Check out the third page of the "Still Not Conected, Post Here" string. If you have an XP do a dns flush after replacing the hosts file. If you don't know how to do all that, "me here" has done a good job of explaining each step in several postings in this part of the forum. I couldn't use the .dll either and her link to the hosts file is a great alternative to keeping WinMX connected while making sure access to ALL people who might d/l from you are able to. GL.