I have a bacth file that works for most OS's but doesnt for 98 for NSLOOKUP Any assistance is appreciated [code] cls @ECHO OFF echo Revised July 13, 2008 echo This will either modify your hosts for new server additions echo or remove them when it asks you. echo. if Windows_NT == %OS% goto not9x REM Your OS must be 9x or ME echo You are running an old OS download and run evohosts9x.bat pause goto done :not9x REM %SystemRoot% determines if 2000 or XP/Vista set op_sys=NT set hosts_dir=%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc cd %hosts_dir% :create_old REM This section removes any evo servers added prior and creates hosts.old echo Creating hosts.old removing any evo server additions SETLOCAL SET replace= IF exist hosts.old DEL hosts.old FOR /F "tokens=*" %%i IN (HOSTS) DO ( echo %%i | find /V "4x4evolution.com" >> hosts.old ) echo hosts.old created echo. goto xphosts :getip REM This section gets current IP for tonkas.no-ip.org echo. echo Getting IP for Tonka's web to add to hosts echo. rem SETLOCAL SET SCRIPTNAME=%~n0 echo You might get a couple errors, something like: echo *** Can't find server name for address echo and echo *** Default servers are not available. echo That's ok as long as you get New IP is echo. set %%I = tonkas.no-ip.org FOR /F "tokens=3 delims=: " %%I IN ('PING -n 1 tonkas.no-ip.org ^| FIND "Reply from"') DO ( SET IP=%%I FOR /F "tokens=2 delims=:" %%J IN ('NSLOOKUP %%I ^| FIND "Address: "') DO SET DNS=%%J ) IF NOT DEFINED IP @ECHO %1 is invalid or NETWORK error occurred. && GOTO :EOF @ECHO. IF NOT DEFINED DNS @ECHO %1 - invalid DNS name or DNS error occurred. && GOTO :EOF call set IP=%%DNS:~2,99%% echo new IP is %IP% echo. rem ECHO%DNS% pause :create_new REM This section creates hosts.new by copying hosts.old to it REM So we can add the new stuff to ip prior to updating hosts copy hosts.old hosts.new>nul rem echo hosts.new created before adding the new hosts rem echo. rem pause :add2hosts REM This section adds the new innfo to the hosts.new REM There are actually 5 masters skipped on incase the IP changed REM Which will cause only the TRI servers to show REM Then copies then overwrites hosts with this hosts.new echo %IP% master.4x4evolution.com>>hosts.new echo %IP% master2.4x4evolution.com>>hosts.new echo %IP% master3.4x4evolution.com>>hosts.new echo %IP% master4.4x4evolution.com>>hosts.new copy hosts.new hosts>nul del hosts.new goto :EOF :xphosts REM This section asks if you just want to use the hosts.old or not echo Use the hosts file that has evo server mods? (y/n) echo Answering n will remove all evo server mods set choice= set /p choice=Type y or n for choice. if not '%choice%'=='' set choice=%choice:~0,1% if '%choice%'=='n' goto useold if '%choice%'=='N' goto useold if '%choice%'=='y' goto getip if '%choice%'=='Y' goto getip echo "%choice%" is not valid please try again echo. goto xphosts :useold copy hosts.old hosts>nul echo All evo server additions were removed pause goto :EOF :done [/code]

"You are running an old OS download and run evohosts9x.bat" So where is that? ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

the evohosts9x.bat only does the echo %IP% master.4x4evolution.com>>hosts.new echo %IP% master2.4x4evolution.com>>hosts.new echo %IP% master3.4x4evolution.com>>hosts.new echo %IP% master4.4x4evolution.com>>hosts.new and since I have a dynamic ip i have to edit it each time my ip changes, so was hoping to have it all in 1 batch file