losing connection

[frank]

Hello Jonathan,

Thanks for your help so far. Yes,both my messenger
session is interrupted and my internet connection is
dropped (web browsing).I have to disable and then enable
Local area connection to connect again. I've disabled the
anti-virus
messenger scan and yet I still keep losing connection.
All this time, I've been sending messenges but don't get
any replies; however,interestingly, I don't loose
internet connection while using & sending messenges on
the LAN and I do get replies from those message
recipients.

This problem began after upgrading to version 6

>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Frank,
>
>Firstly, to stop Windows Messenger from starting and
therefore signing you in, open Windows
>Messenger, click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and
uncheck 'Run this program when Windows
>starts'. As well, do you have Norton Antivirus 2003
installed? Norton added a new "instant
>messaging scanning" feature to Norton Antivirus 2003,
which can conflict with Messenger and
>cause this behavior. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus
(Right-click on the Norton Antivirus
>icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the
clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),
>click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN
Instant Messenger and click OK.
>
>As for the "loosing internet connection", do you just
mean your Messenger session is being
>interrupted, or is your actual connection dropped (can't
browse the web, etc.).
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Windows MVP, Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>
>"frank" > wrote in message
...
>> after upgrading to ver 6, I noticed loosing internet
>> connection everytime I begin to type in a message to
>> send. I don't know if there is a relation (conflict)
with
>> Windows messenger because since my broadband connection
>> is okay, MSN messenger often goes back online
>> immediately, but windows messenger tries to sign in and
>> open up. I even still don't know why I got both icons
in
>> my system tray. I prefer the cool interface of MSN vs
>> windows. Any advise?
>
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