Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL

Subject: MSN Problems

Alastor_God opened this issue on Jan 23, 2003 ยท 8 posts

Alastor_God posted Thu, 23 January 2003 at 2:43 PM

I did not know where else to post this so im just gonna post it here in this forum. I have some problems with msn for some reason it doesnt want to sign in and that error message shows up and tells me to change something in my lan settings. Well when i follow the directions and get to the lan settings window i have no idea what to do. For some reason this never happened to me before. By the way I have Bell Sympatico High Speed, Win. 98. I dont know if this will help. PLZ HELP ME !!!!!!!!!

Alastor_God posted Thu, 23 January 2003 at 2:44 PM

It also says somethin about a firewall. I use Mcafee and I dont know how to get rid of my firewall PLZ HELP!!!!!!

Hawkfyr posted Thu, 23 January 2003 at 2:53 PM

Did you recently install a firewall or upgrade your browser? Or change any security settings on your browser? Tom

“The fact that no one understands you…Doesn’t make you an artist.”

Alastor_God posted Thu, 23 January 2003 at 3:49 PM

Ummmm. I always had my firewall on and I could always sign on to msn but now for some reason i cant

Scarab posted Thu, 23 January 2003 at 5:06 PM

If youre running a newer version of McAfee, it may have upgraded itself once you were online and changed something. Perhaps you should check your McAfee firewall settings and enable MSN to communicate. Scarab

bikermouse posted Fri, 24 January 2003 at 12:14 AM

What happens if you check "use a proxy server"?

EricofSD posted Fri, 24 January 2003 at 12:25 AM

The automatic detect settings box isn't checked. Can you check that? You either need to check that or set it manually per MSN tech support. As for the proxy server, leave it off for now and try the check box I mentioned. If that's not it, try the proxy server and see. You can always undo the proxy. Some firewalls use the x.x.x.127 proxy.

hauksdottir posted Fri, 24 January 2003 at 4:01 AM

My gosh! I just got that same stupid message, but asked for help over in the CompuServe Fun Online Forum where my techy friends hang out. I was in tears because I'd jumped through multiple hoops despite the migraine and ended up at a page asking for numbers which I didn't have (click that proxy server box if you are brave). The odd thing? I'm not behind the hardware firewall right now (the machine-to-be-protected isn't plugged in) and I don't even have a LAN much less a proxy server. Personally I couldn't figure out why MS wanted even MORE direct access to this computer unless it was for a nefarious reason. Anyway, don't try to sign in. By opening my standard Earthlink browser, Messenger came on just fine without my having to do anything. One of the things I hate most about MicroSoft products is their programmers' attitude that if something goes wrong, it must be our fault. :pfffft: So they write obtuse error messages about illegal operations or incorrect settings to nonexistent fields in order to make us feel like worms for daring to send an email or move a file. Carolly