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RE: Unable to access msgplus.net website
Thanks cookie.... i was gonan take everything off :o
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RE: Unable to access msgplus.net website
search for www.msgplus.net in the HOSTS file and see if there's an entry. if so, delete it
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty.
If you are running Windows 2k or higher type this into your run command (Start > Run)
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Windows XP/2003 Server
code:
notepad.exe C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

The only text that should be in the hosts file is the following.
quote:
Originally posted by Original Hosts File
# Copyright (c) 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

If you have anything other then that is above delete it and replace it.

Matty


Hi Matty

I have Windows XP home ED and have checked  as you suggested, and found that I already have  exactly the above information so I didn't make any changes.

Theguy in his post queried my ISP. It is Alphalink and to my knowledge this problem has not occurred with any other site (unless of course, their downloads are linked back to msgplus.net)
I just have a home dialup  connection (not LAN)

Do you think I should be calling my ISP about this?


I appreciate all the suggestions from all the posters, thankyou all very much for your responses.
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quote:
Originally posted by Millenium_edition
search for www.msgplus.net in the HOSTS file and see if there's an entry. if so, delete it




notepad.exe C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Do you mean this?  if so, there isn't any entry for www.msgplus.net

As you have probably figured out by now, I'm not particularly computer literate, so I appreciate any help that you can give me

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quote:
Originally posted by Anubis
Strange...
Have you had any problems visiting any other websites?
Do you connect to the internet using a proxy?
Are you on a LAN?
Is there any program on your computer that restricts access to any websites (eg. McAfee Privacy Service, and any parental control software)?


Hi Anubis

As i mentioned in another post, I haven't had any problems with any other sites, unless what I'm downloading is linked back to the msgplus.net site.

I've got an idea that I downloaded my previous version of msgplus from the original site several months ago so I can't work out why it's a problem now.

I have a normal home  dial-up connection ( not LAN)
and dont have any software that restricts access

I do have the microsoft firewall  ( which I had disabled temporarily but that didn't work either)





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This post was edited on 07-19-2004 at 09:17 AM by Mnjul.
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