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More info?)
Jonathan, do you think that maybe all he needs is to
be led to the "Mute" option, which on my system is the
Default setting ("Mute") and I have to manually
uncheck that option every time I start a VideoConference.
I've asked a number of times, and have never been told
how to set it up so that UNmuted is the default option.
Bill Lurie
Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Firstly, make sure both you and your contact have gone through the Audio (and Video) Tuning
> Wizard in Messenger. To do so, open the main Messenger window, click the Tools menu, then
> Audio Tuning Wizard, then go through the wizard to select and test your audio/video devices.
>
> If that's not the case, and if you or your contact are using a router (with UPnP support),
> you may need to remove the current port forwardings. To do so (note this is for Windows XP
> exclusively), click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Communications, Network Connections.
> Right-click the "Internet Gateway" (should be under the Internet Gateway heading) and choose
> Properties. Choose the Settings button, click each 'msmsgs' or 'msnmsgr' entry and then
> choose 'Delete' to each one. Then close Messenger (right-click the Messenger icon, choose
> Exit), then restart Messenger.
>
> Also, you and your contact might try turning off the QoS Packet Scheduler. To do so,
> click Start, then click the Control Panel. If you're in category view click Network and
> Internet connections then click Network Connections. Right click your network/internet
> connection, then click Properties. Uncheck the QoS Packet Scheduler, then reboot and try
> again.
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> "birdynumnum" <birdy@numnum.net> wrote in message news:6IZoe.51$Df.10@read2.cgocable.net...
>
>>Newbies
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>>I want to communicate by voice with a friend using messenger 7. I have configure properly
>>the microphone and speaker. I am able to record my voice using an other program. I am able
>>to listen to music on my speaker, so everything seam ok so far. But I am unable to
>>communicate with my friend by voice.
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>>What do I need to do to solve this problem.
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>>Many thanks
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William B. Lurie