re: Windows Messenger Live signs off spontaneously
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 7:02 am
Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Charlie Hadden
(1338 messages posted)
Most of ten this is a problem with your other software rather than Vista itself.
I am including your firewall to the other list.
First: what firewall do you have? Do you have more than one running? If so use only
one, NEVER two. Have you tried to turn it off temporarily and then check? If you
Use ZoneAlarm, I know it is great and vastly popular even in professional circles,
but now even MS MVPs are not suggesting, but tell all of their people "Don't use
ZoneAlarm on Vista" at lest till the ZoneAlarm people and get their act together.
Two: If you are running any file sharing utlis such as Kazaa, KNUtella, Utorrent,
try turning them off. They are hogs on your net connection.
Three: Try turning off (temporarily) your Antivirus Via ‘MSConfig’, in the startup
tab. I want to caution you on using MSConfig for anything. It seems that just the
act of starting this utility wipes you ‘Restore’ files. SO it might be worthwhile
putting a copy of your restore file on a thumb drive or at least make sure that you
make a new restore point as soon as you are done. Anyway AV software has been causing
a lot of problems with Vista.
Four: in you Explorer Tools/Internet Options/ Advanced make sure that both SSL2 and
SSL3 are checked. Though 3 should be backwards compatible, this has helped a few
connection problems.
Five: In the past MSN or the authorities that be for IM have had a less than glorius
record for upgrading their servers when a new version comes out. That means give
them a few days to get their act together.
Six: In your firewall, TCP port 1863 should be open to allow instant messages to
be sent. If you want to transfer files at full speed as well, open TCP ports in the
range 6891-6900. Open port 6901 both as UDP and TCP if you want to use audio conversations.
And finally there is a site that is devoted strictly to IM of all varieties. They
probably have the latest greatest….
http://www.BigBlueBall.com
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