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Originally posted by Skitz
when some1 sends me file, i click accept, then the attached pic message pops up.

ne1 know wot it means?

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Open MSN Messenger
Click Tools > Click Options > Click Messages
Under where it says File Transfers you will want it to say the following.
C:\Documents and Settings\%UserName%\My Documents\My Received Files

If it doesn't open your My Documents folder and Create a folder with the name My Recieved Files and try that. If it does exist try Right Clicking the folder and selecting Properties and taking the check mark out of Read Only if there is one.

that dun work either. stupid msn......

thx

This may be a little different than any other suggestion so far but:
1) Have you installed all of the Windows Update updates?
2) Do you have an Anti-Virus, if so, what one? (e.g. Norton, McAffee, etc.)
3) If you have an AV, have you done a full system scan?
4) Have you done an ad/spyware scan using Adaware, Spybot, or another similar program?

i dun have ALL windows updates, but all necessary ones. i dun update outlook program n stuff cos i dun use it.

yes i have norton AV n firewall. i did full scan last wk.

i used to have spybot, but i think that was the reason msn started not showin pics n not being able to send/receive files

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Originally posted by Skitz
i used to have spybot, but i think that was the reason msn started not showin pics n not being able to send/receive files

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I don't think so...

Did you try the clean reinstall I suggested??

okay...

which one is the clean reinstall?

thx

oh, yup yup, i tried that when u posted like last wk or woteva. it didnt fix it.

do u know if the msn come out wif newer version, would it fix it? cos im thinkin somethin is up wif the hd. cos i cant seem to connect to kazaa/winmx either

skitz, the problem with you is that u can't set up a direct connection to transfer the display pictures. I get this too sometimes but it gets fixed later automatically; I presume it has something to do with either you or your contact being unable to host. (Set up a connection). Normally the msn messenger hotmail server should host instead then, but there's some very odd things going on there. I don't see any logic in the protocol anymore; sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Bottom line is; make sure your pc can host and you'll probably fix your problems.

Now, since you said the problem just occured, it might be reasonable to assume that you have a worm / trojan / virus / .. running on your pc which prevents it from making proper connections. Check your machine first, I'd advice 'The Cleaner' from 'Moosoft' :
<a href="http://www.moosoft.com/products/cleaner/download/">get it here</a>

If that doesn't resolve your problem; then you will need to investigate deeper into your network settings. If you have a router, firewall (hardware (a box) or software (a program)), gateway, proxy, .. you will need to try and configure that to allow for it to let your pc host msn connections. These devices are something that's connected between your internet modem and your pc :

INTERNET ===>== MODEM ===>== ROUTER / ... ===>== YOUR PC

if you have a router, you'll need to set it up; if not, then that can't be the cause of your problems. If you need to set it up; you'll need to get it to forward these ports :
IN TCP 6891 - 6900
IN TCP 1863
IN UDP 1863
IN UDP 5190
IN UDP 6901
IN TCP 6901
(IN means, the forward lets data enter your pc over the given port. TCP means the data uses the TCP protocol; just like UDP...)

Good luck.

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You said you can't connect to kazaa / winmx etc either ? Then yes, something is definately wrong with your connection. If not a virus, then you'll need to forward more ports (these only allow msn messenger to establish connections to people properly; not kazaa etc.) I don't know the port numbers for kazaa; just do a google search for "forward ports kazaa" or something like that.

wow... thx for that, but i dun know much bout wot u said. i just use comp.. dun know mcuh else lolll

how do i know wot ports r open? n how do i open more?