frustrations...

[David Shorthouse]

Hello folks,

I have been helplessly trying to install either Windows or MSN
Messenger, but upon completion of the install, system resources climb up to
100% and the icon eventually appears in the task bar, but is completely
frozen. After some time, the system eventually freezes. There are no errors
in the Event Viewer to help solve this issue. I am at my wits end with this
bizarre problem and will soon uninstall MSN Messenger and will disable
Windows Messenger through group policies.

System Specs:

ASUS P4B533
Windows XP SP1a
D-Link 714+p router (UPnP-ready)

Thanks for any help,

Dave

[David Shorthouse]

Solved my problem. The router I was using (or at least helping someone get
set-up) is a D-Link DI-714p+. New firmware was just released that seems to
have fixed a poorly implemented UPnP, thus causing either Windows Messenger
or MSN Messenger to hang.

Dave

> Hello folks,
>
> I have been helplessly trying to install either Windows or MSN
> Messenger, but upon completion of the install, system resources climb up
to
> 100% and the icon eventually appears in the task bar, but is completely
> frozen. After some time, the system eventually freezes. There are no
errors
> in the Event Viewer to help solve this issue. I am at my wits end with
this
> bizarre problem and will soon uninstall MSN Messenger and will disable
> Windows Messenger through group policies.
>
> System Specs:
>
> ASUS P4B533
> Windows XP SP1a
> D-Link 714+p router (UPnP-ready)
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Dave
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi David,

Thanks for the feedback! There was something similar with one revision of Linksys firmware
maybe a year or so ago (but I had forgotten until you posted this just now).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"David Shorthouse" > wrote in message
news:rndLb.25409$X%5.4773@pd7tw2no...
> Solved my problem. The router I was using (or at least helping someone get
> set-up) is a D-Link DI-714p+. New firmware was just released that seems to
> have fixed a poorly implemented UPnP, thus causing either Windows Messenger
> or MSN Messenger to hang.
>
> Dave
>
> > Hello folks,
> >
> > I have been helplessly trying to install either Windows or MSN
> > Messenger, but upon completion of the install, system resources climb up
> to
> > 100% and the icon eventually appears in the task bar, but is completely
> > frozen. After some time, the system eventually freezes. There are no
> errors
> > in the Event Viewer to help solve this issue. I am at my wits end with
> this
> > bizarre problem and will soon uninstall MSN Messenger and will disable
> > Windows Messenger through group policies.
> >
> > System Specs:
> >
> > ASUS P4B533
> > Windows XP SP1a
> > D-Link 714+p router (UPnP-ready)
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
>
>

[pjee]

Dear Jonathan

I have a similar problem but I do work with a (new) Sitecom WL 106
router. It claims to fully support UPNP (and I even see in the
internet gateway it is allocating ports) but no no no way I get
messenger working with audio NOR video.
I can send/receive files however.
I even put my pc in the DMZ but even that doensn't work. I put my
computer on 'share internet connection', I disabled Qpacket scheduler'
and i am becoming quite frustrated too... 4 nights trial and error and
still no go.
It does work when I dialin with phoneline.
I have firmware 1008 for the sitecom router (www.sitecom.nl)

Strange enough MSN Netmeeting does work, but there microsoft is
shifting to MSN/messenger and less and less people use netmeeting.


Any clue/tips?


Thanks

Piet


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message >...
> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for the feedback! There was something similar with one revision of Linksys firmware
> maybe a year or so ago (but I had forgotten until you posted this just now).
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
> "David Shorthouse" > wrote in message
> news:rndLb.25409$X%5.4773@pd7tw2no...
> > Solved my problem. The router I was using (or at least helping someone get
> > set-up) is a D-Link DI-714p+. New firmware was just released that seems to
> > have fixed a poorly implemented UPnP, thus causing either Windows Messenger
> > or MSN Messenger to hang.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > > Hello folks,
> > >
> > > I have been helplessly trying to install either Windows or MSN
> > > Messenger, but upon completion of the install, system resources climb up
> to
> > > 100% and the icon eventually appears in the task bar, but is completely
> > > frozen. After some time, the system eventually freezes. There are no
> errors
> > > in the Event Viewer to help solve this issue. I am at my wits end with
> this
> > > bizarre problem and will soon uninstall MSN Messenger and will disable
> > > Windows Messenger through group policies.
> > >
> > > System Specs:
> > >
> > > ASUS P4B533
> > > Windows XP SP1a
> > > D-Link 714+p router (UPnP-ready)
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help,
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> >
> >

[David Shorthouse]

Piet,

This may not help, but is further to my op regarding the D-Link 714p+
router. MSN Messenger 6.1 hung again and I went hunting through the router's
configuration to figure out what set it off. Turns out that (somehow) the
remote management setting on a port other than 88 caused MSN Messenger to
hang.

Dave

> Dear Jonathan
>
> I have a similar problem but I do work with a (new) Sitecom WL 106
> router. It claims to fully support UPNP (and I even see in the
> internet gateway it is allocating ports) but no no no way I get
> messenger working with audio NOR video.
> I can send/receive files however.
> I even put my pc in the DMZ but even that doensn't work. I put my
> computer on 'share internet connection', I disabled Qpacket scheduler'
> and i am becoming quite frustrated too... 4 nights trial and error and
> still no go.
> It does work when I dialin with phoneline.
> I have firmware 1008 for the sitecom router (www.sitecom.nl)
>
> Strange enough MSN Netmeeting does work, but there microsoft is
> shifting to MSN/messenger and less and less people use netmeeting.
>
>
> Any clue/tips?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Piet