tessamarie
Mon Jun 20 21:05:03 CDT 2005
Hi Lance:
Thanks for the sugestion. Tried it, but it still hangs up while signing in.
I have service pack 1 and my firewall is set up to accept traffic from
MSN.Any other suggestions?
Thanks again....
"Lance" wrote:
> 1.Exit MSN Messenger Program completely
>
> 2.Click on Start, then Run, type: "regedit" (Without Quotes)
>
> 3.Navigate to MyComputer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger
>
> 4.Click the MSN Messenger Folder (Click Once). Go to the Edit menu and
> select Delete
>
> 5.Delete the MSN Messenger folder from c:\Program Files (Replace C: with
> your system disk if it is something other than C)
>
> 6.Install MSN MESSENGER 7 again
>
>
>
> still not working:
>
> if u have a firewall uninstall it then restart ur pc and install it again
>
>
> still not working:
>
> go here:
>
>
http://webmessenger.msn.com
>
> This is a free official online version of msn messenger. u can chat to ur
> friends etc. u use ur same msn account.have all ur contacts etc
>
>
>
>
> u say u have a linksys router. u may want to contact linksys and tell them
> if they have any UPDATED drivers for ur router and if they do install it.
>
> courtesy of jonathan kay
>
>
> "tessa-marie" wrote:
>
> > Did what you said. No change. I have a Linksys router. Also, wireless. Thank
> > you so much for your efforts.
> >
> > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > You might try rebuilding your client cache. To do so, click Start, then Run, then type:
> > > %appdata%\microsoft
> > > and click OK.
> > >
> > > Right-click the MSN Messenger folder and choose Delete. After all this, restart Messenger
> > > and see if the problem has been corrected.
> > >
> > > If that doesn't work, do you have a router of some kind?
> > > ____________________________________________
> > > Jonathan Kay
> > > Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> > > Associate Expert
> > >
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > > Messenger Resources -
http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> > > All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
> > > You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> > >
> > >
> > > "tessa-marie" <tessamarie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:DBD3D99E-8052-48EE-AD52-D837D4B7E24F@microsoft.com...
> > > > Hello:
> > > >
> > > > I have used MSN Messenger with no probs for a long time.Now, when I trt to
> > > > sign in, MSN freezes (as in "program not responding" in the Task
> > > > Manager...). I have also installed the 7.0 version.
> > > >
> > > > I've reinstalled maybe five times.
> > > >
> > > > The program starts fine - it's only after "sign in" that the lock up occurs.
> > > >
> > > > I'm on Windows XP Home Edition and everything else seems to run fine.
> > > >
> > > > Thoughts? Suggestions? Help?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks all
> > > >
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