could be the "PIE Patch" installer doesn't treat the existing
data in a user's "hosts" file that well after all, it's been claimed it
does though, but I wouldn't know really as I don't use it myself.
You say: "I say that because the hosts file is reduced to the minimal:
127.0.0.1 localhost"
I say, that's news to me then! I don't understand why that would
happen. Maybe we should ask KM to explain this behavior.
Greetz,
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Perseus
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