Vista - Re: AppHangB1

have you found a resolution to this problem? i am having the same problem
with a clean install of Vista on a new machine.

"Thyren" wrote:

Hi Petakin,

Unfortunately, I still haven't :-(

I requested help from Microsoft official support and after several days of
testings, debugging, deleting of registry keys ... , they kept asking me the
same questions and wanted me to do things I had already done dozens of times,
so I finally gave up, and I use gmail chat instead... with only a couple of
people :-/

I could use webmessenger, but it's really not that good.

If anyone had found a solution for this, I would be thrilled, but it seems
to me that MS can't even figure it out themselves, so it's gonna be tough I
guess...

good luck!



"petakin" wrote:

My specific problem was that Messenger could not sign on--and if it managed
to sign on, the connection was broken. i have FOUND a solution! In Windows
firewall, i opened the TCP ports 443 and 1863. this feature also may use TCP
port 80. This information was on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927847--in
case your problem is different. that page has a list of ports and URLS that
the different messenger features may need.

Hope this helps.

"Thyren" wrote:

Click: All programs

Click: accesories

Click: Run

type: Regedt32.exe

Click: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

Click: SOFTWARE

Click: microsoft

Click: DirectPlayNATHelp

Click: DPNHUPnP

to the right you should see a AB icon followed by (Default).

RIGHT Click: (Default)

Click: modify

type under "Value data": 2

Click: OK

And give it ago, it worked for me so I'm sure it'll work for someone else. If it doesn't then you may need a cuddle, in the mean time use: MSN Web Messenger

hope this helps.