Taffycat
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I know that Yahoo Messenger/MSN are a bit of a no-no for some of you, but if someone could offer me a suggestion (keep it clean please!) I really would appreciate it.
I've used both messenger programmes for many years past, without any problems... even on Vista. But suddenly, I cannot sign in to either one, when using Vista.
I've tried the obvious things, such as re-setting password, fiddling with the "proxy" settings in the programme, un-installing and re-installing, but still the pesky things refuse to work. I just keep getting that annoying "Sign in problem... there was a problem signing into Yahoo! Messenger. Please try again a little bit later."
There is no problem signing in on XP, just Vista. I thought it might be KIS7... but no, I have clicked to "allow" Messenger. So think it has to be specifically a Vista incompatability.... would you agree?
I know there are other IMs out there, but friends prefer to use Yahoo or MSN, and some of the features (photo-sharing for example) are not compatable when you access Yahoo via other programmes (such as Pidgin) I don't think.
Before anyone asks... yes, I know Yahoo has a so-called "help" section, but as I'm also sure you will know, wet paint dries more quickly than they get around to answering queries.
Fed-up, cross, hacked-off, wanting to kick that silly smiley where it hurts, TC... but otherwise a happy bunny
Thank you for looking
I've used both messenger programmes for many years past, without any problems... even on Vista. But suddenly, I cannot sign in to either one, when using Vista.
I've tried the obvious things, such as re-setting password, fiddling with the "proxy" settings in the programme, un-installing and re-installing, but still the pesky things refuse to work. I just keep getting that annoying "Sign in problem... there was a problem signing into Yahoo! Messenger. Please try again a little bit later."
There is no problem signing in on XP, just Vista. I thought it might be KIS7... but no, I have clicked to "allow" Messenger. So think it has to be specifically a Vista incompatability.... would you agree?
I know there are other IMs out there, but friends prefer to use Yahoo or MSN, and some of the features (photo-sharing for example) are not compatable when you access Yahoo via other programmes (such as Pidgin) I don't think.
Before anyone asks... yes, I know Yahoo has a so-called "help" section, but as I'm also sure you will know, wet paint dries more quickly than they get around to answering queries.
Fed-up, cross, hacked-off, wanting to kick that silly smiley where it hurts, TC... but otherwise a happy bunny
Thank you for looking