Re: connect to on messenger

From: Sir Zack Whittaker (zackwhittaker_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/21/05 

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:19:11 -0000

Yup, sussed it.
Strange how even my work couldnt work it out.

For christsake we developed the damn public-key encryption and they cant
stop stupid bloody popups... what is the British Government coming to?

Thanks Jonathan,

Sir Zack ;-)

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message
news:#tTxO1#$EHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi Zack,
>
> 127.0.0.1 is your computer -- the whole point is to redirect it to
something other than what
> it is (so it can't connect), 127.0.0.1 is fine.
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> "Sir Zack Whittaker" <zackwhittaker@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ery5338$EHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > right, done that... but for some reason its already there in the file...
> > there are other servers that popup like the ad.uk.doubleclick.net one as
> > well, so i'll add them.
> >
> > im now on broadband, and there is a different IP address, not 127.0.0.1.
> > shall i change the IP address or something?
> >
> > Sir Zack
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com>
> > Newsgroups:
> > microsoft.public.msn.messenger,microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
> > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 11:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: connect to on messenger
> >
> >
> >> Hi Zack,
> >>
> >> Not sure why this would be coming up per se. I think the easiest thing
> > you could do is open
> >> up the Hosts file, add "ad.uk.doubleclick.net" as a 127.0.0.1 so that
it
> > can't connect to it
> >> (and the added benefit of not seeing some ads).
> >>
> >> To do so this, click Start, then Run, type:
> >> notepad %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
> >> and click OK.
> >>
> >> Start a new line and put
> >> 127.0.0.1[tab]ad.uk.doubleclick.net
> >>
> >> Where [tab] is the tab key and then save the file. This should stop it
:)
> >> ____________________________________________
> >> Jonathan Kay
> >> Microsoft MVP - 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) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
> >> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Sir Zack Whittaker" <zackwhittaker@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:unvVT9n$EHA.4072@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> > Jonathan, long time no see, been away for a while :o)
> >> >
> >> > Just got wireless broadband today, and a couple of hours or so after
> > being
> >> > on Messenger, it seems to bring up (ever time I open Messenger from
> > systray)
> >> > this stupid 'connect to' box. theres another one that comes up, one
from
> >> > 'adfarm' something.
> >> >
> >> > any ideas how i can get rid of the bloody thing?
> >> >
> >> > hope ur well,
> >> >
> >> > Sir Zack
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Sir Zack Whittaker" <zackwhittaker@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:unvVT9n$EHA.4072@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> Jonathan, long time no see, been away for a while :o)
> >>
> >> Just got wireless broadband today, and a couple of hours or so after
being
> >> on Messenger, it seems to bring up (ever time I open Messenger from
> > systray)
> >> this stupid 'connect to' box. theres another one that comes up, one
from
> >> 'adfarm' something.
> >>
> >> any ideas how i can get rid of the bloody thing?
> >>
> >> hope ur well,
> >>
> >> Sir Zack
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>