Windows Messenger 4.7 Voice/Video conversations

[Ron]

Hi there,


I have peculiar issue trying to use Windows Messenger 4.7
to converse with other Windows Messenger 4.7 clients.

When I engage video conferencing I am able to see and hear
the person that I wish to speak to. However they can
neither see nor hear me. The webcam is functioning
properly as it works in other Instant Messanging programs
(e.g. Yahoo!) In addition, I can see myself (in the
picture in picture) and the microphone level meter moves
as I speak indicating that the microphone is functioning
properly too.

I have established a direct connection to the Internet
during my troubleshooting to eliminate any potential NAT
issues. All of the other complex IM activities (e.g. file
transfer, application sharing, whiteboard, remote access
etc) work just fine.

I have run the Audio (and Video) Tuning Wizard in
Messenger several times.

I am not running the Windows XP Internet Connection
Firewall and the QoS Packet Scheduler is disabled.


I'm beginning to run out of suggestions. Any help would
be appreciated.


Ron

 

[richard]

Intel network card I assume?

 

[Ron]

As posted in other thread that I later researched the
culprit is indeed the March 2003 Intel Networking
recommended Windows Update. Once I rolled back the
network driver to the previous version the problem went
away.

Curiously, the network driver update does appear to fix
issues relating to file transfers and application sharing
while behind a NAT firewall. I just seemed to introduce a
bug - hidden feature that impacted Windows Messenger's
ability to complete a voice or video connection.


Ron