Jonathan - ICS problems?

Jonathan,

I run win XP home on my home PC and laptop, with NIS installed the home PC.
I have had a problem where I have been unable to initiate video or voice
chats or to send or receive files.. I thought it was a firewall problem,
however...

I have now found that if I disable ICS (the XP version) it works fine,
although obviously this means my laptop can't access the internet. So what
do I need to do to let ICS work and still let me initialise video calls? I
gather ICS is uPNP compliant so I can't see where the problem is..

ATB
Adrian

Greetings Adrian,

ICS is UPnP enabled, so it shouldn't be a problem, you might just need to reset the UPnP
ports set in the ICS. To do so, click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Communications,
Network Connections. Right click your connection, then click Properties. Click the Advanced
Tab, and then click the Settings button. Click each 'msmsgs' or 'msnmsgr' entry and then
choose 'Delete' to each one. Then close Messenger (right-click the Messenger icon, choose
Exit), then restart Messenger and try a voice/video conversation again.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com



pink wrote in message ...
Jonathan,

I run win XP home on my home PC and laptop, with NIS installed the home PC.
I have had a problem where I have been unable to initiate video or voice
chats or to send or receive files.. I thought it was a firewall problem,
however...

I have now found that if I disable ICS (the XP version) it works fine,
although obviously this means my laptop can't access the internet. So what
do I need to do to let ICS work and still let me initialise video calls? I
gather ICS is uPNP compliant so I can't see where the problem is..

ATB
Adrian

Jonathan,

Bit of a delay getting back to you but I have tried this and am still having
no luck. I cannot start any video or voice conversation at all when ICS is
enabled. Nor can I send files. I can however participate if someone
invites me....

Any other suggestions?

TIA
Adrian

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Adrian,

ICS is UPnP enabled, so it shouldn't be a problem, you might just need to
reset the UPnP
ports set in the ICS. To do so, click Start, All Programs, Accessories,
Communications,
Network Connections. Right click your connection, then click Properties.
Click the Advanced
Tab, and then click the Settings button. Click each 'msmsgs' or 'msnmsgr'
entry and then
choose 'Delete' to each one. Then close Messenger (right-click the
Messenger icon, choose
Exit), then restart Messenger and try a voice/video conversation again.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com



pink wrote in message ...
Jonathan,

I run win XP home on my home PC and laptop, with NIS installed the home
PC.
I have had a problem where I have been unable to initiate video or voice
chats or to send or receive files.. I thought it was a firewall problem,
however...

I have now found that if I disable ICS (the XP version) it works fine,
although obviously this means my laptop can't access the internet. So
what
do I need to do to let ICS work and still let me initialise video calls?
I
gather ICS is uPNP compliant so I can't see where the problem is..

ATB
Adrian

Hi Adrian,

When you went into UPnP port forwardings (see my previous post), were there any 'msmsgs' or
'msnmsgr' entries?
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"pink" wrote in message
...
Jonathan,

Bit of a delay getting back to you but I have tried this and am still having
no luck. I cannot start any video or voice conversation at all when ICS is
enabled. Nor can I send files. I can however participate if someone
invites me....

Any other suggestions?

TIA
Adrian

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Adrian,

ICS is UPnP enabled, so it shouldn't be a problem, you might just need to
reset the UPnP
ports set in the ICS. To do so, click Start, All Programs, Accessories,
Communications,
Network Connections. Right click your connection, then click Properties.
Click the Advanced
Tab, and then click the Settings button. Click each 'msmsgs' or 'msnmsgr'
entry and then
choose 'Delete' to each one. Then close Messenger (right-click the
Messenger icon, choose
Exit), then restart Messenger and try a voice/video conversation again.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com



pink wrote in message ...
Jonathan,

I run win XP home on my home PC and laptop, with NIS installed the home
PC.
I have had a problem where I have been unable to initiate video or voice
chats or to send or receive files.. I thought it was a firewall problem,
however...

I have now found that if I disable ICS (the XP version) it works fine,
although obviously this means my laptop can't access the internet. So
what
do I need to do to let ICS work and still let me initialise video calls?
I
gather ICS is uPNP compliant so I can't see where the problem is..

ATB
Adrian

Jonathan,

There were about 4, msmgs entries.... 15599 UDP, 8959 TCP, 21994 TCP and
12788 UDP. I have no idea what those figures mean!


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Hi Adrian,

When you went into UPnP port forwardings (see my previous post), were
there any 'msmsgs' or
'msnmsgr' entries?
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"pink" wrote in message
...
Jonathan,

Bit of a delay getting back to you but I have tried this and am still
having
no luck. I cannot start any video or voice conversation at all when ICS
is
enabled. Nor can I send files. I can however participate if someone
invites me....

Any other suggestions?

TIA
Adrian

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Adrian,

ICS is UPnP enabled, so it shouldn't be a problem, you might just need
to
reset the UPnP
ports set in the ICS. To do so, click Start, All Programs,
Accessories,
Communications,
Network Connections. Right click your connection, then click
Properties.
Click the Advanced
Tab, and then click the Settings button. Click each 'msmsgs' or
'msnmsgr'
entry and then
choose 'Delete' to each one. Then close Messenger (right-click the
Messenger icon, choose
Exit), then restart Messenger and try a voice/video conversation
again.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com



pink wrote in message
...
Jonathan,

I run win XP home on my home PC and laptop, with NIS installed the
home
PC.
I have had a problem where I have been unable to initiate video or
voice
chats or to send or receive files.. I thought it was a firewall
problem,
however...

I have now found that if I disable ICS (the XP version) it works
fine,
although obviously this means my laptop can't access the internet.
So
what
do I need to do to let ICS work and still let me initialise video
calls?
I
gather ICS is uPNP compliant so I can't see where the problem is..

ATB
Adrian