SP2 and Yahoo Messenger

[Guest]

I recently installed SP2 and now my Yahoo Messenger does not work. Messenger
will not connect. I've tried turning off the firewall and nothing changes.
I've tried every configuration in the Messenger program -- and nothing. I've
tried uninstalling then installing messenger, and it still does not work.
Yahoo help support have been of no help. Everything was working fine untill
I installed SP2.

Has this happnned to others?

Help!

 

[Guest]

See
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=884130&product=windowsxpsp2

Nospam

 

[Guest]

Yes this happened to me, go to tools and restore back to before you installed
sp2.this worked on my laptop but not on my main comp, good luck, i spent all
day on it

 

[Guest]

Hello,
*Unsure if this will apply to you, but you could check this out.* I am in
the UK and use BT Yahoo as my ISP. After recently installing their broadband
software, I found out that there is a critical patch for that software which
addresses issues with Parental controls and Yahoo Messenger. The patch should
be installed before installing SP2. BT Yahoo Help advised me to download and
run the patch anyway, even though SP2 was already installed. So far I have
had no problems.The following is from an e-mail reply I received regarding
the patch:

"More information regarding these updates and the patch for the BT
Yahoo! Applications can be found in the XP Service Pack 2 FAQs located at:

http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/btyahoo/service/xpsp2.html

BT Yahoo! Internet customers logging in using BT Yahoo! Internet
software should be updated automatically with the security patches in
anticipation of the Service Pack 2 release. When the patch has been applied,
you should see the following message "Critical Patch installed
successfully".

If for any reason this patch hasn't been automatically applied before
the release of Service Pack 2, you can manually download and install it
either from the XP Service Pack 2 FAQs or from the following link:

http://download.yahoo.com/dl/bty/xpsp2fix.exe

Please note that if this patch hasn't been applied prior to the
installation of Windows XP Service Pack 2 then you may experience problems
with the BT Yahoo! Applications after the update has been applied."

HTH

Colin