Prob with Yahoo Messenger

corblimey

Not at all sure where this belongs, so mods can move it if necessary.

I have Yahoo Messenger installed, but every week or so, it starts to cause problems. When I try to sign in, it briefly lets me in, then loops back and tries to sign me in again. This happens 15-20 times in a row ("connecting to Yahoo as...welcome to Yahoo... connecting to Yahoo as...") until eventually, it fails completely and I'm logged out of Yahoo.

The only recourse I have is to uninstall YM and reinstall it from the website. This has happened 3 times in the last month - it works flawlessly in between. Searches online have yielded nothing: anyone here got a clue or similar problem?

Tony H

http://www.helpbytes.co.uk/account.php check this out and see if it helps

corblimey

fitzdragon wrote:

http://www.helpbytes.co.uk/account.php check this out and see if it helps

Thanks fitzdragon, but no, no help. As far as I can see, YM is not reporting any problem with my account: it logs in successfully, the little ball thing starts to smile, but then almost immediately, it loops back around to try logging me in again. :mad:

Tom Dunne

Try the Java version, see how you get on. It's on the same website (messenger.yahoo.com I think).

If it still occurs, it may be your network connection, not the actual software.