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January 21, 2007 at 11:17 pm #23727EmmalinaMember
I know you guys hate it when people ask questions that have already been answered, but I’ve had a look around the forum and haven’t seen anyone else mention this – sorry if I’ve missed something though!
I just updated Yahoo to 8.1, and now it’s signing me out at least once every 10 minutes, particularly when someone messages me. All of my other messengers are fine, and my connection is also okay (I’ve checked to see that it’s not timing out when Yahoo disconnects).
Is anyone else having this problem or have any suggestions/solutions?
January 22, 2007 at 3:51 am #147307mfenechMemberAlthough there may be a known explanation for your specific problem, I would suggest you do the following:
1. Download the attached YRemover tool, courtesy of BBB resident expert Dermot. This flushes out all remnants of YM on your PC, including all registry entries. You don’t need to uninstall Messenger – just run it once (takes about 20 sec to complete), restart the PC, then run it again. Save the YRemover tool for future use.
2. Download and install YM 8.1, or go here to get any older version you prefer: Yahoo! Messenger at filehippo.com (If you do get an older version, you can delete the yupdater.exe file from program files/yahoo so you won’t see the update reminder every time you log in.)
3. Report back here if your problem continues.
I seem to spend more time on Yahoo helping people with PC and Messenger issues these days. I’m convinced a lot of Messenger problems out there result from users constantly going back and forth between versions every time something goes wrong. This results in conflicts in the registry, which Messenger doesn’t handle very gracefully, to say the least. A clean flush of YM and reinstall should eliminate it from being the problem. Good luck.
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