why can't I chat?

Just wondering why I can't get into chat, and if anyone else is having the same problem.

I logged out and back in

I'm not having any problem.Is there an error message that you are getting?

Thanks. Now I just feel left out. I can do everything else. Just not chat.This message has been edited by Christian, 03-04-2006 11:00 PM

Have you tried rebooting your computer? Do a cold start (turn it off and then back on) rather than a warm start (just restarting windows)?

Please describe what happens when you click on the chat link.

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--	Percy
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As an update, Christian did manage to get into chat a little after the flurry of messages. I'm not sure what was the problem, but I guess we can put it down to cantankerous computers.

I recently ran the anti-spyware program "Spybot", which quarantined a number of items. I also updated the anti-spyware program "Spyware Blaster".After that, I tried the chat room (this was also the first time since the version 2.0 upgrade, which I would think would have no chatroom affect). The chatroom loaded much slower than the normal slow. Once in, the text entering was VERY slow - I'm talking approx. 5 seconds per individual character. Because of that, my most recent chatroom appearance consisted of about 3 short cryptic messages, such as "Test", "Very slow", and "Bye". Once I exited the chatroom, it seemed that the message board also operated very slow.I can restore some or all the items that Spybot quarantined, but I thought maybe a little input from y'all first.The types of items quarantined were:"Alexa Related" - 1 item
"Wishbone" - 2 items
"eAcceleration" - 1 item
"EAcceleration" - 4 items
"eZula HotText" - 106 items
"Hyperlinker" - 19 items
"NewDotNet" - 13 itemsThere were also a few other items Spybot found but was unable to quaratine, as I understand, because they were already memory resident. Spybot asked, and I permitted, to rerun itself upon a computer restart. It went through most of the long scan process again, found a few items again, and then locked up the computer (reset required) before any quarantining could be done.Bottom line: I really need to wipe the hard drive completely, and reinstall everything (and then keep a backup image of it all), but what a time consuming pain."I may be slow, but I'm not that slow" Moose

I got into the chat once - now when I try it, it says "Connecting To Server...
Error Connecting. Please try again."Use your Admin super powers to help me!

Admins don't have super powers to fix that problem.I just checked, and I am able to connect to chat. My system shows the connection to 64.255.248.202 on port 8008.My best guess is that either your campus uses a firewall that restricts connections, or that there is a router problem between you and the chat server.

I dont know much about computers, but I got into the chat once....
My roommate is studying software engineering, maybe you can guide him to check this problem.
BTW Thanx

try opening chat in a seperate window

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

I did that it doesnt work

reboot

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Ok I rebooted, same thing happened, now what?