You know... usually my first question is "What version of YM are you using?" but since you mentioned YM 9 in your initial post, I figured you knew that part. Apparently, you had an earlier version of YM 9. Many folks do not even know which version they may be using.
For others reading this, the way to find out your exact version is to click on the Help Menu on YM, then click About YM and you will see your exact version. I'm curious though... I thought the latest version of YM 9 worked for either Vista or XP. At one time, when Vista was new, there was a specific version called YM for Vista but that has been phased out. Were you maybe using that version? Now that you have your YM working properly, might I suggest that you follow the section in my article about turning off the Yupdater.exe file (by changing its name). If you don't do this, then Yupdater.exe will constantly phone home to Yahoo!, Inc., and look for updates. Once I have a solid working installation of YM, I DO NOT want Yahoo!, Inc., changing things on me.. possibly mucking up my working version. I still have 8.1x on a couple of my computers and the latest version of YM 9.0x on my Vista Home Premium computer. I have changed the Yupdater.exe file name in each of them. I do monitor the YMessenger Blog for updated versions so that I can update if there is an urgent security issue with one of my versions but that doesn't happen too often where my existing security programs will not stop the security issue anyhow. Nonetheless, I'm glad our brainstorming helped you figure out the problem. Lenny Vasbinder http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and files... https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI Check out how simple and secure it can be to use the Mozy remote backup system. Mozy will back up your most important files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your computer. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Floyd Bowman Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Y!M] RE: it's fixed I got it fixed finally I think I had to find a messenger that was compatable with Vista, but thanks, I got the idea from you! --- On Wed, 7/1/09, LNVTM1 - Lenny Vasbinder <[email protected]> wrote: From: LNVTM1 - Lenny Vasbinder <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [Y!M] My yahoo messenger on Vista can't read my password To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 2:42 AM OK. Since the Yahoo ID and password are working on other Yahoo services, then it's definitely something to do with the installation of YM, not the ID/password. Have you rebooted your computer since this issue started happening? If you haven't, try that (you'd be amazed at how many "issues" are often fixed by rebooting a computer) but if that doesn't work either, then it's probably time to do a new, clean and FULL version install of YM. I have an article on my blog about doing a new, clean and FULL version install of YM for XP but other than the location of the Add/Remove Programs section, now called Programs And Features in Vista, the rest of the instructions are basically the same. Here's the link to my article... http://lennyvasbind er.blogspot. com/2007/ 11/how-i- always-do- clean-instal- ofl- <http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-i-always-do-clean-instal-ofl -> yahoo.html You haven't answered any of the firewall questions but the above uninstall, clean-up and FULL version reinstall should get you a prompt from the firewall, if that was blocking things. Further, the running of CCleaner will also clean out your Temp Internet Files, which will also clean out your cookies folder if you allow it to.. Often, cookies will be the reason for sign-in issues as the cookies are one way that websites remember you. If you do not want to clear out all of your cookies, at least, using CCleaner, go through and remove ALL of the Yahoo related cookies. Make sure you have all of your ID's/passwords remembered or written down if you choose to remove all cookies. There's one other thing you can check, even with YM not signed in, you can access the Messenger Menu and Connection Preferences. Check your Connection Preferences to make sure they are set properly. Lenny Vasbinder http://lennyvasbind er.blogspot. com <http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com> FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and files... https://mozy. com/?ref= SY4ZSI <https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI> Check out how simple and secure it can be to use the Mozy remote backup system. Mozy will back up your most important files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your computer. -----Original Message----- From: Yahoo_Messenger@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:Yahoo_Messenger@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Floyd Bowman Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 5:40 PM To: Yahoo_Messenger@ yahoogroups. com Subject: RE: [Y!M] My yahoo messenger on Vista can't read my password It quit working on this computer, the pc is a Dell, I use wireless internet, it has Vista os on it. It just forgot the password it had known for over two weeks. I changed the password.. I typed in the old yahoo ID and then deleted it with the delete key on my pc. I typed in the new yahoo ID. I typed in the old password and deleted it too with the delete key on my pc, And finally I typed in the new password but it still wouldn't sign on. the yahoo ID and password works fine to get into my groups and the yahoo ID and password works fine to read the mail. I am bewildered! --- On Tue, 6/30/09, LNVTM1 - Lenny Vasbinder <lnv...@gmail. com> wrote: From: LNVTM1 - Lenny Vasbinder <lnv...@gmail. com> Subject: RE: [Y!M] My yahoo messenger on Vista can't read my password To: Yahoo_Messenger@ yahoogroups. com Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 4:57 AM Is this a new install or was it working on this same computer before? Vista has security controls that might be blocking it. Are you using the Vista Windows Firewall or do you have a 3rd party firewall? Have you tried checking email or any other Yahoo services with the user ID and password to make sure they are working? Lenny Vasbinder http://lennyvasbind er.blogspot. com <http://lennyvasbind er.blogspot. com <http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com> > FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and files... https://mozy. com/?ref= SY4ZSI <https://mozy. com/?ref= SY4ZSI <https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI> > Check out how simple and secure it can be to use the Mozy remote backup system. Mozy will back up your most important files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your computer. -----Original Message----- From: Yahoo_Messenger@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:Yahoo_ Messenger@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of justa_mr_e Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 7:35 PM To: Yahoo_Messenger@ yahoogroups. com Subject: [Y!M] My yahoo messenger on Vista can't read my password I can't get on or in to yahoo messenger 9. I've went in and changed the password twice today. Then I read somewhere that I needed to highlight my user name and hit the delete key on my pc, retype my yahoo ID and do the same with the password. I have done all of that and still can't get into messenger. CAN ANYONE IN HERE HELP ME?????
