Re: voice doesn't work with ICF and Win Msngr ?

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From: Willi (Willi.1aftc4_at_mail.mcse.ms)
Date: 08/03/04


Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 17:03:51 -0500


Hi Jonathan,

I have Problems running MSN Messenger on Windows XP behind a Windows
Server 2003. Will there be an Update for the Firewall of Windows Server
2003, too?

Sincerly,
Christian Wilhelm

Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
> *Greetings JW,
>
> Actually the ICF works great with Windows Messenger; the ports will
> automatically be opened
> by way of the UPnP support in the ICF.
>
> However, this will only work when you're in an account with
> administrator privileges; limited
> users cannot open ports on the firewall and therefore it won't work.
>
> There have also been more than once instance where this capability
> stops working and various
> ways to "reset". The best thing to do however if it's not working is
> to wait for the Service
> Pack 2 release of Windows XP in the next few weeks which introduces a
> new firewall where a
> lot of Messenger issues have been corrected (for instance, no more
> configuration required for
> file transfer).
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
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> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
>
> "JW" <JustPostYourReply@ToTheNewsGroup.pls> wrote in message
> news:%23pKq7eBbEHA.1356@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Is it true, that nobody can get voice to work, using ICF
> > and Windows Messenger ? Is it true that, the only way to get voice
> to work
> > with Windows Messenger is by shutting down ICF ? If
> > somebody somehow got this to work, what magic did you perform to
> get this to
> > work, without shutting down ICF ? I have never gotten
> > voice to work with ICF and Windows Messenger, but have not stopped
> > scratching my head. ( I am not using a router. I set up the mic
> and
> > speakers using the Wizard. I am not willing to shut down my
> firewall, and
> > fling open my system to every infection on the wild wild web.)
> >
> > I also noticed that 3 different people posted the same problem on
> July 9,
> > July 10, and July 11, and nobody was able to come up with any
> substantive
> > response (something more than sarcasm).
> >
> > *

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Willi
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