MSN-messanger-unable to connect

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Registered: 04-24-2003
MSN-messanger-unable to connect
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Fri, 11-12-2004 - 10:09pm
hello to all of you,hope somebody would be able to help me.I've changed computers and have somebody help me with the change.I have hot mail and messanger for the last 4 years,but on the new computer which is running XP impossible to connect to messanger.i could use the hot mail but it will not accept the password when i got to messanger.i tried to uninstall and re-download to no prevail.Am I doing something wrong?

Also my grankids play a lot on the computer, and somehow they succede to move all tool bar instead on the bottom of the screen,now everything is on the right side,and I'm not able to move it down back, not by druging,or any other manuvers of the mouse from the corner,or to move down with the arrow.

any help would really make me very happy

thanks

nana

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sat, 11-13-2004 - 9:54am

Well, first, right click on your task bar and if there is a check beside "lock the Taskbar" uncheck it and move it back down where you want it then right click on it and lock it again. That should fix that.


In XP it is easy to set up a user for the grandkids then that is the only area they can get into and you can set it so they can't get into things that they shouldn't. I hope the kids are little otherwise if they are a little older they already know more than you do........lol.............


Could they have signed into Messenger with another name? That would keep yours from being accepted. Clearing all the cookies might help and the temp files. MSN messenger has from what I have read been having some issues but really it is just MSN I think. I am not recieving my MSN groups weekly newsletters and the groups report strange things going on.


 


Have a nice day !.
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Registered: 04-24-2003
Mon, 11-15-2004 - 11:00pm
janet,thank you so much, you always take the extra step to keep old age floating.
with the messanger,i found a way to open it,so i made a short curt, but for the task bar ,no chance impossile to move back horizontally, it wiil stay only vertically at the right of my screen.so i gues i have to get used to used it as such.
thanks any way.
nana in montreal
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Tue, 11-16-2004 - 2:39pm

That darned taskbar...... here is some more information......still don't know why you can't drag that thing back to where it belongs....


http://www.coolnerds.com/XP/Taskbar/xpTaskbar.htm


Janet


 


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Registered: 04-24-2003
Tue, 11-16-2004 - 8:58pm
Janet you have the biggest HUG. I fixed it in seconds.you cannot imagine how anoying was to see all the icons vertically. hats off to you. how do you get to know where is everything available. Thats why, even if you dont have any questions for HELP, I always make a point to spone some time on this board.you're great.good nite and thanks
nana in montreal
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 11-17-2004 - 1:42pm

If I would have had Google when I was a kid I would be a doctor or something now and very rich.....lol.....


I don't know everything, but I don't mind looking things up. So here is my secret......( and knowledge isn't worth much unless you share it...)


 


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Wed, 11-17-2004 - 4:39pm
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 11-18-2004 - 11:52am

That could be I know that I am not recieving the group newsletters and others have been talking about things going on at MSN....guess we will have to wait and see. I have never downloaded AIM or ICQ but have friends that won't use anything else so I just got an account with them and downloaded Trillian and can talk to them all without having all the IMs downloaded.


If you happen to tune in when there are a lot of friends on it gets hectic but we can all talk at the same times which confuses me.....lol.....I am a slow typer and it can get wild sometimes.......lol.....especially when I get my grands on there and they type IM and I just use words .....I have to try and figure out what they are saying before I can even answer......lol.........Janet


 


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Registered: 10-01-2002
Thu, 11-18-2004 - 2:27pm

What is the ICQ

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 11-18-2004 - 8:19pm

ICQ is one of the older IMs. http://www.icq.com/


 


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Registered: 03-19-2003
Fri, 11-19-2004 - 1:51pm

This happens a lot, someone asks a question and sure enough if not the same day shortly there after the answer comes in a newsletter.....I got this in a newsletter this morning.......


http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6122-0.html?forumID=7&threadID=46126&messageID=546058


Janet


 


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