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From: xun on 11 Sep 2006 11:59
I followed the method to fix the problem.(Amazing...)

Add below 2 lines to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com
65.54.239.80 dp.msnmessenger.skadns.net

From: Jonathan Kay [MVP] on 11 Sep 2006 13:43
Greetings,

Remember to remove this in a few days. The IP addresses for Messenger regularly change and
since you're overriding normal DNS resolution with this, in the future you may not be able to
login.

It's fine to use for now, just remember to remove it.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"xun" <xun(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:33EC5DDB-CBC8-40E9-9231-8E46AFC5F19E(a)microsoft.com...
>I followed the method to fix the problem.(Amazing...)
>
> Add below 2 lines to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
> 65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com
> 65.54.239.80 dp.msnmessenger.skadns.net
>


From: Lil Meow on 11 Sep 2006 18:03
I would not recommend ANYONE start messing with the system files. This is a
problem caused at the Microsoft end...let them fix it is my policy. You can
still access the network using 7.5 and XP Windows Messenger so it is a bit
risky to start adding scripts to our own PC's...

"xun" wrote:

> I followed the method to fix the problem.(Amazing...)
>
> Add below 2 lines to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
> 65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com
> 65.54.239.80 dp.msnmessenger.skadns.net
>
From: Jonathan Kay [MVP] on 12 Sep 2006 03:18
Hi,

There's no risk adding to the hosts file (which isn't a script) in this way. Go read up on
it.

The worse thing is that you'll block Messenger in the future, in which case you just remove
the added entries.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"Lil Meow" <LilMeow(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0161F424-926A-4EA8-8698-44DDE1BFE8B6(a)microsoft.com...
>I would not recommend ANYONE start messing with the system files. This is a
> problem caused at the Microsoft end...let them fix it is my policy. You can
> still access the network using 7.5 and XP Windows Messenger so it is a bit
> risky to start adding scripts to our own PC's...
>
> "xun" wrote:
>
>> I followed the method to fix the problem.(Amazing...)
>>
>> Add below 2 lines to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
>> 65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com
>> 65.54.239.80 dp.msnmessenger.skadns.net
>>
>


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