Posted by Zombie Wolf on 09/25/05 23:46

how impatient can you be, after letting it try to connect for three hours ?
i put the hosts file (i know how those work) in the
c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc driectory, just like it said to - it made no
diff whatsoever, even after three hours. It was also the hosts file, not the
zip file.... It simply does not work, period. The ports are still open in
the firewall, it worked before the shutdown of the network.....

"FatKat" <robynari@juno.com> wrote in message
news:1127685509.267883.267150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> 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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