IE and Yahoo pages/messenger

[darrent]

I have IE 5.0. Windows 98. and Yahoo 5.5. About 3 days ago my IE would not bring up any yahoo pages like profiles, I tried yahoo messenger and it connects to yahoo, but will not connect to any chat rooms. It just seems to hang while it is connecting to room list. If I go to yahoo main site it loads pretty good but if I go to games or chat threw the main page it just will not load. I have tried IE 6.0 and IE 5.5 I have reinstalled yahoo 3 times and tried 3 different versions. I even created a new profile and it did the same thing. Can someone help me out?

 

[WheeDoggy]

Perhaps browser security settings and/or personal firewall settings were changed or maybe a similar application was installed just prior to when this behaviour began.
Check permissions.

 

[darrent]

I am on a dial up, and my security settings are on default. I was wondering if something maybe in my registry is messed up. As I said before I have tried IE 5.0,5.5 and IE 6 and now I am back to IE 5. I have reinstalled yahoo 3 times and have tried earlier versions.

It just puzzuling that it only seems to be yahoo web sites. Then add the fact I can log on to messenge and talk to friends on friends list but as soon as I click chat and it say;s getting list of catigories it comes up blank.

 

[WheeDoggy]

Take a look here:

http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/bigvalleydiscuss/browserhelp.html

Then give this a shot and see what Yahoo says:

http://au.add.yahoo.com/fast/help/chat/cgi_bug

Caveat: read up on security issues with IM's and see yahoo's privacy policy. Make sure that when working with the IM, you disallow contact from any "Unknowns" which should be an option in the IM's settings.

Good luck.