Posted by speeder on 01/19/37 11:28

On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:40:25 GMT, "George Hester"
<hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote:

<snipped HOSTS>

>You put this in a New text file rename hosts.txt or HOSTS.txt for Windows
>95\98\ME. Go to Windows Explorer | navigate to and select C:\Windows
>(assuming Windoows 95\98\ME) or C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc (assuming
>Windows XP) or C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc (assuming Windows NT4\2000) |
>right-click in right side window | New | text file | rename it like I said
>above.
>
>Open this in Notepad dbl-click it. In this message select the above |
>right-click | copy. Then in the open Notepad window put your cursor in it |
>Edit | Paste. Make sure there is a carriage return at the end. Then File |
>Save. Now go back to that window on right-side in Windows Explorer select
>hosts.txt (or HOSTS.txt as the case may be) right-click | Rename | remove
>the txt extension. Close all open browsers. Now fire up WinMX you are
>done.

You know, George, I had previously made a comment implying how trivial
it was to edit the HOSTS file. I have to admit that after reading your
instructions I realized how mind-bogling complicated it is! Thank God
you came up with these instructions.

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