I think this is normal. I'm sure winXP installs a sample hosts file, so when you install DXbase it sees that there is already a hosts file and doesn't overwrite it. I'm certainly glad it acts this way, as I would have other troubles if it overwrote my existing hosts file. All you have to do is copy the DXbase hosts files to the appropriate folder, overwriting the default one XP installed. Or, if you need to preserve the contents of the XP hosts file, just cut and paste the info from the DXbase file into the XP file. Be sure to use notepad or some other non-formatting, pure ASCII text editor.
Jim - K9DD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank - ON9CC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 10:58 AM Subject: [DXBase] 2002 and XP > hi group, > > I have installed WinXP and 2002 . > But now my hosts file is (nearly) empty and I can't connect to my internet > dx-cluster. > > When I go to user options and click on the Internet tab, then I get an error > message: > GetLastError : can not find the specific file > > Am I doing something wrong? > Anyone has a tip... ? > > Regarding the hosts file: when I used WinME, I had a hosts file with a > looooooooooong list of internet nodes... is it normal that after a clean > installation of DXBase, that this list doesn't contain any internet > clusters? I have installed the demo version of DXTelnet once on WinME... > maybe this installed the big hosts file ? > > Sorry if this is an old cow ... I admit that I don't read all the messages > on the reflector. > > Best regards / 73 de Frank ON9CC > Ing. F.W.J. Bogers > UKSMG #975 > 6m DXCC #318 > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >
