Windows msn / Yahoo Messenger service and p2p software?

I have a laptop which is working fine , i'm running avg virus and spyware software. I use azureus as torrent downloader which works great. The issue i have is that none of the above software seems to connect - i have uninstalled both msn and windows live messenger but to no avail it won't let me connect without an xp error message. so in other words it won't work at all same with kazzaa and exeem but azureues works fine , i thought it was a firewall issue but even with the virus and firewall switched off it still doesn't work what am i missing - i have port forwarding set up on azureus could that be a problem? I can't think of anything else apart from recovery but i don't want to do that. it used to work fine could it be a virus , i have scanned but nothing comes up. Apparently i can change the port setting in interent options but i don't know how to do this either all in all i'm a tad stuck someone please help !!!Windows msn / Yahoo Messenger service and p2p software?
Your question's a little confusing, but let me see if this is right;



You've got Azureus installed, and this works ok.

You had MSN and Windows Live Messenger both installed, but have removed these now and they wouldn't connect when you had them installed.

Kazaa you've tried and this won't connect.

Exeem you've tried and it won't connect either.



So none of your Messenger or P2P applications will connect to the internet except Azureus? And you get a Windows XP error message, but you haven't said what it is?



I would suggest that you type exactly what your error message is into Google, and you'll find some pages that will help. Probably some pages from the Microsoft Knowledgebase, and some forum posts where people have fixed this problem.



My other suggestion is to open up one of the programs that doesn't work and find the configuration or options page. Find out which ports it's using (if it's in there - you may need to check the application's help pages) and then set these up for port forwarding in your router (if you have one) and open the ports on your firewall.



I don't know which firewall you're using, but if you Google the name of your firewall and the words %26quot;open ports%26quot; then I'm sure you'll find a step-by-step guide.



If you have a router and need to set up the port forwarding for these ports, you can probably also use Google with the make/model of your router and the words %26quot;port forwarding%26quot; and perhaps %26quot;guide%26quot; to find out how to set this up.



I doubt very much there's a virus involved here. Lots of people who don't know better suggest a virus is the culprit when it's very unlikely a virus would just stop your applications connecting. It depending how dodgy your error message appears though I guess.



Good luck with your problem. Hopefully with a bit of Googling you should be able to fix the problem yourself. Try and post the error message in the future - it'll help people to help you.



All the best.