Posted by George Hester on 10/02/05 16:46

"Hammerer" <hammerer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > "Hammerer" <hammerer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:p5K%e.17015$7b6.4703@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
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> > > > "Hammerer" <hammerer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > > > "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> top-posted
> > > > > in message news:1zz%e.9626$K91.5670@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
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> > > > > > "Sundio" <me@nwre.com> wrote in message
> > > > > > news:dhkace$p94$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
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> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > First thanks to all who replied to my request.
> > > > > > > George, do you have a dll file for win98se ?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yes but as it changes so often this one should get you going
> > > > > > but you will need to find a better one I think. Here you go:
> > > > > > http://home.nycap.rr.com/foryorisonly/WinMX_Patch.zip
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Nice one, George. That patch (for XP systems only)
> > > > > should work wonders on poor Sundio's 98SE system.
> > > > > He'll really need to find a better one, I think (!snurk!).
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > It shouldn't be Hammerer.
> > > >
> > > It shouldn't be what?
> > > >
> > > > The person who made it said it was for Windows 98 specifically.
> > > >
> > > Please cite a source for that claim. A line in the batch file
> specifically
> > > says . . .
> > > "*** This patch may not work correctly on Windows 95/98/ME
> > > machines!" . . . Clearly, the "person" is as confused as you are.
> > > >
> > > > If it is not that isn't my fault. I just posted it for him
> > > > never even looked at it myself.
> > > >
> > > There's the problem, George. Note that Sundio asked :
> > > "George, do you have a dll file for win98se ?"
> > > What you gave him isn't a DLL file. It's a simple batch-file.
> > > Which may, or may not, work on his system. If you'd "looked
> > > at it yourself", you'd have noticed.
> > > >
> > > > If you have problems with it I am sure we
> > > > can hook you up to the writer and you can
> > > > deal with them about it.
> > > >
> > > Don't "wriggle", dear George. Admit it . . . . you gave
> > > Sundio BAD advice. YOU deal with it. No offence.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Hammerer he did not ask for a dll.
> >
> Yes he did.
> >
> > That was his short for download.
> >
> No it wasn't. "dll" is DLL. Download is "dl".
> >
> > Now come on buddy wake up. There is no dll for this issue.
> >
> I assume you mean "dll" as in DLL, and not download?! Or do you? Yes there
> is. For XP and NT systems. But he uses 98SE. Mind you, you're right in a
> way. The idiot probably didn't know *himself* what he meant by "dll" (much
> less anything else), so this crap isn't going to go anywhere without
further
> input from him. Be more careful in future, George!
>
>

Yes I see now what the issue is. I had assumed he wanted to get his WinMX
to connect and the patch for that is the hosts file. There is an issue with
most of the patches because Windows 98's location for HOSTS is different
than the location for hosts in NT. That is what I thought he wanted.

Now there is another issue. This winsock2 dll. That has nothing to do with
the patch to connect. That is a completely different issue and really they
should not be experiencing it in Windows 98. This is a "Bug" in Windows XP.
I do not know all the circumstances of this issue but I can tell you anyone
trying to apply a fix for this outside of Microsoft is asking for trouble.
It seems these two issues have amalgamated and they should not be. They are
two utterly different issues.

I have asked for further information on this winsock dll issue but have only
been able to get a rough draft of it by reading other posts. I have not
seen anything specefic on what exactly is happening other than WinMX errors
upon start up and then closes. That is NOT the connection issue as was
experienced last weekend.

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George Hester
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