Sweet! Now I know what to do when this happens! Haha! --- Contact info: Skype: parham-d MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com email: parham90 at GMail dot com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Rick Justice'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 8:49 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] The Windows Live messenger saga: continued
> Rick, You're a marvel. I looked at my hosts file, and discovered it only > had > one entry in it, so I thought to myself "I wonder what would happen if I > deleted the hosts file: keeping a copy of course", so I did this, went > into > the Windows Live messenger trouble-shooter, hit repair, and the problem's > fixed! > Cheers > Alex > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Justice > Sent: 04 July 2008 17:32 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] The Windows Live messenger saga: continued > > Hi Alex, > Try this site for more information on the hosts file: > http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm > I performed a search on my system, and came up with the following > location: > C:\WINDOWS\I386 > HTH, > Richard Q. Justice-website owner > www.blind-computing.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 10:50 AM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] The Windows Live messenger saga: continued > > > I think I've eliminated AVG firewall from my Windows Live messenger > problem. I managed to rest all the firewall settings to that I had to > recreate all my firewall rules, and this time definitely opted to allow > Windows Live Messenger to communicate with the internet. Unfortunately it > still doesn't work. However now, sometimes I get a message telling me that > messenger cannot sign in. this provides me with a troubleshoot button, > which > then tells me that there are problems that Messenger can repair. I click > the > repair button, which then tells me that there are items in my .hosts file > do > I want to repair them. Having clicked yes, I still have the same problem > over and over again. Does anybody have any suggestions as to how I can fix > this? I've tried doing a search for my .hosts file, and I can't find it. > Cheers > Alex > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
