chat blocked

[Ian S]

3 things to check:

1 - Try to upgrade your Yahoo! Instant Messenger.

2 - Delete all of your Temporary Internet Files and
Cookies. (sometimes when you've hit your limit on 'tifs'
the browser will get picky about what you can access)

3 - If all else fails...you may have a firewall and/or
proxy issue. Go to your YIM, and select Logon. Then choose
Preferences. You'll see a screen with categories on the
left, and details on the right. Choose the "connections"
category and read the instructions there. You may have to
reset your YIM to use proxies. Yahoo Instant Messenger
automatically assumes that you are using no proxies and
may result in blocking some of it's own services...such as
chat.

Give all of these a try...and let me know which one worked
for you.




>-----Original Message-----
>I am having trouble connecting to the yahoo chat. Get a
>message stating that it is being connected and seconds
>later it freezes or just never connects. HELP.
>.
>

[Ron Bernier]

Shane --

Contact your IT group ... If you have a valid business reason to use this
service that, for valid business reasons, they've disabled, I'm sure that
you will be allowed to use this service with their OK ... If you're doing it
for non-business reasons, then no, there's no way to do it ...

"Shane" > wrote in message
...
> Howzit ppl
>
> Can anyone help me.I realy want to acces a technical chat site somewhere
where you can instantly
> get an answer or a sarcastic reply.
> My problem is I acces the internet from work and thus all the rights and
privaliges are taken away to keep the ppl
> working.
>
> Is there any way that I can tweak an Administrator's settings from my
Desktop PC.Open up ports or disable the
> firewall preventing me from IRCing.

[Ron Bernier]

Shane --

Contact your IT group ... If you have a valid business reason to use this
service that, for valid business reasons, they've disabled, I'm sure that
you will be allowed to use this service with their OK ... If you're doing it
for non-business reasons, then no, there's no way to do it ...

"Shane" > wrote in message
...
> Howzit ppl
>
> Can anyone help me.I realy want to acces a technical chat site somewhere
where you can instantly
> get an answer or a sarcastic reply.
> My problem is I acces the internet from work and thus all the rights and
privaliges are taken away to keep the ppl
> working.
>
> Is there any way that I can tweak an Administrator's settings from my
Desktop PC.Open up ports or disable the
> firewall preventing me from IRCing.

[Ron Bernier]

Shane --

Contact your IT group ... If you have a valid business reason to use this
service that, for valid business reasons, they've disabled, I'm sure that
you will be allowed to use this service with their OK ... If you're doing it
for non-business reasons, then no, there's no way to do it ...

"Shane" > wrote in message
...
> Howzit ppl
>
> Can anyone help me.I realy want to acces a technical chat site somewhere
where you can instantly
> get an answer or a sarcastic reply.
> My problem is I acces the internet from work and thus all the rights and
privaliges are taken away to keep the ppl
> working.
>
> Is there any way that I can tweak an Administrator's settings from my
Desktop PC.Open up ports or disable the
> firewall preventing me from IRCing.

[Ron Bernier]

Shane --

Contact your IT group ... If you have a valid business reason to use this
service that, for valid business reasons, they've disabled, I'm sure that
you will be allowed to use this service with their OK ... If you're doing it
for non-business reasons, then no, there's no way to do it ...

"Shane" > wrote in message
...
> Howzit ppl
>
> Can anyone help me.I realy want to acces a technical chat site somewhere
where you can instantly
> get an answer or a sarcastic reply.
> My problem is I acces the internet from work and thus all the rights and
privaliges are taken away to keep the ppl
> working.
>
> Is there any way that I can tweak an Administrator's settings from my
Desktop PC.Open up ports or disable the
> firewall preventing me from IRCing.