I'm not sure what the deal is.
After Winmx went down, I uninstalled it. Then Mixx gave me that link to reinstall. Can't though.
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interesting
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=925



BTs probably the next in line to go after

Hmm, that's good. Trick your computer into thinking Winmx.com is alive by changing the IP address it goes to. I think this is the missing step.

Whoa. That's some pretty high tech stuff. Never even knew you could trick your computer into thinking that a "dead" IP is "alive".
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ahochaude wrote:

Whoa. That's some pretty high tech stuff. Never even knew you could trick your computer into thinking that a "dead" IP is "alive".

i am lost with computer tech stuff too, i think the computer tricks me most of the time...

in terms of routers and adjusting the IP's, etc....i am not sure if i want to disable my firewall. If i cannot use winmx, then i will resort to just using Bittorent, ABC client prg. unless there is another way.

miracle that i even got this far.....

ahochaude wrote:

Whoa. That's some pretty high tech stuff. Never even knew you could trick your computer into thinking that a "dead" IP is "alive".

Well, it's a workaround but it's actually pointing to a different machine.

There something called DNS, which translates www.somewhere.com to the actual numerical IP address 122.x.y.z. So winmx.com (which is what the program is looking for) points to some machine. Well that website goes down (probably as a result of the R I A A). Now the program has no where to go. Except there a file named hosts (or similar) on your machine. In it, you can provide your own domain name -> IP address translation. So this is what the workaround does. It prevents your computer from having to ask the translation, and temporarily allows the program to work again.

@aho,

did you figure the winmx stuff out?

@doch,

this is confusing, you sure know a lot of this stuff, i think some of us are still lost. thanks anyways.

qilver wrote:

@doch, this is confusing, you sure know a lot of this stuff, i think some of us are still lost. thanks anyways.

I kinda figured that when no one responded.

dochira wrote:

I kinda figured that when no one responded.

there must be a simplier way, right? I do not want to mess with my firewall. and the way i am using regular BT, shouldn't be any different..why is this asking me to test the connection? I don't remember ABC client prg BT asking for a test on connection? I had no prb's starting the BT right away, Winmx any different?

ahochaude wrote:

I'm not sure what the deal is. After Winmx went down, I uninstalled it. Then Mixx gave me that link to reinstall. Can't though.

sorry aho, i havent been checking threads for a while, i have dsl too and i never installed service pack 2, anyway, the link i gave u worked on my laptop but not on my desktop, so i wasnt able to connect from that link, but when downloaded a patch from here and it started up again. its the second link i downloaded, because i dont use the stuff mentioned in the first link, so see if that helps you guys out.

BTW, 3.54 Beta has been working pretty good for me, so whichever works for you guys, the newest patch or the old version.

but if you guys are looking for japanese songs, i prefer to use soulseek, they connect faster and less problems
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Thanks girl! Got it working now!
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thats great
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ahochaude wrote:

Thanks girl! Got it working now!

cool, you got it working, maybe there's hope for me now.
will try it laters.

qilver wrote:

cool, you got it working, maybe there's hope for me now. will try it laters.

Took me a couple of tries. (installations)
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ahochaude wrote:

Took me a couple of tries. (installations)

cool, will have to try it out myself.

qilver wrote:

cool, will have to try it out myself.

Let me know how it worked out.
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MixxDreamer wrote:

sorry aho, i havent been checking threads for a while, i have dsl too and i never installed service pack 2, anyway, the link i gave u worked on my laptop but not on my desktop, so i wasnt able to connect from that link, but when downloaded a patch from here and it started up again. its the second link i downloaded, because i dont use the stuff mentioned in the first link, so see if that helps you guys out. BTW, 3.54 Beta has been working pretty good for me, so whichever works for you guys, the newest patch or the old version. but if you guys are looking for japanese songs, i prefer to use soulseek, they connect faster and less problems

i deleted the previous winmx 2.54 beta version and
i downloaded the second one beta 3.53 version you told me about, but i went thru all the steps after d/l'ing, i must be doing something wrong, cause it asked me the connections i was on, i put "dsl" connection, then it tested it, and same damn result. any suggestions?

ahochaude wrote:

Let me know how it worked out.

you d/l'ed the winmx 3.53 version right? i did that, followed the steps after d/l'ing the file, and asked for my connection, like last time, same result, how did you bypass all that to get it working?

qilver wrote:

i deleted the previous winmx 2.54 beta version and i downloaded the second one beta 3.53 version you told me about, but i went thru all the steps after d/l'ing, i must be doing something wrong, cause it asked me the connections i was on, i put "dsl" connection, then it tested it, and same damn result. any suggestions?

winmx sucks IMHO....just use your bit torrent client for music if that is your primary interest. there are thousands of torrents out there for japanese music. some patience and perservence will yield results.

honestly i dont use p2p downloading j-music, i go there for music videos, i use bt or streamload for the music and dramas.

sorry u had to go through that again qilver, mine was pretty easy too, just installed it and it worked all of a sudden. it could be your firewall? but imnot sure cuz idk that stuff and i dont mean to sound like a broken record but soulseek isnt that bad. i can also share my files with you, just add me on your list (pm me for the name)
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