I can't down load Yahoo IM on my PC. It will not allow me to change the Internet connection from Dialup?
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If you can't download Yahoo IM, your computer is protected from downloads. You are not the administrator for the computer. If you are not administrator, you will not beable to setup a new network connection for your computer. Sorry.
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Hi \n\nOk first , check you have internet connecion do this by going start , then RUN , and type CMD , this will open a DOS windows , in it type , ping www.yahoo.com , if after you hit enter it says REPLY FROM  it means you have internet coneection , it is says REQUEST TIMEOUT then you dont have intenet connection. Now verify that in the firewall setting you have given permission to the IE to go to the internet if not then enable it ok . If you have anyother problems please let me know ok
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◙ yahoo works perfectly everytime i go to use it. turn off your computer and restart it. this fixes many many offline and online computer problems.
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Well, your Instant Messenger (IM) will use whichever internet connection is available. You just need to get online (dialup or broadband) and your IM will use the Windows "registered/available/defined" working internet connection.
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open the command prompt in ur computer & just give the thing that i've given in quotes when ur PC is connected to internet \n" ping www.yahoo.com " \n\nthen ur computer searches for the URL in the web & gets yahoo's IP & then sends the data packets to the yahoo server.. if the server is busy then sometimes it wont respond....but while trying for a while it works....
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no matter how you change modems it will not stop you from getting on im. it must be some other problem.
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try this if it still doesn't work contact yahoo.\nIf Yahoo! Messenger is unable to connect to our servers, one of the following may occur:\nYour software may display a message that says it can't connect.\nThe yellow "Connecting" light might last for a long time.\nThe light may stay grey and say "Not Connected."\nFirst, check your email or surf web sites to see if you are connected to your ISP (Internet Service Provider). \n\nNext, make sure you have Microsoft's Internet Explorer version 4.1 or above installed on your machine. If you use Netscape as your browser, you don't have to switch to Internet Explorer or even run Explorer. In order to update your system files, you just have to install Internet Explorer. Yahoo! Messenger uses files from Internet Explorer to run. You can download version 5.5 from: \n\n   http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.htm \n\nAll of the above conditions indicate a connection problem, not a problem with your Yahoo! ID or password. (If you receive an Invalid Login error message, there is a problem with your ID or password.) \n\nIf you receive a message that says "You have been logged of as you have logged in on a different machine," this means that you have logged onto the Java Messenger while you were running the Windows Messenger, or vice versa. \n\nIf Messenger was able to connect before, but has suddenly stopped, we may be having temporary server problems. These types of problems are usually resolved in a matter of hours.\n\nIf the problem persists, your Messenger connection information may be incorrect. \n\nIf Messenger has never been able to connect, try this: \n\nOpen the Login menu in Messenger. \nClick on Preferences, then click on the Connection tab. \nClick on No network detection, then hit the OK button at the bottom. \nMessenger will ask you if you want to try to log on with your new proxy settings. Click the Yes button. \nWhen prompted, enter your ID and password, then hit the Login button.\nIf that doesn't work, follow these steps:\nOpen the Login menu in Messenger. \nClick on Preferences, then click on the Connection tab. \nClick on Firewall with no proxies, then hit the OK button at the bottom. \nMessenger will ask you if you want to try to log on with your new proxy settings. Click the Yes button. \nWhen prompted, enter your ID and password, then hit the Login button.\nThe above configuration will work in almost any situation. However, if you connect in this way, you won't be able to use the voice chat feature.\n\n\nIf neither of the above options work, you're probably behind a firewall or proxy server that requires you to enter its address. Follow these steps:\n\nOpen the Login menu in Messenger. \nClick on Preferences, then click on the Connection tab. \nClick on Use proxies. Here you can enter your firewall and/or proxy server's address and port number. Contact your network administrator (if you're at work), or your Internet Service Provider (if you're at home) to determine the correct firewall and proxy settings.\nNote: If Messenger crashes and you can't connect, please read our Messenger Crash help section.
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either there's something wrong with yer internet provider or your internet's not set up.. that happened to me once, for a long perioud of time my ym wouldnt open.. my bro deleted all of our yahoo! tools then dowloaded again.. it worked! :)
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Yahoo switched off their Java chat, so now you have to use Messenger to connect.\n\nhttp://chat.yahoo.com\n\nWith the change, their servers are probably overloaded.  Hopefully, the problems get sorted out soon.
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dial up is too slow. get yahoo dsl for a couple bucks more than dial up and then you can use any voip plan out there.
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simple straight answer, would be,\n\nto just uninstall the yahoo and then install the latest version, in case you were not doing that.\n\nthis would be true for any software on a computer if its not loading properly.
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Hi... i had a problem with the install, it kept failing at the connection stage, i found that my old dial-up connection was still set as the default connection, so i set talk talk to default connection and it worked.\n\nLimbo
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Sometimes yahoo slows down. \nTry turning off computer. Then turn off modem and router. \nTurn on modem, wait 30 seconds. Turn on router, wait 30 seconds. \nTurn on computer, enjoy!\nIf still a problem with all webpages check out your internet service provider. If its just yahoo, go to yahoo help.
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Please reinstall yahoo messenger. If ur using it in college, u need to put relevant http connection settings. U can get it from the college IT staff. Redefine the connection settings properly.
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You can't really "speed up" dialup. or any connection for that matter.\nAs for your browser, try running windows update, or update whichever OS you use.
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I think you might have personal firewall other then window xp firewall. You can set the exception port but don't know the number Check it out in yahoo.
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Please specify what error message you are facing?  Are you able to surf the Internet otherwise?  \n\nCheck whether you don't have the firewall blocking Yahoo.  To connect to Yahoo without the proxies or firewalls, go to Messenger>Preferences>Connection and selct the option with No Proxies.  I hope that helps.  If it doesn't uninstall the software complete and download and install it from messenger.yahoo.com