From: zero cold on
hello everybody

here is the solution

go to

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

open file called hosts with notepad

add this at the last of the file

65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com
65.54.239.80 dp.msnmessenger.skadns.ne

and all will work

la elah ela allah mohammed rasol allah

arab man
From: Jonathan Kay [MVP] on
Greetings,

If you do this, remember to REMOVE it when things are working again. The IP address for
Messenger has changed in the past which would affect you in the future.

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"zero cold" <someone(a)example.com> wrote in message
news:D0D9054D-C837-4332-BB65-F51EC1EC4C50(a)microsoft.com...
> hello everybody
>
> here is the solution
>
> go to
>
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
>
> open file called hosts with notepad
>
> add this at the last of the file
>
> 65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com
> 65.54.239.80 dp.msnmessenger.skadns.ne
>
> and all will work
>
> la elah ela allah mohammed rasol allah
>
> arab man