RE: HELP WITH MESSENGER

HELLO, IM HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY MESSENGER, IT SHOWS THAT MY EMAIL IS NOT
VERIFIED ON THE SCREEN TO OTHER PEOPLE. IT TELLS ME TO GO TO MY IN BOX ON MY
EMAIL AND I DID BUT NOTHING WAS THERE. I CANT GET IT TO SIGN ME IN OR VERIFIY
MY EMAIL.. I HAVE TRYED EVERYTHING!!! WHAT DO I DO TO GET SIGNED IN????
THANKS THE DAWG

"Michael Taylor" wrote:

> I'm having problems with remote assistance requested from my Mums PC through
> MSN Messenger to my PC.
> She requests assistance, I accept and then nothing happens - I get a message
> saying it is connecting to her computer but it doesn't connect or timeout -
> just sits there until I cancel it.
>
> Her setup is Windows XP Pro with SP2. Windows Firewall is turned on, which
> has the following exceptions ticked (on):
>
> MSN Messenger 7.0
> Remote Assistance
> Remote Assistance - Windows Messenger and Voice
> Remote Desktop
> UPnP Framework
> Windows Messenger
> Windows Netmeeting
>
> Her PC is behind a DLink DSL504 NAT router with UPnP turned on.
> Both PC's have Remote Assistance turned on under the Remote options of
> System in control panel.
>
> My PC is the same setup except it is behind a Zyxel Prestige 652-R11 NAT
> router, also with UPnP turned on, and with the same Windows Firewall
> exceptions as hers. One difference between the two PC's is the version of
> Windows Messenger. Her's is 4.7.3001 and mine is 5.1.0639. Our MSN Messenger
> versions are both at 7.0.0813.
>
> Remote Assistance always used to work until quite recently. The only thing
> thats changed (afaik) is MSN Messenger - we both used to use 6.2 (can't
> remember the build). I installed Windows Messenger 5.1 some time again, but
> remote assistance has worked with it in the past.
>
> One interesting nugget is that it all works if I use my laptop (also behind
> the Xyxel router via a Dlink DWL7000AP access point) to take control
> remotely instead of my PC. The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 8100 with XP SP2,
> MSN Messenger 7.0.0813 and Windows Messenger 4.7.3001.
>
> So are the different versions of Windows Messenger responsible for this
> problem? I need V5 of Windows Messenger as I use this to connect to work
> using SIP.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
> Mike
>
>
>
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