Posted by Hammerer on 01/19/40 11:28

"PeskyAtheist" <peskyatheist@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:XM-dnTbicurTvtneRVn-qg@comcast.com...
>
> ALL,
>
All!
>
> I GOT THIS MESSAGE THIS MORNING:
> Ladyhawk says:
> you still there?
> Ladyhawk says:
> http://www.vladd44.com/mx/peercaches.php
> Ladyhawk says:
> Get this and run it. i think they're still having issues with the host
file
> rewriting itself, so just install the patch and winmx will run like a
charm.
>
"Ladyhawk" sounds like an OK sort of gal, to me. Once you get fixed-up
again, ask her for some info about the caps-lock key on the average
keyboard. She'll set you straight.
>
> HOWEVER, WHEN MY WINMX WOULD NOT CONNECT I
> HAD HAD A POWER SURGE THAT I THOUGHT HAD DAMAGED
> IT, SO I UNINSTALLED MY VERSION 3.53 AND THEN COULD
> NOT REINSTALL IT AS BEFORE BECAUSE COMCAST SEEMED
> TO BE NO LONGER ALLOWING A PRIMARY TCP CONNECTION.
> COULD IT BE THAT COMCAST HAS DETECTED ALL WINMX
> USERS FOR THE RIAA AND IS BLOCKING THEIR TCP
> CONNECTS? I'M A COMPUTER ILLITERATE FOR THE MOST PART
> -- SO AM I MAKING ANY SENSE?
>
Not one little bit, Pesko. C'est la vie, as they say in Spain, or whatever.
>
> Sorry for the UPPERCASE.
>
That's all right, Pesky. It'll make people pay more attention, and want to
help you. Certainly worked on me.

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