David

Fred B. wrote:
> David wrote:
>> Fred B. wrote:
>>> JFH wrote:
>>>> Upon getting a new laptop with Vista installed, my Yahoo Instant
>>>> Messenger will only stay connected for about 15 minutes. I then
>>>> get a message that the program has stopped and Windows will let me
>>>> know when a solution is created. (Or something like that.)
>>>>
>>>> Anybody have any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> JFH
>>> Even the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger is basically unstable
>>> with Vista. Voice doesn't work at all as far as I know. I've heard
>>> they're working on a compatible version, but they've been doing that
>>> for almost 2 years, so who knows ...........................
>> that's bull. I use yahoo messenger with voice all the time on
>> Vista. It works fine. as does the webcam, the file transfer, and
>> the photo sharing. I'm on messenger every day and have been, on my
>> vista machine for the last 3 months or so. There must be an
>> incompatible program on your system if you are having issues.
>>
>> Dave
> How did you get it to work. A bunch of us have searched the web for
> solutions to our voice problems with Vista to no avail. We've
> downloaded and installed codecs that were recommended, but have never
> gotten voice working in Yahoo chatrooms.
>
> Any advice appreciated.

One thing is I didnt load all the extra junk that Yahoo wants to add to
your system. there is a custom install whereby you can choose not to
install all the extras. I"m using 8.1.0.249 currently, but I'm positive
that isnt the exact version that i installed a few months ago. Try
doing an uninstall and make sure to run the minimal install. I don't
recall reading about a particular problem with voice with the version
I'm running as I didnt have any trouble. Good luck! I used to have a
lot more trouble with the various versions of messenger that came out
during the last 18 months. right now it works fine. It's the only chat
software I use, so it gets heavy usage (like 5 simultaneous chats, and
frequent conferences). Not bad for a free app, but I must say that in
the past it sure had some irritating issues with stability.

Dave