To All Having Msn Problems

[reversehaven]

i know some countries are affected by this and can't sign onto their MSN.

here's the cure. i used it adn it worked. please help me propogate it.

follow these steps:
go to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc
open the file called "hosts" using wordpad add these lines to the bottom
65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com
65.54.239.80 dp.msnmessenger.akadns.net

[alexvpaq]

It might get really useful instead of re-instaling an older msn version...
thx !

[Deez Nuts]

follow these steps:
go to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc
open the file called "hosts" using wordpad add these lines to the bottom
65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com
65.54.239.80 dp.msnmessenger.akadns.net

So you've just replaced one DNS problem with another...

[Eberbachl]

i know some countries are affected by this and can't sign onto their MSN.

here's the cure. i used it adn it worked. please help me propogate it.

follow these steps:
go to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc
open the file called "hosts" using wordpad add these lines to the bottom
65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com
65.54.239.80 dp.msnmessenger.akadns.net

This is not a good idea...what you'll end up with is a bunch of people with static resolutions in their host files. They'll all complain and wonder why msn doesn't work when the server changes ip address.....

:rolleyes:

...the real problem is, of course that you're using msn :rofl:

[Archangel]

...the real problem is, of course that you're using msn :rofl:
Agreed. The following might work better in hosts then:
127.0.0.1 passport.com
;-)

[primal]

Agreed. The following might work better in hosts then:
127.0.0.1 passport.com
;-)


:rofl:

[Cartz]

and if those with a mac are having trouble? lol

[Deez Nuts]

and if those with a mac are having trouble? lol

You'd edit /etc/hosts or whatever it is under OS X and then run `niload -m hosts < /etc/hosts` (or similar) as root to reload the NetInfoManager. Google.

[Archangel]

You'd edit /etc/hosts or whatever it is under OS X and then run `niload -m hosts < /etc/hosts` (or similar) as root to reload the NetInfoManager. Google.
That seems complex... mine seems to take effect immediately. I would have thought that OSX might be similar, but who knows...

[Deez Nuts]

That seems complex... mine seems to take effect immediately. I would have thought that OSX might be similar, but who knows...

I've had all of three minutes exposure to OS X. Proprietary System V systems all seem to run their own caching daemons, which sometimes lag behind the flat files in /etc.

[StevenB]

I have a much better solution, go back to ICQ or even better use google chat and gmail, unless you like all the porn emails you get

[Nathan]

i use Windows Live Messenger, its like msn but with alot more fetures. I havent been getting any problems

[reversehaven]

haha. well, all the people in my country were having all these problems and i found this and it seemed to work. but anyway, i suppose since it's all right now, shouldn't be a problem :)

anyway, i didn't really know exactly what that thing does, but i suppose if there are any problems we could just go back to hosts and just delete the last two lines.

still, msn's up again. honestly speaking i don't appreciate the caprice of MSN. though it's a pity cuz all my friends are using msn. i don't have a choice. either i persuade all of them to use some other equivalent messenger service, or i use it with them myself. the latter is a whole lot easier :)

still, cheers to those who offered technical expertise on this.