re: Windows Messenger Live signs off spontaneously
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 7:29 am
Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jennifer
(1 messages posted)
Actually, this is a 100% Vista problem. For anyone who is having this same issue,
I finally solved it last night.
1) Run cmd as an Administrator.
2) Type the following command without quotes "netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled"
3) Exit the command prompt and restart your computer.
Apparently Vista's autotuning causes the machines to repeatedly disconnect from the
Messenger server.
On Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 7:02 am, Charlie Hadden wrote:
>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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