Re: MSN Video doesn't work

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From: FrankV (FrankV_at_anonymous.address)
Date: 07/04/04 

Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 00:41:18 GMT

OK. I'll try it.

Frank

"Xray" <Xray@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:ezZp9QSYEHA.2500@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Frank,
> Well, I got it working. It's caused by Norton. Early on, I tried
> disabling the Personal Firewall, but it didn't do anything for me. I ran
> "msconfig" and unchecked the three Symantec items and rebooted. It worked
> fine. Then I rechecked them one at a time and rebooted. The last one I
> checked was the "ccApp" one that actually loads the program Norton System
> Works and Personal Firewall. Then I disabled NPF and the MSN Video started
> working. I can even reenable it after it first starts and it continues to
> work. You might find success here. Also, in the support email I got back
> from Microsoft, it mentioned opening Port 80 for streaming video. I
haven't
> tried that yet, but I'm going to.
> Hope this helps. Let me know.
> John
> "FrankV" <FrankV@anonymous.address> wrote in message
> news:z8AFc.6424$zn2.2637@nwrdny03.gnilink.net...
> > That MSN Video never worked correctly. I just downloaded it again. I do
> this
> > every few months in case their is a newer version. Tried it and it was
> > worse than the last time.
> > I don't get error messages but it has a tendency to just hang and has to
> be
> > aborted. Also this last time it dragged down the computer so bad I had
to
> > get rid of it. Just the uninstall put my computer back to normal
response.
> >
> > I used Spybot, Adaware, PestPatrol, Hijack This and Bazooka Scanner and
> none
> > found anything. Also have Norton running.
> >
> > Frank
> >
> >
> > "Xray" <Xray@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:e6$QxuJYEHA.3516@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi again,
> > > Since I first posted this problem, I've emailed MSN support, but
got
> a
> > > canned response back to check some things. They were in order.
> > > What I see is "error on page" when loading MSN Video. The details
> show
> > > "object expected" and also "playlist undefined" or "player control
> > > undefined". I've reinstalled Media Player, which was one of the
things
> to
> > > do. I have run Spybot and Adaware and I am running Norton SystemWorks
> and
> > > Norton Personal Firewall with popups and ad blocking disabled.
> > > Anybody have any problems like this. It use to be ok until about 2
> or
> > 3
> > > weeks ago.
> > > Thanks,
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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