MSN Messenger Won’t Log In

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*** FIXED *** (Well worked for me)
I found this @ http://sbpnova.spaces.live.com & http://winliveid.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!AEE1BB0D86E23AAC!222.entry
How, I resolved it:
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Find Machine Names on local network from IP

I had an issue today where I needed to find all of the machine names on the local network along with their IP addresses.
Here is a batch file that helps do just that:
@echo off
echo > c:\network.txt IP Address NetBIOS Name
echo > c:\network.txt ============================
for /F %%a in (‘net view ^ find “\\”‘) do call :Sub %%a
goto [...]