RE: Display Pictures and Personal Messages

I also am having the same trouble and I also am using Zone Alarm. After
reading your post I shut down Zone Alarm and then the display images worked
just fine. Then I left MSN messenger running and started Zone Alarm back up
and now I can see the display Images ok.

"Alex_Kara151" wrote:

> Hi, I'm using Live Messenger 8.1 BETA, and everytime I sign in, I cannot see
> my contacts' display images, nor can they see mine. Their personal messages
> never refresh also, so I hadn't realised that some were over 2 weeks old.
>
> I am using Zone Alarm Internet Security Suite, and everything is configured
> correctly to allow Messenger full access. I noticed that if I exit Zone
> Alarm, everything works fine, I can see everything, but I don't want to leave
> my computer unsecure. I've tried everything, from disabling IM security, to
> dropping the firewall but it won't work still.
>
> For some reason, ZA is not updating and I can't get into their website..
> Thought you guys might be able to help.

Greetings,

There's some more complicated fixes but that's the quickest one; ZoneAlarm and Messenger
really don't get along very well.

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"rhayes" <> wrote in message
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>I also am having the same trouble and I also am using Zone Alarm. After
> reading your post I shut down Zone Alarm and then the display images worked
> just fine. Then I left MSN messenger running and started Zone Alarm back up
> and now I can see the display Images ok.
>
> "Alex_Kara151" wrote:
>
>> Hi, I'm using Live Messenger 8.1 BETA, and everytime I sign in, I cannot see
>> my contacts' display images, nor can they see mine. Their personal messages
>> never refresh also, so I hadn't realised that some were over 2 weeks old.
>>
>> I am using Zone Alarm Internet Security Suite, and everything is configured
>> correctly to allow Messenger full access. I noticed that if I exit Zone
>> Alarm, everything works fine, I can see everything, but I don't want to leave
>> my computer unsecure. I've tried everything, from disabling IM security, to
>> dropping the firewall but it won't work still.
>>
>> For some reason, ZA is not updating and I can't get into their website..
>> Thought you guys might be able to help.