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      05-10-2007
Scenario:
Not sure if it's relevant or not, but I'm connected to the Internet via
Wireless LAN.

Anytime the Wireless LAN connection is disabled (via disable, or during the
interval where it's disabled via repair), Messenger is responding normally
and I can access dialogs, click "Sign In ..." etc.

Bug:
Anytime the Wireless LAN connection is enabled, Messenger is completely
frozen, with the (Not Responding) ghost window active when I try to do
anything (open dialogs, click "Sign In..." etc.).


Any possible reasons for this, and any suggestions as to how to fix it?
This has only been occurring since Tuesday (just a couple of days ago) -- and
I recall Automatic Updates installing various updates around this timeframe.
I haven't done anything else to the computer to change its state. I'm using
Windows XP Pro, with the latest version of Windows Live Messenger.
 
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      05-12-2007
Just an update on this -- the problem gets fixed whenever I restart the
firewall (turning off the firewall and then turning it back on). However,
everytime I restart the computer I have to go through this same process to
get Messenger unfrozen. Any ideas how to fix this?

"Chris" wrote:

> Scenario:
> Not sure if it's relevant or not, but I'm connected to the Internet via
> Wireless LAN.
>
> Anytime the Wireless LAN connection is disabled (via disable, or during the
> interval where it's disabled via repair), Messenger is responding normally
> and I can access dialogs, click "Sign In ..." etc.
>
> Bug:
> Anytime the Wireless LAN connection is enabled, Messenger is completely
> frozen, with the (Not Responding) ghost window active when I try to do
> anything (open dialogs, click "Sign In..." etc.).
>
>
> Any possible reasons for this, and any suggestions as to how to fix it?
> This has only been occurring since Tuesday (just a couple of days ago) -- and
> I recall Automatic Updates installing various updates around this timeframe.
> I haven't done anything else to the computer to change its state. I'm using
> Windows XP Pro, with the latest version of Windows Live Messenger.

 
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