So you got yourself a DirecTv box that is capable of supporting DirecTv2PC. You have installed the soft, got your activation code, but unfortunately are not able to activate the DirecTv2PC on your computer due to inability of the program to connect to the web. You were careful enough to unlock the 443 port on you router and enable it in your firewall settings, but it still won't work.
Here what you do to resolve the issue:
Locate hosts file, usually in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc.
Insert this text: 203.73.94.101 activation.cyberlink.com
Save, without changing an extension of the file.
That's it. This works beautifully on WinXP SP3.
Edit Oct 23, 2008: For the info on how to change the content of the hosts file on Vista, please follow this link to the Tim Hibbard post.
This made it finally work in Windows 7 too, Thank you so much
ReplyDeleteHow to insert the text? This fuckin thing is not working for me even though i tried addding text using notepad. I have windows 7. please help
ReplyDeletePlease follow the link in the edit of the original post. If you do not know how to copy and paste text I am not sure I can help.
ReplyDeleteFast forward to April, 2011 and this still works.
ReplyDeleteStill works as of October 2012
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