Small Problem MSN Messenger/SP2

[Albert Sims]

Evening all. Since downloading and installing Service Pack 2 a couple
days ago, I find that I cannot access the MSN Chat rooms via MSN
Messenger OR Internet Explorer. I am paying for "Hotmail Extra Storage"
to get access to the chat rooms.
The main orange colored chat home page comes on fine. I click the "Sign
In .net" button at the top of the page. I then choose a category on the
left of the chat window, and the rooms list appears. I click on a room,
the download screen with the "I see the smiley face" comes up. I click
on the smiley face, I get logged back out and returned to the chat home
page. the Sign In .net button reverts from "Sign out" back to "Sign In".
So, the main crux of my problem is, using MSN Messenger itself, or
Internet Explorer, I cannot get to the chat rooms, keep getting "Signed
Out" before I get there.
I don't think it is a firewall issue, because I can talk to my friends
on my messenger list just fine, and oddly, the chat rooms work just fine
if I access via Mozilla. I've monkeyed around with the settings in
"Internet Options" with no results. No problem with using Mozilla, but
sometimes I would like to use Messenger itself to access the rooms. Any
thoughts, suggestions, liquor???

 

[YYZ]

Evening all. Since downloading and installing Service Pack 2 a couple
days ago, I find that I cannot access the MSN Chat rooms via MSN
Messenger OR Internet Explorer. I am paying for "Hotmail Extra Storage"
to get access to the chat rooms.
The main orange colored chat home page comes on fine. I click the "Sign
In .net" button at the top of the page. I then choose a category on the
left of the chat window, and the rooms list appears. I click on a room,
the download screen with the "I see the smiley face" comes up. I click
on the smiley face, I get logged back out and returned to the chat home
page. the Sign In .net button reverts from "Sign out" back to "Sign In".
So, the main crux of my problem is, using MSN Messenger itself, or
Internet Explorer, I cannot get to the chat rooms, keep getting "Signed
Out" before I get there.
I don't think it is a firewall issue, because I can talk to my friends
on my messenger list just fine, and oddly, the chat rooms work just fine
if I access via Mozilla. I've monkeyed around with the settings in
"Internet Options" with no results. No problem with using Mozilla, but
sometimes I would like to use Messenger itself to access the rooms. Any
thoughts, suggestions, liquor???

thought: my msn messenger v 6.2 'misbehaved' after installing xp sp2.
suggestion: uninstall current copy, download a new, and install that.
liquor: rather enjoy polar ice from time to time
good luck ..
(remember to reboot appropriately)

 

[Nero]

Since when were there still msn chat rooms?
Thought ms closed them all down???

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

Nope, they're still available to North American MSN/Hotmail paid subscribers.
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[Albert Sims]

thought: my msn messenger v 6.2 'misbehaved' after installing xp sp2.
suggestion: uninstall current copy, download a new, and install that.
liquor: rather enjoy polar ice from time to time
good luck ..
(remember to reboot appropriately)

Tried that, didn't work. Same problem afterwards. Not only can I not
Sign in to MSN Chat, I've discovered using IE I cannot Sign In to MSN
Home or Hotmail. Still works fine in Mozilla. Doesn't work any longer in
Opera either. Getting ready to uninstall SP2...