--- bad internet, bad

[dl65]

Jonathon Bailey.....Does anyone other than yourself use that pc ?
Have you considered removing IE6 and then redowloading it again ?

If you open MSN messenger 6.2 directly from the all programs list instead of from IE.......will just the msn open up and have you tried signing in from there ?

dl65  

[Jonathon Bailey]

yes, ive tried on numerous occasions to open the messenger service by itself, and even uninstalled it all twice and downloaded it twice again...  

[Jonathon Bailey]

my sister uses this computer also, so Im not able to see what all is going on, but I make sure to keep it running good....        there is only one user account on the windows xp

[dl65]

Jonathon Bailey......Ok .....I just had a thought ......if you are certain you do not have any viruses ........let use the system restore and restore your pc back to just before the problems started ......to do this click start / All programs/Accessories/System Tools.....then select system restore  and set it restore to before the problem started .

dl65  

[Jonathon Bailey]

yes, going back to the system restore might fix the problem but I use that as a last ditch effort....  I am an avid computer gamer and would lose some valuable things if that would happen...   im sure you understand.   :-/

[Neil]

Try backing up your savegame files/profiles etc?

[Jonathon Bailey]

since i cannot log into either email or shopping cart site, would i be wrong to say that it is probably something that wont let me enter "secure" sites?  

all of my internet options are on Default...

please help  

[Neil]

That's a good point. Try changing security in the options menu.

[SUPERBUG77]

 ;)Call your ISP- Internet service provider and tell them the problem you or having that you or getting dead links and not Connecting well to cretin sites Hope that helps!

[Jonathon Bailey]

i dont think it's an ISP problem...

for some reason it wont let me get into secure sites... but in my internet options i have SSL enabled

[Jacko_the_Wacko]

Open up Port 433 on your firewall. That's the port that msn uses

Jacko

[Jonathon Bailey]

I dont know much or anything about firewalls and ports, can you please tell me how to do that?

it seems to be not just an msn problem, but email and shopping carts

[Jacko_the_Wacko]

ok jonathan - here is a step by step guide (2000 steps in total)

just kidding...

If you want to activate specific ports, tell me what kind of firewall you are using, what program, ect.

post up

[Jonathon Bailey]

I use the firewall that came when I downloaded the Windows Service Pack 2.  Other than that I dont know the 'name' of the firewall.....   Windows Firewall

[Jonathon Bailey]

   i cant see anywhere that there is a place to open ports