"FINALLY" after a year & a half Messenger works!!!

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (Shell, IE/OE) & Security


....D. wrote:
> Finally Microsoft has gone & fixed MSN Messenger. It made my day.
>
> Since I have been computing for over a year and a half, I have always had
> sound problems with MSN (& Windows) Messenger. Specifically, I could hear
> anyone, but they couldn't hear me. My meter moved when I talked, so that
> part of it was set up correctly. Even back in June 2003 when I bought the
> computer that got me started in computing, for 6 weeks my friend and me
> had sound problems, then mysteriously one day it worked. That last for
> maybe 3 months. He had a modest home network at the time.=. I've ended
> up with one. But it has always been me not being heard - doesn't matter
> what computer I used. And problems going back previously to me using a
> router. I gave up on MSN & went Yahoo all of the way. Forced to really.
> MSN is superior in files transferring - Yahoo has a 5 MB limit I believe,
> So us Yahooers still kept MSN around for files transferring.
>
> Well now today, sending my friend a file, I finally said yet one more time
> "let's try voice again, there was an upgrade.". "Holy guacamole
> batman"!!! Perfect voices both ways!!
>
> Now, I don't want to hear "it was because you were behind a firewall".
> That doesn't cut it - one reason is I went through the port forwarding
> thing & still no luck. Second reason - it shouldn't matter. Never ever
> had a problem with any aspects of Yahoo Messenger. Except direct to
> direct files transfers - firewalls both of us, but still could upload to
> their server somewhere and do it that way. But why do it when MSN
> Messenger is so superior for files transfers anyway. But I know the
> whole design of the Microsoft Messenger programs had a flaw in them &
> voice problems occurred for some poor saps like me...
>
> ...D.
>
> This might open up a whole new world for me... I'm back MS... Maybe a
> little gaming now, and a few other things.