Greetings Tegco,
Sending and receiving files in MSN Messenger 6.1 is drastically changed from Windows
Messenger 4.x. If a direct connection between you and your contact can't be established, it
will attempt to actually send the file directly through the Messenger server (albeit slowly).
Also, a direct connection continues to try to be established as the transfer via server
continues, and if it can, will switch to that.
If you could send/receive files probably via Windows Messenger 4.x, then something else
must've changed (perhaps you or your contact have turned on the Internet Connection
Firewall?).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources -
http://messenger.jonathankay.com
"tegco" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:049801c3a6a4$e062bb00$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi I have the 6.1 MSN messenger.
> The only problem I have since installing it, is with very
> slow speeds when sending and receiving a file. (it crawls)
>
> Voice is fine so whats wrong with 6.1?
>
> This did not happen when we all (friends) had Windows 4.7
> messenger.
>
> Please any one know why this is or what causes this
> slowness? and can they tell me how to fix it please?
>
>