Re: [slim] HELP! SQ3 won't connect to Slimserver

2006-01-13 Thread Mark Lanctot
Your first problem is related to your firewall configuration - others have offered suggestions. But this second problem is puzzling. Since SlimServer will always try to call up localhost:9000, you will always have to change it. Therefore there seems to be something wrong with the resolution

RE: [slim] HELP! SQ3 won't connect to Slimserver

2006-01-13 Thread Bennett, Gavin (LDN Int)
Mark, slightly off topic... even better than a nice clean hosts file is the one at http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm this contains blocks of lots of spyware and nasty sites as well as the correct loop back I reccomend this to everyone I know because it speeds up browsing and

Re: [slim] HELP! SQ3 won't connect to Slimserver

2006-01-13 Thread Mark Lanctot
Heh heh...great minds think alike...I've been using the MVPS HOSTS file for years now. Actually I'm using it in conjunction with their great HOSTS File Manager app: http://www.mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/SoftMain.htm Bennett, Gavin (LDN Int) wrote: Mark, slightly off topic...

RE: [slim] HELP! SQ3 won't connect to Slimserver

2006-01-13 Thread Bennett, Gavin (LDN Int)
Mark, I haven't tried that but am seriously considering http://www.timdorr.com/syko86/ycsoft/hostssecure.htm which is recommended on the host site. This program holds the file open so that virus/spyware etc cannot change the hosts file themselves. Gavin MAN FINANCIAL LIMITED E-MAIL