yahoo msgr not connecting

30 Dec 2006 6:28 PM

n/w novice

Hi,

Recently had a virus attack on my system, i disabled everthing other
than microsoft in the startup..my sytem is working fine .... but the
new issue is that i am not able to connect to yahoo msgr, gtalk etc....

What could be the problem

i am using dell - laptop latitude d505
XP operationg system.

Please help!

TIA

Ravi

30 Dec 2006 7:28 PM

Chuck

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On 30 Dec 2006 10:28:19 -0800, "n/w novice" <ravi.sharma.sa***@gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Recently had a virus attack on my system, i disabled everthing other
>than microsoft in the startup..my sytem is working fine .... but the
>new issue is that i am not able to connect to yahoo msgr, gtalk etc....
>
>What could be the problem
>
>i am using dell - laptop latitude d505
>XP operationg system.
>
>Please help!
>
>TIA
>
>Ravi

Ravi,

If you just removed malware, I'd check for LSP / Winsock corruption. Be
persistent here.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html

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Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
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