MSN Messenger & AOL?

Essex-girl_2

Hiya hope someone can help me.

I am trying to set up MSN messenger 7.5 on my daughters pc and my laptop. I have opened a hotmail account and appear to have downloaded the Messenger correctly but everytime we try and sign on it comes up cant sign on saying that it maybe the firewall settings.

I have checked the firewall and it should allow MSN Messenger, myself personally am not bothered but all my daughters friends from school are on it every night so she is feeling really left out.

Any suggestions (in v basic english - am not techy at all) would be much appreciated.

bootcampbilly

I tried installing this too - Gave up in the end

Essex-girl_2

Its not just me then!!

That makes me feel better.

Browntoa

uninstall version 7.5 by using Add/Remove Programs under the control panel and install version 7 from here

http://www.oldapps.com/msn_messenger.htm

it's at the bottom of the page

http://www.oldapps.com/Old%20Apps/msn/msn%20messenger%207.0.exe

the only extra 7.5 has is audio clips

loads of people have this problem with the new version see this old thread

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=170782&highlight=messenger

Essex-girl_2

Many Thanks Browntoa

Have downloaded it - when tried to sign on it advised that the service is busy - perhaps this is normal?

Dont know if I am going mad but was going press your thanks button and is has disappeared!!

MrsTinks

Most likely a firewall issue
If you want ot test then turn off you firewall for a sec then try to connect to msn and if it works then the firewall is the problem if it doesn't work then there is some other problem somewhere
Some firewalls have made the effort to make the firewall rules foryou others well... they couldn't care less

Essex-girl_2

Clicked on the version 7 to download but it then goes on to download and instal version 7.5, also tried turning off firewall but still says service too busy. :eek:

barjam_2

we are on aol and have been for a while and my kids have been using msn 7.5 since roughly about january then all of a sudden a couple of weeks ago it just wouldnt sign in and advice was a firewall problem ....why?..... it had been working fine... so i done as browntoa said and went back to 7.0 and its fine but my kids keep asking to get version 8.0 whats the difference is it any better or is it just the vodafone messenger thing that it has extra?