Whoooo....
Your right Geffy - and i've fixed it too.... Thanks.
If you want messenger 6 to login correctly at startup follow the following procedure. (Norton Firewall 2003)
Open Norton Firewall and click Personal Firewall and click the Configure button that appears on the right.
Select the Advanced Tab and Click the button which states "General Rules".
Now the rule that is stopping Messenger working at login is the rule for "Block access to Secure sites" which you can see if you scroll down the list. Now you dont want to disable this, what we need to do is set up a new rule specifically for messgener that will allow it to connect at login.
So click the "Add" Button. On the next screen make sure Permit is selected and press the next button. On the "What type of connections do you want to permit?" screen select "Connections to other computers" if it isnt already and hit Next.
Now click the selector next to "Only computers and Sites Listed Below" and the "Add" button, which was previously greyed, should now be available to click. Click "Add" and in the screen that appears put in the following details
loginnet.passport.com
and press OK. The window will dissapear and you will see the following :-
Single Address IP : loginnet.passport.com
When thats done, Click "Next" to move on a screen. Now where is says "What Protocols do you want to Permit" select TCP. And below this where it says "What types of communicatios, or ports, do you want to permit?" select the check box that says "Only the types of Communication or ports listed below". Again the "Add" Button will become available, click it and scoll down on the screen that pops up to, "443 HTTPS aka MCom", and check the box next to it, and select OK.
Click "Next" again and in the following window, you can select "Create an Event Log" if you want (not really necessary) and click the "Next Button" Now call it something like "MSN Messenger Allow Rule" and select "Next" again. You will then get a screen which summarises the rule you have just configured, click "Finish".
This will then create a Rule for messenger - but were not done yet.
At the General Rules window (where you should now be) scroll right to the bottom of all your rules. This is where your new rule will be. Highlight it by clicking on it and press the Move Up Button continuosly until it is above the "Block Access to Secure Sites" rule.
Now click Ok and come out of Norton. Now next time you load - Whoot - messenger logs in...
Easy.. (Ahem!)
Hope this helps...