Fastnet 99 Runtime Error '75'

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Er, I don't really know exactly what I'm doing but I've got Fastnet 99
installed on my computer and I downloaded a hosts file from:

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

and then used the 'Import' function of Fastnet to try and merge it
with my existing hosts file - at wwhich point I got an error message:
Runtime '75'.

Can anyone tell me what this means please? Is Fastnet 99 worth having?
Are there any similar programs?

Thanks in advance!

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John Latter said:
Er, I don't really know exactly what I'm doing but I've got
Fastnet 99 installed on my computer and I downloaded a hosts file
from:

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

and then used the 'Import' function of Fastnet to try and merge it
with my existing hosts file - at wwhich point I got an error
message: Runtime '75'.

Can anyone tell me what this means please? Is Fastnet 99 worth
having? Are there any similar programs?

Thanks in advance!
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[snip]

A good place to ask about these problems is at a newsgroup like
24hoursupport.helpdesk.
Maybe this? http://tinyurl.com/lj5g

Fastnet99 from http://www.geocities.com/gcriaco/?
Maybe contact the author? mailto:[email protected]
 
John Latter said:
Er, I don't really know exactly what I'm doing but I've got
Fastnet 99 installed on my computer and I downloaded a hosts file
from:

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

and then used the 'Import' function of Fastnet to try and merge it
with my existing hosts file - at wwhich point I got an error
message: Runtime '75'.

Can anyone tell me what this means please? Is Fastnet 99 worth
having? Are there any similar programs?

Thanks in advance!
Click to expand...
[snip]

A good place to ask about these problems is at a newsgroup like
24hoursupport.helpdesk.
Maybe this? http://tinyurl.com/lj5g

Fastnet99 from http://www.geocities.com/gcriaco/?
Maybe contact the author? mailto:[email protected]
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Thanks for the info Boomer - the mailing list on his website doesn't
work so I'll try emailing the author direct.

--

John Latter

The 'Socially Acceptable Violence' website:
http://members.aol.com/jorolat/sac.html

Model of an Internal Evolutionary Mechanism
http://members.aol.com/jorolat/TEM.html
 
John said:
Er, I don't really know exactly what I'm doing but I've got Fastnet 99
installed on my computer and I downloaded a hosts file from:

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

and then used the 'Import' function of Fastnet to try and merge it
with my existing hosts file - at wwhich point I got an error message:
Runtime '75'.

Can anyone tell me what this means please? Is Fastnet 99 worth having?
Are there any similar programs?
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I gave up on Fastnet99. I do not know if it is fixed but if you mistakenly
asked it to verify addresses it would substitute valid IP addresses making
the blocking function of the HOSTS file useless.

I use HOSTESS to manage/merge HOSTS files as it will remove duplicates like
Fastnet99.
http://accs-net.com/hostess/

Another good HOSTS file:
http://asp.flaaten.dk/proxo/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=20
 
I gave up on Fastnet99. I do not know if it is fixed but if you mistakenly
asked it to verify addresses it would substitute valid IP addresses making
the blocking function of the HOSTS file useless.

I use HOSTESS to manage/merge HOSTS files as it will remove duplicates like
Fastnet99.
http://accs-net.com/hostess/

Another good HOSTS file:
http://asp.flaaten.dk/proxo/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=20
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Hi Yokenny,

Thanks for the info!

I use Proxomitron anyway and in the link you gave it says:
I updated the hosts file today. There are now a total of 17776 hosts.
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Thanks to everyone who made contributions over the last few days!
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For those who don't know, to use host all you have to do is save the
file to C:\Windows if you are using Win95/98/Me
or to c:\Winnt\system32\drivers\etc if you are running WinNT/2K/XP.
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Could you (or anyone) tell me what the 'etc' in the above path should
be?

Er, I ain't too good with computers!

--

John Latter

The 'Socially Acceptable Violence' website:
http://members.aol.com/jorolat/sac.html

Model of an Internal Evolutionary Mechanism
http://members.aol.com/jorolat/TEM.html
 
John said:
Hi Yokenny,

Thanks for the info!

I use Proxomitron anyway and in the link you gave it says:




Could you (or anyone) tell me what the 'etc' in the above path should
be?

Er, I ain't too good with computers!
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I don't want to start a "Who's on first?" dialog but 'etc' is the name of
the directory.
 
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