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This solution should work for most firewalls, provided the access is not restricted by domain name, and access to regedit is possible.
Click on Start –> Run
Type in “regedit” and then click OK (without the ” )Navigate through the registry editor to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftMSNMessengerSelect the “Server” key, Right click, and select “Modify”
Change the value data to:
gateway.messenger.hotmail.com:80This will connect MSN on port 80, the http port, is working perfectly for me behind a draconian ISP firewall.
Enjoy… 🙂
Just an addendum…
I discovered this after about a month of trying to get MSN to work at my office here, where port 1863 is blocked.
I had tried all sorts of cumbersome alternatives such as SSH tunnels, proxy clients and servers, some of the “web-based” versions (which are all extremely difficult to operate, and very unreliable), even using VNC sessions to my home machine.
This simple fix has saved all of that…
😀 You are a genious! Pray the lord 😡
I had tried all too
Quote:quote:as SSH tunnels, proxy clients and servers, some of the “web-based” versions (which are all extremely difficult to operate, and very unreliable), even using VNC sessions to my home machineBut nothing worked. Error 0x81000363 and 0x8100036f
The simple fix is a miracle 😎
Hmm… am still finding elements of using the gateway.messenger.hotmail.com:80 fix intermittent – it seems to disappear for a few days then come back for a while… sporadic.
It works great for me. Every day 🙂
Maybe you can try other servers. Something like this.
Change the key in:
Code:gateway.messenger.hotmail.com:80;http1.msgr.hotmail.com:80;64.4.13.1:80I don’t know if these servers are good 😡
Hi DrJ… I tried the suggestion but it doesn’t work…
I have a YAHOO chat and it uses proxy . I typed the proxy and it work for YAHOO but It doesn’t for MSN. Can you tell me how can I go around it? or why am I not getting connected to MSN when I can connect to YAHOO?>I tried this solution but then I couldnt connect to MSN so I Had to go back to the original settings in the registry
Hy everyone,
I’m under Win2K and I’m using the latest version of MSN, when I launch regedit and look at the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftMSNMessenger directory I don’t see the “Server” Key … What should I do ?
THank U
Quote:quote:Originally posted by cmaximI’m under Win2K and I’m using the latest version of MSN, when I launch regedit and look at the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftMSNMessenger directory I don’t see the “Server” Key … What should I do ?
You have to update to > MSN Messenger 6.
That is the reason why I can’t use Messenger in NT4, because you can’t install Messenger 6 on NT4. I don’t know how to configurate Messenger 5. Any clues?
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If the gateway.messenger.hotmail.com:80 isn’t working (Tweety, Britarchivist, kisanjo) then it’s probably blocked by your network administrator. He’s smarter then my network admin 🙂
Quote:quote:Originally posted by He-ManIf the gateway.messenger.hotmail.com:80 isn’t working (Tweety, Britarchivist, kisanjo) then it’s probably blocked by your network administrator. He’s smarter then my network admin 🙂
Well this is my own computer no one else uses it and I am the administrator account. but still doesnt work I’m affraid.
If you can’t connect to Messenger on your own pc, you have a different problem and this is not the right topic to post.
– Try turn off your firewall(s) and try to connect.
If is does connect without your firewall, you have to configurate the firewall to give access to Messenger and turn it back on.
If it doesn’t connect, you have to search harder for a firewall or another device which blocks the Messenger ports. :pQuote:quote:Originally posted by He-ManIf you can’t connect to Messenger on your own pc, you have a different problem and this is not the right topic to post.
– Try turn off your firewall(s) and try to connect.
If is does connect without your firewall, you have to configurate the firewall to give access to Messenger and turn it back on.
If it doesn’t connect, you have to search harder for a firewall or another device which blocks the Messenger ports. :pI already posted about on a different thread – thing is I know for a fact it is the firewall causing me problems as when I turn it off I can even use the audio. I’ve tried opening the right ports in the firewall for audio, cam etc but it still doesnt help. I can use the cam with the firewall on but it disconnects often. I never had this problem with the firewall before, it started recently.
Quote:quote:Originally posted by He-ManQuote:quote:Originally posted by cmaximI’m under Win2K and I’m using the latest version of MSN, when I launch regedit and look at the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftMSNMessenger directory I don’t see the “Server” Key … What should I do ?
You have to update to > MSN Messenger 6.
That is the reason why I can’t use Messenger in NT4, because you can’t install Messenger 6 on NT4. I don’t know how to configurate Messenger 5. Any clues?
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If the gateway.messenger.hotmail.com:80 isn’t working (Tweety, Britarchivist, kisanjo) then it’s probably blocked by your network administrator. He’s smarter then my network admin 🙂
I too have win2000, MSN 6.1 , and don’t see the key “Server” ???
my network admin has not disabled it, msn works just fine on my laptop with win 98. also MSN worked just fine on my last pc and that was win2000 also, i just got a different one yesterday…
Any ideas??? please 🙂
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