Using MSN Messenger over ICS

Messanger >> Using MSN Messenger over ICS I have 2 XP machines - the main one connected to the internet (A), and
linked to the other one (B) through a crossover cable.
The problem is, I can't connect to Messenger on B. UPnP is automatically
enabled on both machines.

This is the first time I've ever networked 2 computers together, and AFAIK
everything else internet-related works from B (web browsing etc).

I've tried running a Socks 5 proxy on A, and setting Messenger up on B to
accept that - and it gives me a success message when I press the "Test
Connection" button (in options, connection), however it still doesn't
connect, giving me the general error.. "We were unable to sign you into .NET
Messenger service, blah blah.... error code 0x81000301"

Can anyone advise as to how to make it work?

TIA!
Rachel

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http://webmessenger.msn.com

it will let u sign into msn messenger using only ur
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>-----Original Message-----
>I have 2 XP machines - the main one connected to the
internet (A), and
>linked to the other one (B) through a crossover cable.
>The problem is, I can't connect to Messenger on B. UPnP
is automatically
>enabled on both machines.
>
>This is the first time I've ever networked 2 computers
together, and AFAIK
>everything else internet-related works from B (web
browsing etc).
>
>I've tried running a Socks 5 proxy on A, and setting
Messenger up on B to
>accept that - and it gives me a success message when I
press the "Test
>Connection" button (in options, connection), however it
still doesn't
>connect, giving me the general error.. "We were unable to
sign you into .NET
>Messenger service, blah blah.... error code 0x81000301"
>
>Can anyone advise as to how to make it work?
>
>TIA!
>Rachel
>
>
>.
>

Messanger >> Using MSN Messenger over ICS
"Rachel" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
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>I have 2 XP machines - the main one connected to the internet (A), and
> linked to the other one (B) through a crossover cable.
> The problem is, I can't connect to Messenger on B. UPnP is automatically
> enabled on both machines.
>
> This is the first time I've ever networked 2 computers together, and AFAIK
> everything else internet-related works from B (web browsing etc).
>
> I've tried running a Socks 5 proxy on A, and setting Messenger up on B to
> accept that - and it gives me a success message when I press the "Test
> Connection" button (in options, connection), however it still doesn't
> connect, giving me the general error.. "We were unable to sign you into
> .NET
> Messenger service, blah blah.... error code 0x81000301"
>
> Can anyone advise as to how to make it work?
>
> TIA!
> Rachel
>
>

Are you using Internet Connection Sharing?
You may have configured the client improperly.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/learnmore/ics.mspx
XP has a wizard. I once made a mistake and configured both as hosts.
I mention this because you have probably tried more common solutions.

Regards,
Stephen

Messanger >> Using MSN Messenger over ICS
"Rachel" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:7nPUc.1278$EMail@HideDomain.com...
>I have 2 XP machines - the main one connected to the internet (A), and
> linked to the other one (B) through a crossover cable.
> The problem is, I can't connect to Messenger on B. UPnP is automatically
> enabled on both machines.
>
> This is the first time I've ever networked 2 computers together, and AFAIK
> everything else internet-related works from B (web browsing etc).
>
> I've tried running a Socks 5 proxy on A, and setting Messenger up on B to
> accept that - and it gives me a success message when I press the "Test
> Connection" button (in options, connection), however it still doesn't
> connect, giving me the general error.. "We were unable to sign you into
> .NET
> Messenger service, blah blah.... error code 0x81000301"
>
> Can anyone advise as to how to make it work?
>
> TIA!
> Rachel
>

I finally switched to the AnalogX proxy server, it is free.
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/proxy.htm

"Do you have several machines on a network, but only one connection to the
internet? Wish you could browse the net from the other machines, just like
you can from the machine that's connected? Then what you're looking for is
called a Proxy Server, and AnalogX has just what you want. AnalogX Proxy is
a small and simple server that allows any other machine on your local
network to route it's requests through a central machine. So what does that
mean in English? Simple, run Proxy on the machine with the internet
connection; configure the other machines to use a proxy (it's very easy,
there's a detailed description in the readme), and voila! You're surfing the
web from any other machine on your network! Supports HTTP (web), HTTPS
(secure web), POP3 (recieve mail), SMTP (send mail), NNTP (newsgroups), FTP
(file transfer), and Socks4/4a and partial Socks5 (no UDP) protocols! It
works great with Internet Explorer, Netscape, AOL, AOL Instant Messenger,
Microsoft Messenger, and many more!"

SH: I haven't tested this recently, it used to work great. When SBC
came out with a $27 dsl package with free dsl modem I upgraded to
a BEFSR41 dsl router which bypasses issues like an ICS client having
UPnP connectivity issues with another ICS client out yonder. A router
is so much easier plus hardware firewall protection rather than ICF.

Regards,
Stephen

Messanger >> Using MSN Messenger over ICS
"Rachel" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:7nPUc.1278$EMail@HideDomain.com...
>I have 2 XP machines - the main one connected to the internet (A), and
> linked to the other one (B) through a crossover cable.
> The problem is, I can't connect to Messenger on B. UPnP is automatically
> enabled on both machines.
>
> This is the first time I've ever networked 2 computers together, and AFAIK
> everything else internet-related works from B (web browsing etc).
>
> I've tried running a Socks 5 proxy on A, and setting Messenger up on B to
> accept that - and it gives me a success message when I press the "Test
> Connection" button (in options, connection), however it still doesn't
> connect, giving me the general error.. "We were unable to sign you into
> .NET
> Messenger service, blah blah.... error code 0x81000301"
>
> Can anyone advise as to how to make it work?
>
> TIA!
> Rachel
>
>

You can't connect at the same time from two compters with
the same passport ID. Did you try getting an alternate ID so
that you could log on with an alias from your second computer?
IIRC, computer A must be on and connected to the internet
in order for B to connect. If you have A set up to automatically
start and login, then if you try to login with the same ID on B,
one will disconnect. I've heard of a utility to fix that. Then there
seems to be some odd behavior from the passport server, too.

Hard to diagnose,
Stephen

Messanger >> Using MSN Messenger over ICS
"Stephen Harris" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Rachel" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
> news:7nPUc.1278$EMail@HideDomain.com...
> >I have 2 XP machines - the main one connected to the internet (A), and
> > linked to the other one (B) through a crossover cable.
> > The problem is, I can't connect to Messenger on B. UPnP is automatically
> > enabled on both machines.
> >
> > This is the first time I've ever networked 2 computers together, and
AFAIK
> > everything else internet-related works from B (web browsing etc).
> >
> > I've tried running a Socks 5 proxy on A, and setting Messenger up on B
to
> > accept that - and it gives me a success message when I press the "Test
> > Connection" button (in options, connection), however it still doesn't
> > connect, giving me the general error.. "We were unable to sign you into
> > .NET
> > Messenger service, blah blah.... error code 0x81000301"
> >
> > Can anyone advise as to how to make it work?
> >
> > TIA!
> > Rachel
> >
>
> I finally switched to the AnalogX proxy server, it is free.
> http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/proxy.htm
>
> "Do you have several machines on a network, but only one connection to the
> internet? Wish you could browse the net from the other machines, just like
> you can from the machine that's connected? Then what you're looking for is
> called a Proxy Server, and AnalogX has just what you want. AnalogX Proxy
is
> a small and simple server that allows any other machine on your local
> network to route it's requests through a central machine. So what does
that
> mean in English? Simple, run Proxy on the machine with the internet
> connection; configure the other machines to use a proxy (it's very easy,
> there's a detailed description in the readme), and voila! You're surfing
the
> web from any other machine on your network! Supports HTTP (web), HTTPS
> (secure web), POP3 (recieve mail), SMTP (send mail), NNTP (newsgroups),
FTP
> (file transfer), and Socks4/4a and partial Socks5 (no UDP) protocols! It
> works great with Internet Explorer, Netscape, AOL, AOL Instant Messenger,
> Microsoft Messenger, and many more!"
>
> SH: I haven't tested this recently, it used to work great. When SBC
> came out with a $27 dsl package with free dsl modem I upgraded to
> a BEFSR41 dsl router which bypasses issues like an ICS client having
> UPnP connectivity issues with another ICS client out yonder. A router
> is so much easier plus hardware firewall protection rather than ICF.
>
> Regards,
> Stephen
>
>
>

Hi Stephen,
That program made it all run fine! Very pleased.
Thank you very much for your help.
Rachel

Messanger >> Using MSN Messenger over ICS
"Rachel" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Stephen Harris" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Rachel" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
>> news:7nPUc.1278$EMail@HideDomain.com...
>> >I have 2 XP machines - the main one connected to the internet (A), and
>> > linked to the other one (B) through a crossover cable.
>> > The problem is, I can't connect to Messenger on B. UPnP is
>> > automatically
>> > enabled on both machines.
>> >
>> > This is the first time I've ever networked 2 computers together, and
> AFAIK
>> > everything else internet-related works from B (web browsing etc).
>> >
>> > I've tried running a Socks 5 proxy on A, and setting Messenger up on B
> to
>> > accept that - and it gives me a success message when I press the "Test
>> > Connection" button (in options, connection), however it still doesn't
>> > connect, giving me the general error.. "We were unable to sign you into
>> > .NET
>> > Messenger service, blah blah.... error code 0x81000301"
>> >
>> > Can anyone advise as to how to make it work?
>> >
>> > TIA!
>> > Rachel
>> >
>>
>> I finally switched to the AnalogX proxy server, it is free.
>> http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/proxy.htm
>>
>> "Do you have several machines on a network, but only one connection to
>> the
>> internet? Wish you could browse the net from the other machines, just
>> like
>> you can from the machine that's connected? Then what you're looking for
>> is
>> called a Proxy Server, and AnalogX has just what you want. AnalogX Proxy
> is
>> a small and simple server that allows any other machine on your local
>> network to route it's requests through a central machine. So what does
> that
>> mean in English? Simple, run Proxy on the machine with the internet
>> connection; configure the other machines to use a proxy (it's very easy,
>> there's a detailed description in the readme), and voila! You're surfing
> the
>> web from any other machine on your network! Supports HTTP (web), HTTPS
>> (secure web), POP3 (recieve mail), SMTP (send mail), NNTP (newsgroups),
> FTP
>> (file transfer), and Socks4/4a and partial Socks5 (no UDP) protocols! It
>> works great with Internet Explorer, Netscape, AOL, AOL Instant Messenger,
>> Microsoft Messenger, and many more!"
>>
>> SH: I haven't tested this recently, it used to work great. When SBC
>> came out with a $27 dsl package with free dsl modem I upgraded to
>> a BEFSR41 dsl router which bypasses issues like an ICS client having
>> UPnP connectivity issues with another ICS client out yonder. A router
>> is so much easier plus hardware firewall protection rather than ICF.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Stephen
>>
>>
>>
>
> Hi Stephen,
> That program made it all run fine! Very pleased.
> Thank you very much for your help.
> Rachel
>
>

You are welcome and I'm pleased to see you are a techy.
Regards,
Stephen