Posted by Natalie Baillie on 09/29/05 17:57

"Billy Joe" <see.id.line@invalid.org> wrote in message
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> Natalie Baillie wrote:
>> Thanks for the update. I used a modified Host file and it did get me
>> going but there wasn't as much results from searches and a lot of
>> uploads were timing out...
>> (although all the uploads that timed out were from people with 0
>> files to share and they were all trying to upload the same songs - so
>> they strike me as a bit suspicious and I wonder if they are actually
>> being blocked by PeerGuardian? But this side ramble is besides the
>> point!) ... sooo, I downloaded the .dll patch as suggested but now I
>> cant connect as
>> a Primary or Secondary. My computer uses Windows XP and I have a T1
>> connection (I think - it's 1.1M Broadband) and I used to connect as a
>> Primary. So what I am wondering is how do I change the .dll file
>> back to the original which I stupidly replaced with the patch instead
>> of renaming it
>> like my gut instinct told me to?!!
>
> <snip>
>
> Some semantic problems here, Natalie, so forgive what may appear pedantic.
>
> The HOSTS file changes are not a "patch." So, if it is the HOSTS file to
> which you are referring, you can find a working (tho possibly in need of
> some minor editing) version of the early redirection targets at:
> http://205.238.40.1/hosts/hosts
>
> The WS2_32.DLL substitute, more "patch"-like, was released just a tad too
> quickly, before the author(s) verified its operation on non-WinXP OSes.
>
> As to why just plunking a DLL into the WinMX program's folder works, it's
> because the program already uses a DLL of that name and the designated
> search pattern for finding DLLs and the like, is to first look in the
> folder housing the executable (in this case WinMX.EXE). The original of
> the WS2_32.DLL is in the Windows\system32 folder, where the MX program
> would have looked eventually, failing to find the DLL in an earlier search
> point.
>
> For you to eliminate whatever problems arose from plunking the WS2_32.DLL
> into the WinMX folder, simply go their and delete it while WinMX is NOT
> running.
>
> To restore the HOSTS file to its previous MX repaired state, if you did in
> fact eliminate the changes:
> 1) Use Search (or Find) to locate the HOSTS file(s) in your system.
> 2) Use NotePad, if you don't have a decent text editor, to open the HOSTS
> file(s) where you find it/them.
> 3) Go to the web page mentioned above and from the browser menu chose
> Edit/Select All, Edit/Copy -
> 4) then switch to NotePad and place the cursor at the end of the file.
> choose Edit/Paste.
>
> If there is not HOSTS file on your PC, then you need to create one by
> saving the web page content, once pasted into NotePad, as HOSTS (no
> extension) in the Windows directory appropriate for your OS, which is this
> C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc for XP users and just C:\windows for
> 98/ME.
>
> Now, the HOSTS file mods are rapidly getting out of date. Some time
> yesterday there were 5 cache servers available (while the designated HOSTS
> file has but two) and I've not yet checked today.
>
> BJ
>
Thanks for explaining all that - it's the first time I've seen it all in one
place and reading different solutions in lots of different places can get
confusing! I'm now up and running using both a replacement Host file and
..dll file. I don't know how or why it's working though but I'm not
questioning it anymore!! Can anyone tell me where is a reliable place to
check for up-to-date Host files?
LONG LIVE WINMX!!!

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