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eric.m - 22 Aug 2007 00:10 GMT

This seems pretty lame, but when I try to download flip4mac from the following
URL:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/8/9/c8951314-e056-404a-8ea8-8744e42594a
a/WM%20Components%202.1.2.72.dmg

I get the following error message:
Safari can’t find the server. Safari can’t open the page
“http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/8/9/c8951314-e056-404a-8ea8-8744e42594a
a/WM%20Components%202.1.2.72.dmg”
because it can’t find the server “download.microsoft.com”.

This is the only page I have had trouble downloading content from. What's
going on here?

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Corentin Cras-Méneur - 22 Aug 2007 16:15 GMT

> This seems pretty lame, but when I try to download flip4mac from the following
> URL:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/8/9/c8951314-e056-404a-8ea8-874
4e42594aa/WM%20Components%202.1.2.72.dmg

> I get the following error message:
> Safari can't find the server. Safari can't open the
> page"http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/8/9/c8951314-e056-404a-8ea8-
> 8744e42594aa/WM%20Components%202.1.2.72.dmg" because it can't find the
> server "download.microsoft.com".

Weird. This must be a DNS issue, because I have no problem whatsoever
downloading it when I click your link from here.

> This is the only page I have had trouble downloading content from. What's
> going on here?

You can either wait for your DNS to update itself, or you can download
the latest beta (pretty stable in my opinion) directly off the Flip4Mac
website:
<http://www.flip4mac.com/downloads/wmv_components/Flip4Mac%20WMV%202.1.3
.3.dmg>

Corentin

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Mickey Stevens - 30 Aug 2007 18:03 GMT

Here's some advice from another user:
-----------------
If comcast is the ISP provider
they are having a problem with the DNS servers. The fix is to go to the
TCP/IP and enter 68.87.64.196 then on the next line type 68.87.66.196.
Click apply and go back to the ms.mac download page and get the update.
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On 8/21/07 6:10 PM, in article
5ED5A061-91A8-495D-A291-2BFC2BE0EE9C@microsoft.com, "eric.m"
<ericm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> This seems pretty lame, but when I try to download flip4mac from the following
> URL:
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> This is the only page I have had trouble downloading content from. What's
> going on here?

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