Twisted Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 Does anybody know why msn messenger would make my cable modem stop working? It was working today for a little while but now i can't use msn at all cuz it kicks me off the net and then I have to close msn, unplug my modem and plug it back in to reset it just so i can view the net again. I don't understand it cuz my buddy who has the same cable internet doesn't have this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leezard Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 did it work before and just quit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinW Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 So, as long as you are NOT using 'MSN Messenger' -- you can access the Internet and email OK? Obviously, we cannot provide Microsoft support here. A lot depends on which version of Windows and MSN Messenger you are running. I would go to the MSN Messenger newsgroup and ask the question. If you don't have a newsreader program (Outlook Express, etc) - then click here Here's a link to someone with a similar problem: click here And if you think you are alone ... click here -kw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Posted June 18, 2003 Author Share Posted June 18, 2003 Msn works sometimes but when i try it usally have to disable my firewall temp, then try msn then it dumps my connection, so i end up resetting my modem about 4 times before I can actually get it to work & this only works half the time! A little much to do everytime just to use msn services. Yes as long as i am not using msn messenger the internet works fine without problems. I was trying to find support on microsoft but i can't find crap on their site and soon became frustrated and gave up... I run windows XP Pro and the newest version of msn messenger. Thanks for the links. I will see what i can't figure out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Posted June 18, 2003 Author Share Posted June 18, 2003 another note. it doesn't actually freeze. It just temporaly takes my cable modem offline so i can't view any website or anything with closing msn nad reseting the modem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Posted June 18, 2003 Author Share Posted June 18, 2003 I discovered something really weird now with msn... If I connect with dial up it works. then if i close dial up out and connected with cable modem again then msn works but only if i don't restart or close it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Posted June 19, 2003 Author Share Posted June 19, 2003 Ok after 2 days of being severly frustrated and pissed off it seems I finally got it working through a http proxy setting. Note I reformated and that didn't work, then i uninstalled windows messenger and downloaded msn 6.0 and then played with the proxy settings for a bit and now it seems to work now all the time. Good thing to. I was lonely without my little man open on the taskbar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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