Hi. I'm very new to using XP Home & have just installed Messenger. Whenever
someone tries to accept a file that I send, it times out & I can't see how
to change that. I've read that I need to enable incoming & outgoing TCP
connections to use ports 6891-6900 but I can't see how to do that either.
The help file tells me about changing the network connection settings, but
nothing about specifying ports. I know virtually nothing about these
things, so help with these issues would be much appreciated. TIA.

Greetings,

Are you just using Windows Messenger built-in to Windows XP? If so, you might want to
consider installing MSN Messenger 6.x instead, simply because it has the ability to send
files through a greater majority of situations (even uses a dynamic port range besides the
6891-6900 range), allows UPnP-enabled file transfer and file transfers through the MSN
Messenger server itself. You can find MSN Messenger here:
http://messenger.msn.com/Download

If you'd rather not upgrade to MSN Messenger, or that is what you're using, instead of giving
out a 5000 word essay on every possible reason you could be seeing this problem -- are you
using a router and do you have any sort of third-party firewall installed?
___________________________________________
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) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Chocolate Sauce" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns950CF181225A8m987654321@140.99.99.130...
> Hi. I'm very new to using XP Home & have just installed Messenger. Whenever
> someone tries to accept a file that I send, it times out & I can't see how
> to change that. I've read that I need to enable incoming & outgoing TCP
> connections to use ports 6891-6900 but I can't see how to do that either.
> The help file tells me about changing the network connection settings, but
> nothing about specifying ports. I know virtually nothing about these
> things, so help with these issues would be much appreciated. TIA.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed) while still grieving for JR:

> Greetings,
>
> Are you just using Windows Messenger built-in to Windows XP? If so,
> you might want to consider installing MSN Messenger 6.x instead,
> simply because it has the ability to send files through a greater
> majority of situations (even uses a dynamic port range besides the
> 6891-6900 range), allows UPnP-enabled file transfer and file transfers
> through the MSN Messenger server itself. You can find MSN Messenger
> here: http://messenger.msn.com/Download
>
> If you'd rather not upgrade to MSN Messenger, or that is what you're
> using, instead of giving out a 5000 word essay on every possible
> reason you could be seeing this problem -- are you using a router and
> do you have any sort of third-party firewall installed?
> ___________________________________________ 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) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
>
>
Thanks for replying. I've had the same problem with the XP Messenger & MSN
Messenger - I've just installed MSN Messenger 6.2. I'm using Kerio Personal
Firewall - I tried Sygate Personal Firewall, but that stopped me logging
into Messenger completely so I've uninstalled it & gone back to Kerio.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed) while still grieving for JR:

> Greetings,
>
> Are you just using Windows Messenger built-in to Windows XP? If so,
> you might want to consider installing MSN Messenger 6.x instead,
> simply because it has the ability to send files through a greater
> majority of situations (even uses a dynamic port range besides the
> 6891-6900 range), allows UPnP-enabled file transfer and file transfers
> through the MSN Messenger server itself. You can find MSN Messenger
> here: http://messenger.msn.com/Download
>
> If you'd rather not upgrade to MSN Messenger, or that is what you're
> using, instead of giving out a 5000 word essay on every possible
> reason you could be seeing this problem -- are you using a router and
> do you have any sort of third-party firewall installed?
> ___________________________________________ 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) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
>
>

I've been playing with some of the settings, & all of a sudden MSN
Messenger started to work & a file has gone through at long last! I'll keep
monitoring it for the next few hours to see if it stays that way. Thanks
for your help.