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i have just got off the phone to my isp's broadband support line. according to their technicians http://www.messengerdiscovery.com and http://tabserve.msnfanatic.com DO NOT EXIST it is that simple. however they did say that if you guys who claim to have access to these sites can give me the ip address associated with these sites then they can investigate this problem much further.

www.messengerdiscovery.com - 64.246.50.17
tabserve.msnfanatic.com - 67.19.206.244

However, I don't believe it is possible to access the sites on the IPs alone.

use the hosts file =)

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64.246.50.17 www.messengerdiscovery.com
67.19.206.244 tabserve.msnfanatic.com

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whats the hosts file and where can i find this.?

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Originally posted by stuartbennett
whats the hosts file and where can i find this.?

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Search the forum: "windows hosts file"

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Windows 2000
C:\WinNT\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Windows XP/2003 Server
C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Windows 98/ME
C:\WINDOWS\hosts

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# Copyright 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost

thats the contents of my hosts file now what do i do with this?

append the 2 lines I gave you

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# Copyright 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost
64.246.50.17 www.messengerdiscovery.com
67.19.206.244 tabserve.msnfanatic.com

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that is an exact copy of my hosts file after following millennium editions instructions. now i have attached a screenshot of what happens when i browse to these sites after this change. after an extensive conversation with ntl broadband support they claim that these 2 sites DO NOT EXIST and that they are merely empty directories.

I don't think it will work, the sites aren't configed to use the IP's.

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Originally posted by raceprouk
However, I don't believe it is possible to access the sites on the IPs alone.

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Originally posted by WDZ
Multiple sites/domains can be on one IP address. They probably didn't configure a default.

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and stuartbennett, you already should know this because this is already been told in that other thread of yours: http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=34129

personally i dont get where your going with this. im trying to find a solution to my problem. my problem is i cannot access www.messengerdiscovery.com and http://tabserve.msnfanatic.com i just want to be able to access these sites. i am willing to do whatevers neccessarry to access them as long as i get to them in the end. so what exactly do i have to do to make this happen?