Re: Unable to connect to repository --- what can one do?

Virgil Stokes <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.miktex
Message-ID <[email protected]>
But this is the problem --- it did not allow me change repository. There was no 
possibility to change to another repository, no matter what I tried!

--V

On 15-Dec-2014 00:46, [email protected] wrote:
> In MiKTeX Package Manager, the  ‘Repository’  allows you to the
> repository whare to load packages from.
>
> Bernard
>
>
>> When trying to install/update any of the class/style packages I get the
>> following error:
>>
>> MiKTeX Problem Report
>> Message: No connection could be made because the target machine
>> actively refused it.
>>
>> Data: connect failed in tcp_connect()
>> Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\PackageManager\PackageManager.cpp
>> Line: 1527
>> MiKTeX: 2.9
>> OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, 32-bit Service
>> Pack 2 (build 6002)
>> Invokers: explorer/Dropbox/explorer
>> SystemAdmin: yes
>> PowerUser: no
>> Root0: C:\Users\Virgil\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9
>> Root1: C:\Users\Virgil\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9
>> Root2: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9
>> Root3: C:\MyLaTexFiles
>> Root4: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9
>> UserInstall: C:\Users\Virgil\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9
>> UserConfig: C:\Users\Virgil\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9
>> UserData: C:\Users\Virgil\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9
>> CommonInstall: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9
>> CommonConfig: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9
>> CommonData: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9
>>
>> I had no problem with downloading package about 12 hours ago; but,
>> now I never
>> get past this error.
>> Is there anyway to get to another server and/or is the a workaround
>> to do this
>> in a "manual" mode?
>>
>> --V
>>
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