Voice chating and video

Win me is the problem, horrible OS. Get yourself Win2K...

But on your real problem, when using webcams, voice chat and so forth, almost everything else you use needs to be closed.

If you are not getting a picture, maybe your netmeeting is open?

If not, check your chat settings, you've missed something.

I assume that you are using MSN 6 Webcam app and also using a USB webcam.

Goto Tools->Webcam Settings in MSN 6 and check if the camera is working over there. If it is then I believe your internet connection is the problem. If it isn't then I suggest you uninstall the camera software and restart the computer then re-install the software. Make sure the twain32 is installed. Sometimes webcams come with software cd which contains programs and all of them have to be installed otherwise it won't work.

If it still doesn't work then consider changing your internet connection. If you are using a proxy then the proxy might not be enabled to allow the specific traffic. Check in with your ISP to find out if there is a problem with their server.

Hope this is helpful.

All the above is good. Another area to check is if you have a personal firewall make sure that the ports that your web chat program / service use are opened in the firewall. This can vary from program to program