Dean
April 7th 03, 04:27 AM
Jonathan, after downloading 9.0a and re-booting a couple
of time, shutting Windows Messenger off and on. All
seems well. I appreciate all the help and keep up the
great work. This has had me banging my head for a few
days trying to figure out what it was and I didn't even
think about that.
This is the place for answers !!! Thanks.
Dean
>-----Original Message-----
>Jonathan, thanks for the reply. I will try that and let
>you know.
>
>Thanks again,
>Dean
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Greetings Dean,
>>
>>These large number of ports being opened are the result
>of having DirectX 9.0 installed.
>>This bug has been fixed in Direct X9.0a, which you can
>download here:
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/downloads/drx90
..
>asp
>>
>>However, note that at least 2 of these ports are added
>by Messenger when it starts (although
>>having a huge number is the result of the DirectX 9
>bug) -- this is function of Universal
>>Plug and Play (UPnP) in both the firewall and Messenger.
>>____________________________________________
>>Jonathan Kay
>>Windows MVP, Messenger
>>Associate Expert
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>
>>"Dean" > wrote in message
...
>>> My problem just started about a week ago. Everything
>was
>>> fine, until I went to open up some ports for Ghost
>>> Recon. I noticed that it took along time to open the
>>> details page. When it did, there was a huge amount of
>>> ports forwarded out. I am talking like 50 - 80 ports
>>> were forwarded out through the firewall. I did a
>>> Norton's virus check, virus check online, a trojan
>check
>>> online and nothing came up. I re-installed messenger
>4.7
>>> from the Microsoft site and still nothing. I tried
>>> shutting off the firewall, did a couple restart of
the
>PC
>>> and then turned it back on. Still does it, the ports
>>> when viewing them come up as "msmsgs 10147 UPD" or
>>> something along that line. It is various ports, TCP
>and
>>> UDP. The only time that ports are not forwarded
>through
>>> the firewall is when I have messenger shut down
(exited
>>> out) not signed out. Inother words as long as it
>doesn't
>>> appear in the task tray, I am okay. Any ideas on
>this, I
>>> just bought the PC back in December from Dell. XP
Home
>>> Edition and have all of the updates except the most
>>> recent as I uninstalled that thinking that was the
main
>>> cause but didn't turn out that why. Thanks inadvance
>for
>>> any help.
>>>
>>> Dean
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>
of time, shutting Windows Messenger off and on. All
seems well. I appreciate all the help and keep up the
great work. This has had me banging my head for a few
days trying to figure out what it was and I didn't even
think about that.
This is the place for answers !!! Thanks.
Dean
>-----Original Message-----
>Jonathan, thanks for the reply. I will try that and let
>you know.
>
>Thanks again,
>Dean
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Greetings Dean,
>>
>>These large number of ports being opened are the result
>of having DirectX 9.0 installed.
>>This bug has been fixed in Direct X9.0a, which you can
>download here:
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/downloads/drx90
..
>asp
>>
>>However, note that at least 2 of these ports are added
>by Messenger when it starts (although
>>having a huge number is the result of the DirectX 9
>bug) -- this is function of Universal
>>Plug and Play (UPnP) in both the firewall and Messenger.
>>____________________________________________
>>Jonathan Kay
>>Windows MVP, Messenger
>>Associate Expert
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>
>>"Dean" > wrote in message
...
>>> My problem just started about a week ago. Everything
>was
>>> fine, until I went to open up some ports for Ghost
>>> Recon. I noticed that it took along time to open the
>>> details page. When it did, there was a huge amount of
>>> ports forwarded out. I am talking like 50 - 80 ports
>>> were forwarded out through the firewall. I did a
>>> Norton's virus check, virus check online, a trojan
>check
>>> online and nothing came up. I re-installed messenger
>4.7
>>> from the Microsoft site and still nothing. I tried
>>> shutting off the firewall, did a couple restart of
the
>PC
>>> and then turned it back on. Still does it, the ports
>>> when viewing them come up as "msmsgs 10147 UPD" or
>>> something along that line. It is various ports, TCP
>and
>>> UDP. The only time that ports are not forwarded
>through
>>> the firewall is when I have messenger shut down
(exited
>>> out) not signed out. Inother words as long as it
>doesn't
>>> appear in the task tray, I am okay. Any ideas on
>this, I
>>> just bought the PC back in December from Dell. XP
Home
>>> Edition and have all of the updates except the most
>>> recent as I uninstalled that thinking that was the
main
>>> cause but didn't turn out that why. Thanks inadvance
>for
>>> any help.
>>>
>>> Dean
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
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