Troubleshooting SP 2 #19

Some instant messaging programs, such as ICQ or Miranda, won’t work any more with SP2.

The programs are working, but the firewall needs to be correctly configured. As messaging programs need to open a port so that they are contactable from outside you have to define firewall exception rules for them. At the first connection attempt, theWindows firewall should ask you whether it should create an exception rule automatically. In the case of Windows Messenger, you should allow this. If you are not asked, then you can create an exception rule manually for the messaging client via the Windows Firewall applet in Control Panel.

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