Either messenger knocks out my internet connection as soon as it signs in.
Then I can't use IE7 or anything. I've also tried uTorrent and it does the
same thing. Very strange problem.
"Robert F. Davis" wrote:
> Just bought a DV6226 HP Laptop with Vista Home Premium. All has been great
> with it, except for two things:
>
> 1. Yahoo Messenger - if IE is not opened before I start a chat, then Vista
> thinks Messenger is trying to open IE...endless Loop....so you just have to
> kill IE. Work around is Open IE first. Next version of Messenger will
> hopefully address this.
>
> 2. When I tried to activite Office 2007 trial my product key could not be
> found for some reason....so instead of using the start office trial link on
> desktop i just went to Word directly. From a trial window I got a product
> key from Microsoft online and entered it there so the 60 days trial could
> start.
>
> Overall I've been very impressed with Vista. It does remind me a lot of OS X
> which I've used for years, but University of Phoenix plays better with
> Windows and I like the option of renting music and not paying for one song
> at a time... so I have a Vista machine.
>
> My roomates Dell Inspiron would get kicked from the internet all the
> time....using DLINK wireless...installed Panda Antivirus (Windows Live,
> Norton and McAfee kept crashing) and Panda found stuff the others didnt...no
> more disconnects from the internet. You can tried a free scan with Panda
> online to see if there could be a virus or worm on your computer that the
> others didn't pick up.
>
> ---
>
> Robert
> "Micah" <Micah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news
B3ED9F5-68AA-4F39-9C2E-8094D2CD8FC5@microsoft.com...
> >I don't know what the problem is but whenever I install a program such as
> > Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, or pretty much any program, I
> > lose
> > my internet connection until I uninstall the program and reboot. I have a
> > 3com 3c905c network card. Is anyone else having this problem? Is there
> > anything I can do to fix this problem?
>