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freeze after sign-in- 1 solution
Just in case this can save someone else some hair-pulling.....
Windows XP OS/ MSN messenger would start up, sign in, then freeze while attempting to load online contacts. Windows messenger would appear to not start, never display anything on the display, yet would be running in the process list. I uninstalled, cleaned registry, re-installed, and basically tried everything to no avail EXCEPT rebooting router. Although I could surf and send/receive email, there was still some confusion (maybe a port problem?) at the router. A simple reboot of the router and all problems went away. Marc |
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Greetings Marc,
Something similar occurred a year or so ago when Linksys broke the UPnP capabilities in one of their router's firmware releases, prompting Messenger to display the behavior you saw. I don't believe what you saw was the same problem (the solution was to simply upgrade the firmware), but more than likely, the router did have a problem (temporary or otherwise), prompting the same effect. Appreciate the feedback =). ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com "marc" wrote in message ... Just in case this can save someone else some hair-pulling..... Windows XP OS/ MSN messenger would start up, sign in, then freeze while attempting to load online contacts. Windows messenger would appear to not start, never display anything on the display, yet would be running in the process list. I uninstalled, cleaned registry, re-installed, and basically tried everything to no avail EXCEPT rebooting router. Although I could surf and send/receive email, there was still some confusion (maybe a port problem?) at the router. A simple reboot of the router and all problems went away. Marc |
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