Help Getting Connected

a a forthemame at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 17 16:19:07 EDT 2009


Ah, well if you're having other issues then perhaps they're all related.  Unfortunately for me, Pidgin is the only program to have had any issues in the 1 year I've had my OS installed.  Good luck with your format, I'll keep hoping someone knows the reason behind my problem.

Thanks,
Evan

--- On Tue, 3/17/09, Derek D <derek at culturemush.com> wrote:
From: Derek D <derek at culturemush.com>
Subject: Re: Help Getting Connected
To: support at pidgin.im
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 11:21 AM

Hi Evan,
I noticed the same thing and have not been able to find the settings. Even
after a full uninstall and all that jazz. I was assuming it was in the
registry as well. Being as I am using a fairly new laptop (2 weeks old), I
have noticed a few other programs not working (and they happen to need to
connect to the internet internally as well)

I'm to the point where I'm ready to do reformat. :(
 

a a-11 wrote:
> 
> Hey Derek,
> I'm running Windows XP SP2 32 bit version, so I don't think
it's the OS. 
> I too have no issues with my desktop other than the (lack of) Pidgin
> connectivity.  All other online applications are working without any
> issues.
> 
> I would like to do a fresh install, but I noticed that even if you
> uninstall Pidgin, it saves certain information such as account info. 
> Where are these settings saved exactly?  I'm assuming it's the
registry.
> 
> I'm still hoping to get some direction on troubleshooting the
connectivity
> issues if at all possible.
> Thanks,
> Evan
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 3/17/09, Derek D <derek at culturemush.com> wrote:
> From: Derek D <derek at culturemush.com>
> Subject: Re: Help Getting Connected
> To: support at pidgin.im
> Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 10:30 AM
> 
> I have this same issue. I have checked all connections, reinstalled my
> network adapter, unplugged the hardwired PC and my other wireless desktop
> from my router so that the laptop I'm using isn't fighting for an
IP
> address, I disabled my firewall and I tried other suggested ports...No
> luck.
> 
> Like you, I tried on my other 2 computers and they installed, opened and
> connected fine. Digsby game me the same error. By any chance, are you on
> Vista 64? I think this may have something to do with it, but then again a
> friend of mine is running 64 and she connected to Pidgin without a
> problem.
> 
> I have a thread here too on this topic, but nobody was able to help. Also,
> I'd like to note that 2.4 was working fine on here and it was ONLY
2.5.5
> that has this error. However, I need ICQ working, so going back to the
> older
> version is not an option. 
> 
> Any help would be appreciated and if you get any assistance to make this
> work, can you please let me know what you did?
> 
> Thanks and good luck!
> 
> a a-11 wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> I just tried Pidgin out for the first time on my work computer and
>> enjoyed
>> it enough to convert from Trillian for my personal desktop.
>> 
>> When installing on my desktop, I got an error message that roughly
>> stated,
>> "Unable to connect to server" when trying to install the
English
> aspell
>> feature.  After clicking "retry" several times, I finally
> decided to just
>> skip that feature by clicking "cancel".
>> 
>> Pidgin finished installing, began running, and asked for my account
>> details.  I setup AIM, Yahoo and MSN, but surprisingly all 3 of them
> could
>> not connect.
>> 
>> Please note that there were no other programs running besides
Pidgin. 
>> Also, there was no firewall (windows or otherwise) running either.  I
>> tried running it both behind my router as well as directly connected
to
>> my
>> cable modem.
>> 
>> After failing with all the configurations above, I booted up my work
>> laptop and successfully connected with Pidgin immediately.  For
whatever
>> reason, only my desktop is affected.
>> 
>> I tried reinstalling Pidgin about 10 times, each with the same aspell
>> connection issue during install, as well as the account sign in issues
>> when running Pidgin.  I installed the GTK version Pidgin came with,
so I
>> don't believe that's a potential pitfall.
>> 
>> Any help is much appreciated.  I searched for information on this
issue
>> without any success.
>> 
>> Windows XP, SP2.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Evan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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