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I’ve been searching a lot and nothing seems to be working. When I try to sign into MSN 6.0, it gives me an error message that im behind a firewall or my proxy settings are wrong and to fix it, i can go to my internet explorer. But- im not behind a firewall, and i dont use proxy.(and my computer is at home so there shouldnt be any blockage) I found out that when i open IE>Tools>Internet Options>Connections>LAN settings, that Automatically Detect Settings box shouldnt be checked… and i still get the error message. and Then I also found that in MSN under tools, that the “I use poxy” box shouldnt be checked-which it isnt… so im not really sure what to do? If anyone has any ideas or solutions or websites i can go to for help, all will be appreciated. im running win ME, Use a dial-up connection, and I have MSN 6.0 thank-you
~Nichole~Are you using a router? What kind of connection do you have to the Internet (cable, DSL, dial-up)? Who is your ISP? What operating system are you running (XP Home, 98, etc.)? Are you certain there isn’t a software firewall installed on your computer?
i have Dial-up… whats my isp?? i have Win ME and i am 100% positive i am not behind a firewall and i am at home–not at school or at work or anything! and i dont have a router at all
~nichole~Have you tried downloading again and reinstalling? Sounds like maybe there’s something wrong with your installation.
looked at my settings in ie connections never dial a connection is ticked . lan dosent apply to dial up connection..looking at tools in messenger connections i use aproxy server is not ticked nothing is in this .im going ok..
but even when never dial a connection was checked, it still didnt work right and when it wasnt checked it still didnt work right… i dont know what the problem is! I think im just going to try to re-download it like of what Jeff suggested. thanks for your help!
Jeff: re-downloading it didnt work either 🙁 I dont know what the problem is… but its really annoying!
This is a problem with the Internet Service provider AOL/Time Warner. They are working on it and it should be fixed shortly. Don’t change any of your settings! It will just start working again when Time Warner/AOL figures out what they did wrong.
Unfortunately, I’m in a position where I have to use AOL. I’ve experienced this particular problem a few times before. I’m pretty sure it occurred because AOL cut me off and left the messenger stranded. On reconnecting I found the infamous message and restarting the computer proved to be the solution. However, a couple of days ago nothing I did solved the situation. Thus, I was drawn to drastic (OK, I’m a bit melodromatic…) measures and forcibly uninstalled both AOL 8.0 and MSN Messenger 6 using the ‘Add/Remove Programs’ tool in Control Options. Doing the former (and reinstalling it of course) fixed a pesky side effect of the messenger bug whereby I couldn’t access certain websites (Hotmail itself, Expedia and most of MSN). Seconds ago I managed to reinstall Messenger (from MSN.co.uk) and now it connects fine. PROBLEM SOLVED!!!
I’ll probably come back a few times but I only found these forums through Google in a search for the solution to our little problem. Do as I did and you should be ok, I hope.
I have been having this problem actually just starting yesterday. I started off having browser problems, and MSN 6 telling me about the firewall. I have XP home, but the firewall is not enabled. I called my ISP, and they seemed to fix my browser problems, but now MSN says to check if Im on the internet.
What the hell is up with winfroze now?Well, I didnt fix it… but I re-downloaded it and it doesnt happen so much anymore.usually now it just kicks me out and then i sign back in or reconnect or something and then it works again.. but before i had to restart my computer and that sucked…. its freakin annoying and bugs the crap out of me! and I looked at my boyfriends computer and his settings are the same as mine and he has no problems… so i guess theres nothing really I can do… ttyl!
~Nichole~
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