Posted by spodosaurus on 11/12/06 13:04

mikeyhsd wrote:
> you failed to reference firefox in your origional quesiton.
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> "Aldo" <aldowatts@yahoo.com <mailto:aldowatts@yahoo.com>> wrote in
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> You're regurgitating my question and pretending it's an answer. I KNOW
> WinMX on start-up wants to modify my HOSTS file (to insert/change the
> IP for www.winmx.com <http://www.winmx.com>).
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> What I want to know is while WinMX is running why does opening a HTML
> file with Firefox cause WinMX to repeat this activity. Why is WinMX
> interacting with Firefox ... that IS the question I've been asking from
> the beginning.
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> Can anyone in here answer that question???
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> mikeyhsd wrote:
> > take a look at the BOTTOM of HOSTS before you run WinMX then run
> WinMX and check HOSTS again.
> > really simple.
> > is that plain enough english for you.
> > simple enough techy for you.


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