David Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Problems with msn/hotmail/other email on my computer...right, my computer seems to be currently borked, it wont let me sign on to msn, and when i have tried accessing hotmail, it lets me tye in my address/password then when i hit enter it gives me a page not available, and when i have tried to get onto my uni email, it gives me the same thing when i try and get to the logon pageany ideas whats wrong and how to fix it?David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseyBoi Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Step Away From The Computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 my friend had similar problems, he used firefox and it was sortedhttp://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jin_Ling Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 The same thing is happing to me, its bloody annoying!! I can sign onto msn, but it won't let me on to hotmail. grrrrr! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trippinoneastereggs Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 it did that to me a while back, but it was a problem with hotmail and it was sorted within 24 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 The same thing is happing to me' date=' its bloody annoying!! I can sign onto msn, but it won't let me on to hotmail. grrrrr![/quote']ah, msn wont let me on either, as soon as i click connect it gives me the window asking if i want to troubleshoot...i will try and see if it works any better in firefox (which my brother uses)David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 update: no luck on firefox either, still getting an error message (connection refused)any ideas?David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Wait? Might just be a temporary thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest onlynik Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 http://status.messenger.msn.com/Status.aspx?mkt=en-us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 all systems stable and running according to msnplus the fact that it let me on fine at uni, and nobody else seems to be having bother kinda leads me to it being something with my computer...David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 MSN is not working..fact. I cant get on either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HateEvent Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Mine is fine. Granted, my computer is shit and randomly crashes, but my MSN never ever acts up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth_groover Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 I've been using MSN for a good few years and not once has it fucked up on me! Well, not that I can remember anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 i've been having similar problems with mine. bah, its shat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 msn tells me my default gateway seems to be offline? anyone know what this actually means?its not just msn though, trying to access university email does the same thing (aim works though)David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeker Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 pretty sure i've seen this befiore - its security stuff with XP sp2.... Try turning off the firewall with SP2 and see how you get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest five years Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 had the same problem, it's something to do with firewalls, get mozilla. it's a) better and means you don't have to have a million explorer windows open at the bottom because of the tabs system and b) means msn will work no worries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 had the same problem' date=' it's something to do with firewalls, get mozilla. it's a) better and means you don't have to have a million explorer windows open at the bottom because of the tabs system and b) means msn will work no worries.[/quote']i tried in firefox with no luck, msn dosent run in a browser either thoughanyone able to tell me exactly how i check the sp2 firewall? though i dont think it would be that, as i dont think sp2 was recently installed (if it was installed it would have been done via the automatic installer, which would have installed it a long time ago when it was new)the other idea my friend has is that i have a virus/worm which means it will have gotten past norton so that wont be able to find it, anyone able to point me in the direction of a decent free viruschecker i can check the computer with?David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeker Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 www.antivirus.com has a free "homecall" virus checker for your pc. download n run.Sp2 - control panel -> windows firewall -> turn it off and check hotmail again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 there is no firewall option on the control panel... (sp2 should have been installed ages ago though)i tried downloading avg antivirus software, ran it and found nothing, but the software needs the virus database updated, problem being when i go to update it, it wont connect (same as msn)anyone know if i can download the update patch seperately, then update avg?David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeker Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 there is no firewall option on the control panel... (sp2 should have been installed ages ago though)i tried downloading avg antivirus software' date=' ran it and found nothing, but the software needs the virus database updated, problem being when i go to update it, it wont connect (same as msn)anyone know if i can download the update patch seperately, then update avg?David[/quote']right click my computer then select properties - from there it should tell you you have Windows XP, and underneath the service pack revision you have.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 right click my computer then select properties - from there it should tell you you have Windows XP' date=' and underneath the service pack revision you have..[/quote']windows xp, service pack 1so its not the firewall thats killing it...i have tried updating and running avg virus checker, adaware and spybot, which did come up with a couple of things, but nothing that fixed the computerany other ideas?David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest *alex* Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Msn disconnected me like 15minutes ago and won't let me sign back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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