Can't get into chat rooms

[Crissie]

Ever since I download yahoo messenger 7.0 I have been unable to get into a chat room. I always get one of two messages and sometimes both. The messages are you have been signed out because you signed in on a different computer or device or signing in to chat took longer than expected. please try again later. I get the same messages with every screen name I use so I know it's not someone else using my screen name and password. I'm also getting "Messenger has encountered a problem and needs to close" constantly.

The messenger is always very slow opening and extrememely slow closing and will usually freeze before it closes.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled 4 times now and each time there's no change. Also, I uninstalled messenger 6 before I installed messenger 7.
I'm running XP and IE6. This is driving me crazy. Please help.

When you say you can't get into a chat room do you mean regular chat rooms or the user created ones? I know yahoo has removed user created rooms from the list and intends to delete the chatroom ability as well soon. Have you ran any spyware/adware programs on your computer? Perhaps try defragmenting as well. This might help. If the problem still persists feel free to post again and you will be attended to.

[Dermot]

Perhaps you should switch your connections setting in preferences.

if its set to no proxies then try "no network detection"

see if that makes a difference.

it sounds like a problem with connection rather than messenger itself.

perhaps a firewall settings been too cautious.

[Crissie]

I'm sorry I should have specified Yahoo regular chat rooms because I know the user chats are closed. I run Adaware, Spybot and AOL spyware checker daily. My firewall settings allow Yahoo chat and I have used all the connection options and I still receive the messages I listed every time I try to enter. I defrag weekly whether it says it needs it or not.

Thanks for answering me. If you have any other suggestions, please me know.