Voice communication doesn't work

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Hi, I was using windows messenger to do a voice connection with a friend and
it was working great, then I installed msn messenger and now the voice
connection doesn't work. What happened?

Thanks :)
Savage
 
Greetings Savage,

MSN Messenger uses a slightly different protocol for connecting voice conversations and as
such, if you're using some sort of router or other internet sharing device which may have had
some sort of built-in functionality for Windows Messenger or an incomplete Universal Plug and
Play (UPnP) implementation, it may not longer within MSN Messenger. If this it the case, you
may be able to upgrade your firmware in your router/device that may solve this problem,
otherwise you may need to stick with Windows Messenger for now.

There are of course other possibilities, but first, you may want to check to make sure that
the problem is reproducible with more than just that particular contact (as it may in fact be
their problem).
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Thank you very much for your reply! here is what I found. My friend and I
tried it again this morning (Windows Messenger) and while we were doing the
typing thing the sound came on, so we figured it just needed time to connect,
so we will try this again later to see if this is the case. Another thing
that I came across was he was talking about the UPnP, so I went into the
device services and opened it and noticed that the hardware for the device is
set to "manual"..he has his on automatic so later we will also try the voice
again only with me starting the "voice connection" I am going out to get a
headset and then change the settings from "manual" to "automatic", I am
thinking that should do it. My router is a Linkys and does support the UNnP.

thank you so very much for your help :)
 
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