Chat & MSN
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Chat & MSN
1.6 Athlon, 512 mbs ram, XP home.
Yesterday I clicked on chat, the usual message "Please wait.... it may take several minutes to load the chat applet" and Done appeared at the bottom, but it would go no further.
Also MSN Messenger refused to accept my login name and password.
Spybot and Ad-Aware showed nothing unusual, neither did a full scan with Norton.
Everything had been normal the day before and I have not altered any settings.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to why this has happened and how to fix the problem ?
Yesterday I clicked on chat, the usual message "Please wait.... it may take several minutes to load the chat applet" and Done appeared at the bottom, but it would go no further.
Also MSN Messenger refused to accept my login name and password.
Spybot and Ad-Aware showed nothing unusual, neither did a full scan with Norton.
Everything had been normal the day before and I have not altered any settings.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to why this has happened and how to fix the problem ?
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From: due south
I'm not running a separate firewall program, just the XP one, so it is unlikely to be that.
I have also rebooted a number of times with no change in the situation.
Looking back on the previous 24 hours to the time when everything worked ok I can think of nothing that would have caused the change. I visited Pprune a couple of times, read a couple of online newspapers, and read the BB online news.
It baffles me as to why changes like this suddenly take place without any imput from the operator.
I have also rebooted a number of times with no change in the situation.
Looking back on the previous 24 hours to the time when everything worked ok I can think of nothing that would have caused the change. I visited Pprune a couple of times, read a couple of online newspapers, and read the BB online news.
It baffles me as to why changes like this suddenly take place without any imput from the operator.
The Oracle
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henry crun,
Try turning off the WinXP Firewall. See if you can access then. If that does not work, try lowering your security settings in IE one notch for testing purposes.
Take Care,
Richard
Try turning off the WinXP Firewall. See if you can access then. If that does not work, try lowering your security settings in IE one notch for testing purposes.
Take Care,
Richard
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Did as you suggested Richard, even lowered the security setting to its lowest point without any change.
I also did a sytem restore back a couple of days to when I could get into chat, but that didn't make any difference either.
I also did a sytem restore back a couple of days to when I could get into chat, but that didn't make any difference either.
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I cant get in to chat either. Worked fine one day, the next, it wont . I have done all the things suggested above and downloaded a new java, but still no luck. I am getting the message that the applet cant be found.
There a several others who also who cannot get in, so it would seem to be a problem with the system not just with our individual computers.
Any suggestions?
DF
There a several others who also who cannot get in, so it would seem to be a problem with the system not just with our individual computers.
Any suggestions?
DF
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Likewise here, new lil iBook and could log onto Chat no worries. Now I can't.
I'll try another computer but *shrugs* dunno what's going on. Msn was unstable yesterday but today has been fine.
I'll try another computer but *shrugs* dunno what's going on. Msn was unstable yesterday but today has been fine.
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Similar thread here http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...hreadid=120417
Eidolon
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To see if your Java is working properly have a look at http://java.com/en/download/help/testvm.jsp
The Oracle
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henry crun,
I have seen problems with computers not loading websites that they used to be able to view with IE. But in all those cases, loading another browser would all viewing.
If we could load another browser and view the site, I would recommend doing a fresh install of WinXP, but this is not the case.
Lets see what results the test that swh recommended reports before trying anything else.
Take Care,
Richard
I have seen problems with computers not loading websites that they used to be able to view with IE. But in all those cases, loading another browser would all viewing.
If we could load another browser and view the site, I would recommend doing a fresh install of WinXP, but this is not the case.
Lets see what results the test that swh recommended reports before trying anything else.
Take Care,
Richard
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swh. Thank you for that link, it would not display the test applet indicating there is something wrong with the Java I had I downloaded the latest version.
The installation failed, so I tried it again and this time I was rewarded, it had installed correctly, oh joy.
Try to log into chat but with the same negative result as before.
It appears that I am not the only one having problems so it might well be a problem with the digichat server, not my PC.
I will wait until the others report it is ok and see how I get on then.
Thanks for the help everyone.
The installation failed, so I tried it again and this time I was rewarded, it had installed correctly, oh joy.
Try to log into chat but with the same negative result as before.
It appears that I am not the only one having problems so it might well be a problem with the digichat server, not my PC.
I will wait until the others report it is ok and see how I get on then.
Thanks for the help everyone.
