MSN M7 Clubhouse games

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?)

Greetings,

Actually plenty of Norton users have experienced this problem. Try disabling it for a second
and then trying.
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
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"Foo" <Foo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:38245E51-A124-4B20-966C-8DC0DFA8247E@microsoft.com...
> Does anyone know what would cause the games list to NOT appear in MSN
> messenger 7 when you click on the games button? All active X settings in
> explorer are enabled so I dont think its an active X problem.
>
> I am able to chat with my contacts no problem so I dont think its an issue
> with Norton internet security blocking anything.
>
> I click the button and it says 'contacting service'.. then nothing happens.
>
> When this button is clicked, whats going on in Messenger? Does this start
> another program or possabbly have some advertisement element that norton may
> not like? Are there any odd ports other than the normal ones used by
> msnmessenger.exe that might need to be opened when this button is clicked?
>
> thanks.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?)

Jonathan,

Do you know, does clicking that games button perhaps require referrer
information that may be blocked by NIS? If it does, do you know what the site
is so I could try and make a rule for it in NIS?

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Actually plenty of Norton users have experienced this problem. Try disabling it for a second
> and then trying.
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
> "Foo" <Foo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:38245E51-A124-4B20-966C-8DC0DFA8247E@microsoft.com...
> > Does anyone know what would cause the games list to NOT appear in MSN
> > messenger 7 when you click on the games button? All active X settings in
> > explorer are enabled so I dont think its an active X problem.
> >
> > I am able to chat with my contacts no problem so I dont think its an issue
> > with Norton internet security blocking anything.
> >
> > I click the button and it says 'contacting service'.. then nothing happens.
> >
> > When this button is clicked, whats going on in Messenger? Does this start
> > another program or possabbly have some advertisement element that norton may
> > not like? Are there any odd ports other than the normal ones used by
> > msnmessenger.exe that might need to be opened when this button is clicked?
> >
> > thanks.
>
>
>