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My Yahoo Messenger (an older build of 8.1) wasn't working right anymore - it was disconnecting me whenever anyone on my contact list was online. I was only able to sign in successfully when no one on my contact list was online. So I uninstalled it, downloaded the latest build (8.1.0.410, I believe), and reinstalled it. But now, I can't even login... when I start the program, it immediately quits before even showing the login window. I tried temporarily turning off my firewall, but it still did not work, so it must not be related to that. What might be causing this?
Update: Reinstalled YIM again, and now it starts ok. But now I'm having the original problem again (get kicked out, if anyone on my contact list (including myself) is logged in as visible).
Update2: Changed the Preferences to "Firewall with no proxy", and now it seems to be working ok.
... checking my notes (I should have thought to check them to begin with), I had the exact same issue last year, and fixed it the same way. I wonder if one of the Yahoo updates changed the settings back to the default, which caused the problem.
Update: Reinstalled YIM again, and now it starts ok. But now I'm having the original problem again (get kicked out, if anyone on my contact list (including myself) is logged in as visible).
Update2: Changed the Preferences to "Firewall with no proxy", and now it seems to be working ok.
... checking my notes (I should have thought to check them to begin with), I had the exact same issue last year, and fixed it the same way. I wonder if one of the Yahoo updates changed the settings back to the default, which caused the problem.