i downloaded yahoo messenger but cant get it to work, not sure what is going on. can someone give me step by step instructions please
2006-08-09 02:57:45 · 8 answers · asked by bender 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
firewall disable it and try it again if it works. trun it on and add the messsenger to the trusted program list of the firewall
2006-08-09 03:01:21 · answer #1 · answered by ammar345 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo Messenger 8.0 only works with Windows XP and if you're trying to use voice with others, they need 8.0, too, or you must open a conference to voice.
If you've downloaded according to Yahoo's instructions, not much else to do. Delete it from puter and download again. I'd recommend choosing version 7.5 instead. Have a brand new Fujitsu Siemens laptop with all bells and whistles, and even if 8.0 works, it screws up frequently. 7.5 doesn't.
2006-08-09 03:06:07 · answer #2 · answered by Paul 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should have the icon on your desktop, double click on this, it can take some time to load, depends on servers and people wanting to use it. Then it should come up asking for you to type in your loginid this is the same as you use to sign in on here or to access your Yahoo mailbox, just put in the log in name and your password and click on sign in, then wait a minute or two and it will open and you will see if anyone has sent invites etc
2006-08-09 03:04:19 · answer #3 · answered by SunnyDays 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen a lot of question recently about messenger not working. I use Trillian and have not had any problems people are experiencing.
2006-08-09 03:01:39 · answer #4 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had problems with it. on the page where you sign in click on messenger at the top of page. then click connection preferences then try both "no proxies" and "firewall with no proxies". see which one works for you
2006-08-09 03:03:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it wont connect click the preferences tab and go to connection and tick the no proxies tab and try again
2006-08-09 03:02:02 · answer #6 · answered by . 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uninstall messenger and then reinstall
2006-08-12 22:26:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you have firewall protection on your pc?
2006-08-09 03:07:59 · answer #8 · answered by Angi A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋