NeilT

hifolks

trying to get messenger to connect via our usual ISP dial up connection - and no luck whatsoever

We canm access email, Internet and our FTP but cannot get messenger to connect.

Any experts out there care to make some suggestions?

ta

Neil
www.scoobyworld.co.uk

[Edited by NeilT - 7/19/2002 3:43:17 PM]

ChrisB

How do you dial-up? Single PC, networked machine etc?

Which ISP?

NeilT

the pc we're using for this is a standalone and not connected to the rest of the network, ISP is freeserve 24/7 I believe

ChrisB

Okey dokey. Any error messages from MSN?

Is the logon account a @hotmail.com one?

NeilT

yeah its a hotmail one, the MSN warning says it cannot connect to the .net services and asks if we're connected to the internet - which we are.

odd one this.

ChrisB

Which version of MSN? 4.x I presume?

NeilT

no errors from msn just the cannot connect to net services job.

yeah, its a hotmail.com address

scoobyster

I've been having the same problem intermitantly since using my new PC. I'm running ZoneAlarm, but am still running ZoneAlarm when it does decide to work. A windoze reboot sorts it for me.
Running an Athlon 1.9+ system, ISP is Freeserve Hometime (free offpeak), Windows XP, running ZoneAlarm and AVG Antivirus.
Cheers,
Scoobyster

Oh, and I get the same "check you're connected to the 'net" error message, it's a standalone machine, MSN 4.6.

[Edited by scoobyster - 7/21/2002 6:05:40 PM]

[Edited by scoobyster - 7/21/2002 6:08:40 PM]

Comedy_Gaz

Using a proxy?? Check the conections under tools>options

super_si

go to downloads.com and search

trillian

its class beats firewalls proxys etc

can use MSN on it

Si

elgordano

make sure your date and time is correct as msn uses this during the login process.

Gordo

NeilT

folks - sorted it - user = ID10T - had Zonealarm running in the background and it was stopping MSNM reaching out.

thanks for the help tho.

So now its running who else is using it?

cheers

Neil
www.scoobyworld.co.uk