PPRuNe Chat

[Jetdriver]

I find that most of the time when attempting to access chat I just get a big grey box and the message Java.null.pointer.exception.

Is there an obvious fix to this ?

Regards JD

[spannersatcx]

Jetdriver, not tried it yet. The only thing I can suggest is making sure your browser has Java enabled. If you are running anything less than IE4 or Netscape 4 time to upgrade, they're free on most mag cover disks.

[Land Lubber]

Microsoft has a CD for the price of shipping, $4.95 I think, which has IE 5 and internet tools and some [maybe, I think] Y2K stuff included. I really like IE5 and the new Outlook is good, too.

If you have Win98 there is an option to put Microsoft Chat on your machine which will enhance any chat room experience. You can find this under start/control panel/install-uninstall software/go to the middle tab for Windows and the go to Communications [little yellow phone]. Highlight communiciations, click details on the bottom right, and MS Chat is about 2/3 of the way down.

If you don't have Win98, you can download it at the Microsoft download site.

Hope this helps.

[Jetdriver]

thanx for the advice.

I have windows 98 and have now upgraded to IE 5.01.

Unfortunetaly this does not clear the problem. I still just get the grey dialogue box and nothing else. refreshing does not help.

Any other thoughts ?

[Mycroft]

If you are getting to the chat from a bookmark, go back to the main PPRuNe page and access from there - there is a new chat service. I tended to have problems with the old service and put it down to busy periods (used to be limited to 10 users at a time, now appears to have a limit of 5)