What's wrong with Yahoo Messenger?

Messenger "9" 1st version was in Beta (testing) form. The newest version is not, But it's not working well either. Stick to 8.1 until they work out the Bugs. Including people using 8.1 trying to message ones with 9 or reverse they are having compatibility problems; like text not showing,pictures not showing. It shuts down on Vista users , not allowing people to log in.Web cams do not always work. Many things do not work or are missing that YM 8.1 has. It Seems for Vista users it is so buggy Yahoo is giving up on it and are no longer trying to fix it. http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2008/...

Download the newest 8.1 here http://download.yahoo.com/dl/msgr8/us/ym...

Use this method: Start,My PC, C drive, open Program files.Next open Yahoo file then Messenger file.Click on UNWISE to Un install messenger 9 completely. Do not just delete yahoo file as this can cause problems with other Yahoo programs.

Your contacts list and messages are stored online and will be there when you return to 8.1 messenger.

Another big problem is with the latest update for Flash Player

Flash player 10 Does have conflicts,and 9's latest update 9.0.124.0 Can have conflicts with Yahoo(very rarely, if you are using it with no problems keep it) and is causing some Yahoo Messenger services to not load.Use the link below for a download of Flash player #9.0.115.0 It should work as it's the latest before 9.0.124.0 . You have to remove the present flash player,add/remove programs in control panel, then download the older version.

http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads...

Some people are losing signal,things fade out, freezing up or getting disconnected . This can be caused my running low on virtual memory! You can increase your memory by going to start button, settings, control panel, system, advance tab, performance, advance tab, virtual memory, change it, make it 1500 kb or higher, In both boxes, click apply then ok .

More help can be found here; http://www.freecreed.com/userid.html...

I've been having this problem some time ago in the past. The way it worked best for me was to install Yahoo Messenger while you have Firefox (for example as default browser then update it. So far I haven't had any problems that most are experiencing with the latest 9.0.0.218 updated version), is to Install the Yahoo Messenger while you are using Firefox. It is most accurate if you use EITHER Firefox or Internet Explorer as your Default Browser -- the 'computer' tends to get mixed up then things tend to "collide" then things do not seem to work.

If you use one browser as your default, then install latest version of Yahoo Messenger. Then, you can always shift back and forth between Internet Explorer and Firefox if you'd like. The best is to keep Yahoo Messenger into one Browser. You also can import Internet browser for example into your Firefox so you can get to both without the "computer confusions" (colliding of the internet mechanics I call it/program software colliding.

Note: Yahoo and Yahoo Messenger does go on Maintenance many times and when that happens, it then causes an "upset" making things go "hey-wire". So please keep that in mind.

More than one default browser tends to 'confuse the computer software'. Okay? I hope this helped. If any more questions, don't hesitate to ask.

"vampmu"

Yahoo Messenger has always been messed up. It doesn't let people in the chat rooms and randomly shuts down for no reason.

Why bother with it? Just use Windows Live Hotmail.

hi associates, that's concerning virus in yahoo messanger. there is an epidemic which controls your status message & sends a message to team individuals that are further on your touch checklist. truthfully, some window by surprise comes on scrren, differences the status message, & shows a pop up message that a message is despatched to team! that's an epidemic! those messages might contain information superhighway addresses or maybe slang statements. i think of that's an quite severe rely, so please take care that no such virus enters on your laptop. This virus is stored in a gadget, I replaced the gadget in cyber cafe & the situation have been given solved. Kindly ignore such (offline/on line) messages in yahoo messanger despatched via my identity. Sorry for the messages u have been given. thank you & Regards, Manoj

Try using something else instead. I recommend older versions.

Messenger NEVER REFLECT CORRECT ON-LINE STATUS of your FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!