Bear
Finally got my news groups. Had Verizon on the phone one hour
than magic happened, they started to download, imagine that.

Bill

"bill" wrote:

Bear
NG uninstalled both Zone Alarm and AVG and tried. The only thing left was
for me to get a Vodka Collins and sulk. Will call Verizon back. Thanks for
your help.
Bill

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

If it's ZA Free, try uninstalling it and then enabling the Windows Firewall.
If no joy, the issue *is*on Verizon's (FIOS) end.

bill wrote:
Bear
Turned off ZA and enabled windows firewall still ng.
I have Winxp SP3

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3)?

Assuming WinXP SP2 or SP3, see if disabling ZA *and then* enabling the
Windows Firewall makes any diff.

bill wrote:
tried new id no good it doesn't make a dif when i go on line 2am or2pm
same.
avg 7.5 anti virus in use now. thanks for the help guys

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
What about?...
Do you get the same error if you attempt to access the newsserver in
the
dead-of-the-night or very early morning (e.g., between 3 and 6 AM)?

I have avg 7.5 I had 8.0 but removed it to many problems.
I use adware anti spyware, and have zone alarm firewall.

And what anti-virus application is installed now?

What bothers me is that I also use xnews, and it doesn't work there
either

That definitely suggests a connection/network issue, Bill.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


bill wrote:
Bear
I have avg 7.5 I had 8.0 but removed it to many problems.
I use adware anti spyware, and have zone alarm firewall.
I know it's configured right I had verizon on the line and they
configured a new one for me still didn't work. I have no other
conection
problems
and it dosn't matter what time I try, I get the same error. The only
thing
I
didn't
try is a new identity i'll try that now. as far as changing anything
it's
only me
and the wife, and she is limited as far as computer savy.no filtering.
What bothers me is that I also use xnews, and it doesn't work there
either but all other news groups do work, ie microsoft, grc etc.
I'm going to try a new id i'll get back with the results.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
0x800CCC0E IXP_E_FAILED_TO_CONNECT Cannot connect to server

Troubleshooting error messages that you receive when you are using OL
and
OE [ignore any Mail-specific content]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813514

When the error's encountered using Mail, email scanning by your
anti-virus
application is usually the cause of the problem. However, this
scanning
does not pertain to downloads from and uploads to newsservers.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What
anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party
firewall
(if any)?

Are you absolutely certain the news account's configured properly?

Are you having any other connection problems?

Do you get the same error if you attempt to access the newsserver in
the
dead-of-the-night or very early morning (e.g., between 3 and 6 AM)?

Do you have the same problem if you attempt to access the newsserver
in
a
new identity (File | Identities | Add new identity) or using another
computer?

No offense but is there any possibility that someone installed
Parental
Control or internet filtering on the weekend?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


bill wrote:
Sorry i forgot to put in the error code

Configuration:
Account: news.verizon.net
Server: news.verizon.net
User name: bhanford
Protocol: NNTP
Port: 119
Secure(SSL): 0
Code: 800ccc0e


"bill" wrote:
I had verizon newsgroups up in till sun night.
than it stopped working, I now get "unable to connect to server".
I have microsoft news and grc on my oe and it worksfine.
I called verizon 3 times now and they tell me it's my problem
my avg or my zone alarm. I removed both from my machine
and still can't get my verizon news groups. any body else have this
problem? can any one help me with this.
thanks, bill

I know.

bill wrote:
Bear
Finally got my news groups. Had Verizon on the phone one hour
than magic happened, they started to download, imagine that.

Bill

"bill" wrote:

Bear
NG uninstalled both Zone Alarm and AVG and tried. The only thing left was
for me to get a Vodka Collins and sulk. Will call Verizon back. Thanks
for
your help.
Bill

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

If it's ZA Free, try uninstalling it and then enabling the Windows
Firewall. If no joy, the issue *is*on Verizon's (FIOS) end.

bill wrote:
Bear
Turned off ZA and enabled windows firewall still ng.
I have Winxp SP3

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3)?

Assuming WinXP SP2 or SP3, see if disabling ZA *and then* enabling the
Windows Firewall makes any diff.

bill wrote:
tried new id no good it doesn't make a dif when i go on line 2am
or2pm
same.
avg 7.5 anti virus in use now. thanks for the help guys

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
What about?...
Do you get the same error if you attempt to access the newsserver
in
the
dead-of-the-night or very early morning (e.g., between 3 and 6
AM)?

I have avg 7.5 I had 8.0 but removed it to many problems.
I use adware anti spyware, and have zone alarm firewall.

And what anti-virus application is installed now?

What bothers me is that I also use xnews, and it doesn't work there
either

That definitely suggests a connection/network issue, Bill.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


bill wrote:
Bear
I have avg 7.5 I had 8.0 but removed it to many problems.
I use adware anti spyware, and have zone alarm firewall.
I know it's configured right I had verizon on the line and they
configured a new one for me still didn't work. I have no other
conection
problems
and it dosn't matter what time I try, I get the same error. The
only
thing
I
didn't
try is a new identity i'll try that now. as far as changing
anything
it's
only me
and the wife, and she is limited as far as computer savy.no
filtering. What bothers me is that I also use xnews, and it doesn't
work there either but all other news groups do work, ie microsoft,
grc etc.
I'm going to try a new id i'll get back with the results.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
0x800CCC0E IXP_E_FAILED_TO_CONNECT Cannot connect to server

Troubleshooting error messages that you receive when you are using
OL and
OE [ignore any Mail-specific content]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813514

When the error's encountered using Mail, email scanning by your
anti-virus
application is usually the cause of the problem. However, this
scanning
does not pertain to downloads from and uploads to newsservers.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What
anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party
firewall
(if any)?

Are you absolutely certain the news account's configured properly?

Are you having any other connection problems?

Do you get the same error if you attempt to access the newsserver
in
the
dead-of-the-night or very early morning (e.g., between 3 and 6
AM)?

Do you have the same problem if you attempt to access the
newsserver
in
a
new identity (File | Identities | Add new identity) or using
another
computer?

No offense but is there any possibility that someone installed
Parental
Control or internet filtering on the weekend?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


bill wrote:
Sorry i forgot to put in the error code

Configuration:
Account: news.verizon.net
Server: news.verizon.net
User name: bhanford
Protocol: NNTP
Port: 119
Secure(SSL): 0
Code: 800ccc0e


"bill" wrote:
I had verizon newsgroups up in till sun night.
than it stopped working, I now get "unable to connect to
server".
I have microsoft news and grc on my oe and it worksfine.
I called verizon 3 times now and they tell me it's my problem
my avg or my zone alarm. I removed both from my machine
and still can't get my verizon news groups. any body else have
this problem? can any one help me with this.
thanks, bill