Posted by 1 on 09/26/05 00:11

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:46:03 -0400, "Zombie Wolf" <zmbwf@gwi.net>
wrote:

>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.....
>
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You may have an error in the Hosts file...
Open the hosts file in notepad, have word-wrap turned off. Check to
see that the spaces are where they belong. Check for uniform rows of
characters. The one in article.....
news:1k59j1pktjhcfakpjh9kbdh07mllloe0ii@4ax.com
will work if copy/pasted into notepad and saved as "Hosts" then put in
the correct windows folder. A firewall rule allowing connections to
"Winmx.com" is now incorrect and may stop your connecting. If your
firewall has a "learning mode" it should be activated as it may show a
problem.

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