Posted by FatKat on 09/25/05 21:58

Zombie Wolf wrote:
> This doesn't work
>

Please be specific about how you tried to install the upgrade, and what
happened afterward. I installed and found that it worked...eventually.
This is just another instance of WinMX weeding out the impatient.

> "Sinera" <usinera@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1127661875.487991.128470@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> > PLEASE!!! WINMX IS NOT DOWN!!! IS UP AND RUNNING AS USUAL:
> >
> > 1. download the file:
> >
> > http://archive.winmxworld.com/Drac/hosts.zip
> >
> > 2. Put the extracted hosts file into this folder, overwriting the old
> > one - C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc
> > ***For Win98/Me users file location is C:\windows
> > 3. Restart WinMX
> >
> >
> > e voila!!! the primary connection works..
> >
> >
> > More info:
> >
> >
> > 1. the hosts file is just a list of primary hosts needed for winmx to
> > enter the p2p.
> >
> > 2. Once winmx.com was shut down.. nobody could enter the winmx p2p
> > network..
> >
> > 3. however, as you can see just manually entering a priming list of
> > primary hosts is enough to have it running.
> >
> > So. WINMX IS STILL ALIVE.
> >
> >
> > More info:
> >
> > http://www.winmxworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=410
> >
> > http://www.vladd44.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=26688#26688
> >

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