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No yahoo for me!

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by nfbtom

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Hi guys quick question incase anybody knows I have fresh install winxp pro completely updated through winupdate, eveythings fine but Yahoo launch, i have 2mbs cable internet my girlfriend likes to watch music videos on yahoo launch but every time try and watch video IE becomes unresponsive "freezes" no video hear music sometimes, have tried everything from turning off firewall to changing media player network settings to yahoo's reccomendations (just http), media player works when other sites accessed, realplayer works on all its sites, yahoo has best selection of videos, but doesnt frickin work, used to work fine before the xp install, any ideas?

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by jamuna_soma

You install music match 6.7 & you have music sites to open, no chaning media player &n countous play.

by alpha-male

This is just a shot in the dark as I haven't tried watching videos on Yahoo...

Are these in any way Java enabled (or run with java scripts)?

With the squabbling between Sun and MS, XP does not include a Java Virtual Machine and it is no longer offered by MS on their site. You can download it directly from Sun however at:

http://java.sun.com/getjava/download.html

I may be totally off base here, but it's one internet related issue that could break when you moved to XP...and if they launch them etc with java, then that could be tripping you up.

Good luck!

by jimbalaia

I had problems with yahoo IM windows not opening correctly. I found out from another source that version Yahoo Messenger 5.5 has problems. Go to http://www.mobile-nut.co.uk/ver5-0.html and download and install yahoo 5.0 to see if that helps. when i uninstalled 5.5 and installed 5.0 everything worked once more.

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